Description

Full-time, remote, within 3 hours travel of Somerville, MA

Parenting Journey’s mission is to fundamentally transform family and community wellbeing by centering on strengths-based, trauma-informed approaches that help families and communities thrive. 

We do this by developing and teaching life-changing strategies, fostering a collaborative network of individuals and institutions that implement PJ programs and who advocate for better opportunities for families and communities.  

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION  

Parenting Journey is a nonprofit training institute serving social services agencies and clinicians nationally and globally by helping parents build stronger, more resilient families. Since its founding in 1982, Parenting Journey has trained more than 3,300 human service professionals who offer Parenting Journey’s programs at more than 500 sites/organizations nationally and internationally, to the benefit of more than 52,000 parents and their 130,000 children.  

Parenting Journey’s model is experiential and sits at the intersection of social justice, equity, and clinical practice by applying trauma-informed and strength-based strategies for family development and resilience. Our work is anchored in Parenting Journey, our signature program. We also offer specialized versions of the program for immigrant parents and parents in recovery, and we are planning an expansion of our training, coaching, and advisory offerings. We serve several professional audiences by:  

• Partnering with parent- and family-serving organizations to provide transformative experiences through trauma- and stressor-informed programs  
• Engaging professionals and paraprofessionals working with families to discern and build on the strengths of those they serve  
• Equipping clinicians to incorporate these therapeutic strategies into their practice  

Parenting Journey is undertaking a phase of expansion and investment that will highlight its training institute while capturing its attention to innovation, community and parent support, along with field building on a national and international scale. Our goal is to transform the health and wellbeing of families by expanding the adoption of Parenting Journey programs and practices in a way that is deeply intertwined with implementing partners’ core missions and service models. 

THE ROLE 

The Development Coordinator position is a full-time, remote position, reporting to the Executive Director. The Development Coordinator will assist with the execution of the Development Plan, which includes donor retention, annual appeals, major donors, grants, corporate donors, and individual appeals.  The Development Coordinator’s main areas of focus are the management of the database and administrative tasks including data and gift entry, writing and mailing donor thank-you letters, updating electronic files, and donor and grant research.  The person in this role must be a strategic thinker with strong interpersonal and organizational skills. This position is necessary to advance the organization’s fundraising goals.  

This is a full-time, exempt, remote position with travel 2-4 times a year.  Our candidate preferably lives within 3 hours travel time to Somerville, MA

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Database Management & Gift Entry

•  Manage the donor database including all related contact management and updates.
•  Maintain all donation records, ensure timely thank-you letters are distributed. 
•  Prepare and run all donation reports.
•  Perform monthly reconciliation of development funds with the Finance Manager.
•  Maintain standard operating procedures and help familiarize staff with procedures.
•  Prepare individual donor history/giving reports from the database.

Overall Fundraising Support

Grants Management

• Support the Executive Director with grants management, including organizing grant files and tracking proposal and reporting deadlines.
• Assist with proposal and reporting draft and revision process; create and compile supplementary materials.
• Keep grants calendar and assist in grant reporting tasks to help ensure grant reports are submitted on time.

Research and Reports

• Conduct periodic prospect research to expand funder database.
• Analyze and identify fundraising gaps by category.    
• Prepare reports from the database for all mailing lists.
• Monitor performance against related metrics. Produce reports on a regular basis for internal use and for donors as needed.

Collateral Creation and Distribution

• Work closely with the marketing team on the writing and creation of marketing materials, to support the development of on-brand and funder-responsive content. 
• For any printed collateral, work with the mailing house to ensure successful preparation of materials and timely mailing of fundraising letters.

Note: this listing represents the majority of day-to-day responsibilities in this role, but other duties may be assigned as needed.

Requirements

We seek candidates with strong organizational and interpersonal skills, along with a demonstrated interest in the human services sector. Key skills and attributes include: 

• A minimum of 1-3 years of either fundraising or nonprofit experience. 
• Reliable, motivated self-starter that can successfully work in a remote environment.
• Ability to meet deadlines and achieve results in a collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent writing skills- ability to write grant applications, reports, and social media collateral. 
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality with respect to sensitive information. 
• Proficient with GoFundMe Pro (formerly Classy) including campaign creation.
• Proficient with Salesforce, including the integration of GoFundMe Pro (formerly Classy) and Salesforce for fundraising campaigns and related transactions. 

POSITION PROVISIONS 

This is a full-time position.  This position requires the ability to travel periodically to Parenting Journey offices, professional meetings, and partner agencies.

Parenting Journey is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including people of different abilities and identities. We are committed to fair, inclusive hiring and consider all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics.

SALARY & BENEFITS 

Benefits include: PTO (vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and personal days), 12 paid holidays, FSA, partial employer paid health and dental care, optional vision insurance.  

The salary range is $60,000- $65,000 commensurate with experience.

Please note, in an effort to increase equity and because salary negotiations tend to have an unfair bias, Parenting Journey will not participate in a salary negotiation process for this position. Parenting Journey will make its best offer, and it will use the same criteria for all offers.

How To Apply

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume with “Development Coordinator” in the subject line to info@parentingjourney.org by January 21, 2026.  For more information about Parenting Journey, please visit our website at www.parentingjourney.org.