Development Coordinator

Development Coordinator

Help Build Support. Strengthen Community. Feed Our Neighbors.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania is looking for an organized, energetic, and relationship-focused Development Coordinator to join our Marketing & Development team. This position plays an important role in advancing our mission by supporting fundraising efforts, strengthening donor relationships, coordinating community fundraisers, and helping execute campaigns that connect people across Northwest Pennsylvania with the work of Second Harvest.

If you enjoy building relationships, keeping projects moving, communicating with a variety of people, and seeing your work make a meaningful difference in the community, this could be the role for you!

What You'll Do

Support Fundraising & Donor Engagement

• Support a variety of fundraising and development activities that advance Second Harvest's mission.
• Research and identify prospective individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
• Initiate outreach and schedule meetings for leadership and fundraising staff with prospective and existing donors.
• Maintain and organize donor information, including contact information, giving history, notes, and follow-up activities.
• Regularly clean and review donor database records and segment audiences to support targeted fundraising and engagement strategies.
• Track prospect pipelines, meeting notes, follow-ups, and other development activity in the donor database.
• Assist with donor profiles, briefing materials, presentations, and other materials used in donor meetings.
• Coordinate prompt and personalized donor gift acknowledgments and thank-you communications.
• Support signature events, major gift initiatives, annual appeals, and other fundraising activities as needed.

Coordinate Community Fundraisers & Third-Party Events

• Serve as a primary point of contact for individuals, businesses, and community groups hosting fundraisers and food drives on behalf of Second Harvest.
• Provide event organizers with fundraising guidelines, promotional materials, logos, marketing resources, and other tools they need to be successful.
• Maintain an active calendar of third-party events and track revenue generated through these efforts.
• Build positive relationships with community supporters and help connect their efforts to Second Harvest's mission.
• Represent Second Harvest at select community events, check presentations, volunteer activities, and other engagement opportunities.

Support Direct Mail & Annual Giving

• Assist with coordinating direct mail campaigns, including appeal letters, newsletters, and holiday mailings.
• Coordinate with graphic designers, printers, mail houses, and other vendors to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Assist with pulling, cleaning, and segmenting donor mailing lists.
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to coordinate direct mail campaigns with digital fundraising and communication efforts.

Support Events & Community Engagement

• Assist with the planning, coordination, promotion, and execution of Second Harvest signature events and other organizational events.
• Help ensure events and community engagement activities support fundraising, marketing, and organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with donors, supporters, volunteers, businesses, and community partners.
• Represent Second Harvest professionally and enthusiastically throughout our 11-county service area.

What You'll Bring

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to interact professionally, calmly, and helpfully with a wide range of people.
• Ability to build relationships and connect with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong organization and attention to detail with excellent follow-through.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and events while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to make presentations and communicate information effectively to a variety of audiences.
• Creative thinker who is comfortable bringing forward new ideas and approaches.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively as part of a team.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams, and Canva.
• Ability to represent Second Harvest professionally in the community and cultivate relationships with current and prospective supporters.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when working with donor and organizational information.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a related field preferred; or
• 3–4 years of experience in nonprofit development, fundraising, volunteer coordination, marketing, special events, community engagement, or a related field.
• Experience working with donor databases, fundraising campaigns, events, or community partnerships is preferred.

Certificates & Requirements

• Valid Pennsylvania driver's license required.
• Regular travel throughout Second Harvest's 11-county service area is required.
• Must be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends and beyond normal working hours when necessary.

Physical Requirements

This position regularly requires sitting, standing, walking, reaching, handling materials, and communicating with others. The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The position may require physical activity associated with community events, volunteer activities, and organizational events.

Work Environment

This position primarily works in an office environment but may regularly travel throughout the 11-county service area for meetings, events, presentations, and community engagement activities. The position may occasionally require work outdoors and in hot, humid, or cold weather conditions. Evening and weekend work may be required based on events and organizational needs.

Why Join Second Harvest?

At Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania, your work directly supports our mission to provide food to neighbors facing hunger across 11 counties of Northwest Pennsylvania while creating awareness and educating our community about the realities of hunger.

You'll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships, support community-driven fundraising, and help bring people together around a mission that makes a tangible difference every day.

Join us in building a stronger, healthier Northwest Pennsylvania—one relationship, one partnership, and one neighbor at a time.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.