Development Project Manager
16 days ago
Indianapolis
Job Description Job Title: Development Project Manager Department: Development Reports To: Senior Director of Development FLSA Status: Exempt/Salary Reviewed By: Director of People and Culture Approved Date: 12/2025 WHO WE ARE: We offer compassionate support and safe housing choices for survivors of domestic violence and their children. We specialize in fresh starts, and survivors lead the way in creating their own paths forward. The Development Project Manager is a key connector and project manager in the Development team, responsible for coordinating, managing, and executing Development events, inclusive of liaising with vendors, coordinating and overseeing volunteers for events, managing set-up and tear-down of the event, and working with engagement to table events. In addition, the incumbent will manage the data process for events in our supporter relations system, inclusive of data entry before and after events, collecting information from supporters during events, and troubleshooting any system related concerns internally. They will act as a support to the Senior Director of Development, Engagement Director, and Community Resource Manager. They serve as a key liaison between the Development, Mission Impact, and Operations departments, connecting and building partnerships with supporters, community partners, and internal stakeholders. They update the Coburn Place calendar with Development events and work closely alongside the Operations team on following expense budgets. The right person for this role will be meticulous, organized, and driven to start projects independently as well as see them through to completion. A person will thrive in this role if they are primarily motivated by collaboration, relationships, inclusion, and puzzle-solving. This is a support role that touches all departments and many aspects of Development in particular, and the right candidate will be an impact player, a natural helper, someone who can develop new events as well as look for gaps to help support key projects, roles, and department goals. They will be friendly, approachable, extremely reliable, and have a trauma-informed and compassionate communication style that reflects the needs of the mission and survivors Coburn Place serves. REVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES includes the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Develops, coordinates, and manages Development fundraising and supporter events, such as the Lemonade Stand, Gather for Good, and other stewardship events, focusing on creating engaging and thoughtful events that highlight the Coburn Place community., • Support grant writer, carrying a portfolio of grants across foundations and public sources, • Helps manage Grants & Revenue Calendar and grants and event Asana projects to ensure timely submissions and task completion., • Works closely with the Sr. Dir. of Development in soliciting corporate sponsorships and foundation gifts, • Works closely with the Director of Engagement on volunteer onboarding, supporting the volunteer database, donor database, and in group volunteerism., • Partners with Development and Operations leadership to identify gaps and needs in fundraising and project management. Develops and manages systems, programs, processes, and relationships with community partners to meet those needs., • Manages the Development portion of the Coburn community calendar and liaises with Marketing Associate to develop supporter communications., • Seeks out and implements partnership opportunities., • Partners closely with the Development Team to lead and manage relationships with community partners, groups and individual supports who will meet specific survivor needs through events, projects, or programs., • Use databases (both in Development and Finance) to track relationships and manage expense budgets appropriately., • Project Management, • Connectedness and Collaboration, • Relationship-Builder, • Adaptability, • Problem-Solving, • Independent Judgement & Thinking, • 50% of time is spent working with external partners, • 30% of time spent researching, writing, and tracking grants EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: • Bachelor’s Degree in Non-Profit Administration, Business, Communications, Hospitality, or a related field preferred, but not required. Experience in event development that centers community building, partnership development, and high engagement. Experience in project management desired. Must clear national, state, and local law enforcement criminal and sexual offender background checks and DCS history background checks. BENEFITS • Generous, employer-supported health insurance for staff and their families, • 401(k) with employer match to support your future, • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for rest, restoration, and balance, • Paid holidays plus quarterly mental health days to recharge and reset, • Employer-paid short-term disability and life insurance, • Professional development opportunities to grow and thrive in your role PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel; talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. ADA DISCLAIMER: Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the above representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This job description is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive list of all functions and duties performed for this position. Factors such as regular attendance on the job are not routinely listed in job descriptions but are an essential function. OUR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT Coburn Place is a hope-centered, trauma-informed organization that values psychological safety, belonging, and shared leadership. We honor lived experience, practice cultural humility, and foster an environment grounded in compassion, collaboration, and open-hearted communication. Team members contribute to a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous learning. At Coburn Place, we believe everyone deserves a safe home. We also believe everyone deserves a safe workplace. We work collectively to build a workplace where hope is practiced, not just promised.