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Development Coordinator

If you would like to become part of our dynamic team, please:

  1. Read the job description carefully and apply only if you meet the required qualifications. 

  2. To apply, complete the form at the bottom of this job description.

Please use the text boxes on the form in LIEU of a cover letter; tell us more about yourself and why you are interested in this position. While resumes are important, they don't tell us the whole story. We want to get to know YOU.

If we think you are a good fit for the position, we will contact you to schedule a virtual interview.

Questions? david@chesapeakelegal.org

Job Description

Chesapeake Legal Alliance (CLA) is a nonprofit environmental law center located in Annapolis, MD. We are seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Development Coordinator to handle day-to-day development and fundraising needs as well as provide critical support to the CLA Board and staff. This is a new position which will serve as a key member of our team, reporting to the Executive Director, David Reed.

Position Vital Stats

  • Salary Range: $55,000 to $73,000
  • Benefits: Health reimbursement account (QSEHRA) & 401K
  • Hours: Full Time
  • Office Location: Annapolis, MD; hybrid/virtual
  • Deadline to apply: February 15, 2024
  • Start Date: As soon as practicable

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Your Responsibilities

Development Management (70%)

You will enhance CLA’s effectiveness by overseeing the day-to-day development needs. These duties include:

  • Systems: Manage CLA’s donor/constituent management system
  • Direct Fundraising:
    1. Co-Develop and track fundraising materials and solicitations
    2. Identify, perform outreach and cultivation for prospective donors
    3. Manage and steward all existing and prospective donors for long term retention
    4. Create new pathways to give, including streamlining giving platforms and reducing friction for potential donors
    5. Assist Executive Director to develop Donor Advised Funds and similar longterm giving vehicles
    6. Assist staff with writing/tracking grant proposals and reports
  • Communications Support:
    1. Integrate fundraising communications with our programmatic communications
    2. Co-Develop and oversee regular outreach to constituents

Board Support (20%)

Support CLA’s Executive Director and Board Officers with Board-related administrative needs. These duties include:

  • Assist with fundraising documents and distribution to Board
  • Work with Board members to identify and track current and potential donors

General Office Support (10%)

  • Assist with administrative support to CLA team members
  • Co-Coordinate CLA meetings, conferences and events

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Required Qualifications

  • At least 1-4 years of prior experience in nonprofit communications, development and/or fundraising
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Skilled database management and data entry
  • Communications experience a plus
  • Strong goal-setting and planning skills
  • Experience with a variety of personalities and backgrounds in the workplace
  • Desire to become part of a dynamic, flexible, innovative team
  • Sincere commitment to the values of CLA, including Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in our work and our workplace

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Your life

Location: Annapolis, MD. CLA staff maintain a flexible in-office schedule (1-2 days per week).

Benefits: Chesapeake Legal Alliance values work-life balance as well as a family-friendly atmosphere. Benefits include:

  • Paid time off, paid sick leave, 5 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays.
  • Four weeks paid parental leave (after 6 months of employment).
  • Health reimbursement account (QSEHRA).
  • Retirement account with employer contribution.

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How to Apply

Complete and submit the form below.

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About Chesapeake Legal Alliance

CLA Fast Facts:  Established: 2009; Employees: 8; Annual budget: $950K

The health of the Chesapeake Bay has a huge impact on residents’ quality of life, physical health, food supply and economy. Efforts to clean up the Bay began over 40 years ago. However, the largest estuary in the United States continues to suffer death-by-a-thousand-cuts from all directions: polluted stormwater from streets and farms, climate change, deforestation and wetland destruction. Legal action is a key tool in turning the tide. 

Chesapeake Legal Alliance provides Bay advocates with FREE legal help in many forms: education, pro bono counsel, strategic legal counseling, and policy support. We apply the power of the law in order to achieve healthy communities, resilient ecosystems, and clean water across the Chesapeake Bay region. CLA is the only legal services organization solely dedicated to serving the Chesapeake region.

Over the past 18 months, CLA has secured a sizable multi-year grant, undergone a merger, increased our staff and budget by 50%, and significantly expanded our services. With our increased capacity and our dynamic committed team, we have achieved exponential results in a short time! Therefore, we are seeking a team member who will be integral to making our operations and programs run smoothly and efficiently.

CLA Values Diversity & Equal Opportunity

Chesapeake Legal Alliance is dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace for those of all ages and backgrounds. We celebrate the rich dimensions of diversity, such as race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious and political beliefs. Diversity creates an awareness of, and respect for differences, and ultimately translates into increased understanding. We especially encourage members of communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply to join our team, including people of color, women, LGBTQ people, those from economically disadvantaged communities, and differently-abled people. 

Chesapeake Legal Alliance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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What makes you a great candidate for this position?


We are looking for a "go-getter" who has the ability to work as an active team member but can also succeed independently. The ideal Development Coordinator for Chesapeake Legal Alliance has the ability to excite our constituents, coordinate connections between the staff and Board of Directors and potential donors, manage and improve constituent resource management systems, and implement those systems with a strict attention to detail, and finally, help communicate our work to our constituents. Please describe how your personality and previous work experience would set you up for success in this position.



Each member of the CLA team is committed to CLA's core values: (1) Passion, (2) Integrity, Accountability, and Excellence, (3) Innovation and Impact, (4) Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and (5) Kindness, Empathy and Respect. These values are described in detail here (https://www.chesapeakelegal.org/about-us/). Please explain how you embody these values.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance is committed to constantly improving our organization, in part by better reflecting the communities we serve. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for those of all ages and backgrounds. We especially encourage members of communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply, including diverse ethnicities, LGBTQ people, and differently abled people.

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