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Divided Sky Foundation is looking for an energetic, organized, and mission-driven Development & Fundraising Coordinator to join our exceptional team and help support recovery work that changes lives. Our approach is rooted in a 12-step, abstinence-based model and grounded in the belief that recovery is not only possible, but that it can also be meaningful, connected, creative, and joyful.

This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who loves people, cares deeply about service, and enjoys bringing order, heart, and follow-through to important work. In this role, you will help strengthen donor relationships, support fundraising campaigns, assist with grants, coordinate special events, and share the inspiring story of our recovery community with compassion and care.

You will be part of a dedicated, high-energy team that believes in showing up for one another and for the people we serve. We value enthusiasm, integrity, kindness, perseverance, professionalism, and a strong sense of shared purpose. If you are a thoughtful communicator, a detail-oriented organizer, and someone who finds meaning in helping others thrive, we would love to hear from you!

Why You'll Love Being Part of Our Team

Our work is serious, meaningful, and deeply human, but it is also filled with moments of joy, connection, music, gratitude, and celebration. We believe recovery opens the door to a fuller life, and our team works every day to help make that possible.

As Development & Fundraising Coordinator, you will not be sitting on the sidelines. You will be helping connect generous supporters with a mission that matters. You will help make donor events, alumni weekends, benefit concerts, community gatherings, and recovery-centered programs come to life. You will help tell stories of hope while protecting the dignity, anonymity, and privacy of every person we serve.

We also believe in caring for the people who care for the mission. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and retirement planning, with generous paid time off, including Wellness Days.

About the Role

The Development & Fundraising Coordinator helps keep our fundraising and donor engagement work moving with care, accuracy, and heart. This position supports donor outreach, fundraising campaigns, stewardship communications, grant research, event planning, reporting, and database management.

You will work closely with the leadership team to make sure donors feel appreciated, communications are thoughtful, records are accurate, events are well supported, and fundraising efforts reflect the spirit of the organization. The right person for this role will be comfortable juggling details while never losing sight of the larger mission: helping people and families experience the hope and joy of recovery.

Because we serve individuals in recovery, confidentiality is essential. The Development & Fundraising Coordinator must honor and protect the anonymity and privacy of all guests, alumni, families, and community members in every form of communication.

Accountabilities

• Coordinate fundraising campaigns and donor outreach
• Maintain donor databases and tracking contributions and communications
• Write thank-you letters, donor acknowledgments, and stewardship communications
• Assist with grant research, grant applications, and reporting
• Support fundraising events, donor visits, alumni weekends, benefit concerts, and community gatherings.
• Involves some travel including visits to our Ludlow, VT recovery center, donor events, and occasional concerts featuring our co-founder Trey Anastasio
• Prepare development reports and tracking fundraising metrics
• Help to craft language for newsletters, email campaigns, and social media fundraising content
• Research prospective donors and cultivating relationships
• Other duties as assigned.
• Confidentiality: Must adhere to and respect all policiesregardingthe anonymity and privacy of all guests. This includes written and verbal communicationregardingpast, present, or future guests' identity, address, and presenting problems.
• Exhibit positive character qualities and core values of enthusiasm, integrity, kindness, perseverance, and professionalism.
  

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate will bring both skill and heart to the role. You do not need to have every preferred qualification, but you should be excited by the opportunity to support a recovery-centered mission and contribute to a team that takes the work seriously while also celebrating the joy, creativity, and connection that recovery makes possible.

• Ability to work as a member of a team as well as independently.
• Ability to read and interpret documents
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagram form instructions.
• Ability to be flexible in relation to department needs.
  

Education, Experience, and Skills

• BA or BS in a human service field or equivalent work experience preferred
• 2-4 years of related experience, preferably in behavioral health setting
• Experience managing a CRM database required
• Event planning and management
• Experience working as part of a fundraising team in a non-profit, behavioral health or educational setting preferred
• Grant research and grant writing experience preferred
• Knowledge and experience in the communities Divided Sky serves, such as recovery, music, or the state of Vermont preferred
  

Work Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Work Setting: Indoor and outside work will be required during all seasons.
• Body Positioning: Spend time sitting and standing, making repetitive motions, keyboarding, spend time using hands to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls. Frequently lift or move up to 10 lbs.
• Communication: Contact with others, electronic mail, in-person discussions, public speaking, telephone, and video.
  

Equal Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

How to Apply

If our mission speaks to you, we invite you to apply. Please submit a resume and cover letter sharing your relevant experience, your interest in fundraising and community engagement, and what draws you to recovery-centered work.

We welcome candidates who bring skill, energy, warmth, curiosity, humor, and a genuine belief in the possibility of joyful recovery. If you are excited to help strengthen a mission-driven organization, support an exceptional team, and build relationships that make healing possible, we'd love to hear from you!