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Geary Community Healthcare Foundation
Foundation Operations Coordinator
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What they do
An Event Planner coordinates promotional sales events, professional meetings and family events. Works with clients, develops event plans and budgets, finds appropriate sites, contracts for services and supplies, coordinates with on-site staff, oversees finances and assists during an event.
$52,107 / year median in Kansas
+7% projected growth
Job Description
Job Overview The Foundation Operations Coordinator ensures the healthcare foundation office operates daily emphasizing customer service and focusing on the mission of the foundation. Works independently while Executive Director focuses on community relations, fundraising, and financials. Focusing on donor software, invoicing, spreadsheets, and record keeping ensuring accurate audits. Works closely with the Executive Director assisting with events and updating/recording donor information. Responsibilitie Responsible for daily office operations including answering the phones in a professional and informational manner. Opens and closes the office when needed in the absence of the Director. Maintain a clean, organized, welcoming, and professional office environment, including routine office upkeep, light cleaning of office spaces and restroom, watering plants, stocking supplies, organizing common areas, and assisting with general day-to-day facility needs to ensure the office remains presentable for donors, visitors, board members, and community partners. Organize, inventory, and maintain Foundation event materials, supplies, and equipment. Ensure items are stored in designated locations in a clean, organized, and timely manner to support efficient event planning, preparation, and operations. Maintains the Executive Director's calendar, schedules appointments with donors. Completes errands for the foundation including but not limited to: picking up the mail at post office; routinely mailing letters, bills, and packages. Picking up supplies in preparation for events. Picking up meals for board meetings. Assume full responsibility for the Foundation's donor database, including donor record management, gift entry, event attendance, donation tracking, reporting, data accuracy, acknowledgements, and compliance with audit and recordkeeping requirements. Creates, maintains, and updates foundation brochures and event posters; updates and shares information as required. Assist the Executive Director in maintaining event sponsorship spreadsheets, including sponsor contact information, sponsorship levels, payment status, and recognition details. Ensure records are accurate and updated in a timely manner. Creating Power Point presentations for foundation events for the Executive Director. Managing and updating website, creating graphic and text content. Maintain and update creative and professional social media and marketing. Assist with the planning, coordination, preparation, setup, execution, and teardown of Foundation events. Participation in Foundation fundraising and community events is a required job responsibility and may require evening and weekend hours during approximately two to three major events annually. Flexible scheduling and compensatory time off will be provided. Other duties as assigned. Skills Must be able to receive and follow direction from the Executive Director, carrying out assignments and established processes as instructed. Ability to adhere to provide guidance and procedures is essential to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with Foundation operations. Must maintain confidentiality with donor and community member information by exercising sound judgment when handling sensitive information.