Development Coordinator, Haskayne School of Business

The Haskayne School of Business is seeking a Development Coordinator to support fundraising and alumni engagement goals. Key responsibilities include drafting donor communications, managing a CRM database, and coordinating stewardship activities. A minimum of three years of fundraising experience and advanced Microsoft Office skills are required.

• Drafting briefing notes for donor meetings.
• Requesting and analyzing research.
• Developing strategies for approaching donor prospects.
• Preparing subsequent updates.
• Drafting required communication.
• Recording contact reports in BBCRM.
• Requesting, booking and confirming of appointments, scheduling meetings, event attendance, etc.
• Managing the BBCRM donor database including: Requesting updates to the database for the Haskayne School of Business.
• Creating and interpreting sophisticated data queries and reports.
• Maintaining donor and volunteer lists, invitations, RSVPs, complimentary tickets, etc.
• Managing list of key stakeholders.
• Entry of all other donor advancement actions into BBCRM on a timely basis assuring up to date information on donor/prospect relationship.
• Requesting updates to the database for the Haskayne School of Business.
• Compliance with the university's prospect management procedures.
• Supporting priority fundraising projects with prospects lists, financial and monitoring reports.
• Maintaining donor records via shared drive and hard copy files.
• Managing electronic and paper files for the teams.
• Drafting of gift documentation including terms of reference for student awards and gift agreements.
• Creation of account set up, transfers and suspense account funds in relation to philanthropic gifts received.
• Track gift approvals, documentation workflows and implementation requirements.

• Application Deadline: October 13, 2026
• Minimum of 3 years experiences directly in fundraising, community engagement or communications is required.
• University undergraduate degree would be preferred.
• Advanced-level skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) including specific knowledge in the functions of complex scheduling, mail merges, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents and business letter formatting is required.
• Blackbaud or similar CRM database experience is a requirement, (e.g.: higher level functions like queries, exports, imports and mail).
• Other technology skills including Internet research, databases interfaces, PeopleSoft and web content management are preferred.
• Must have proven donor centered skillset in dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Possess maturity, self-confidence and poise to deal appropriately with a wide variety of people and situations from the student level to high-profile community leaders and dignitaries.
• He or she must be self-directed and have superior interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as excellent listening and interpretive skills.
• Proven ability to interact in a professional manner and build positive relationships with clients and team members.
• Proven ability to remain positive and confident under pressure.
• Proven ability to exercise judgment within established guidelines.
• Proven ability to project manage both small and large events and projects.
• Attention to detail and accuracy are critical.
• High level of knowledge and understanding of university policy and procedures is required.
• Building and cultivating relationships with donors, alumni, key community stakeholders and members of business community through excellent relationship building skills.
• Supporting development team in all aspects of donor/prospect meetings: