Associate Development Director, Individual Giving

Description: • Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place’s Associate Development Director, Individual Giving. • Serve as the fourth member of a collaborative Development Team securing financial resources for Faith in Place supporting Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin communities. • Overall responsibility for identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors. • Develop and implement data-driven strategies to increase yearly individual giving revenue from $300,000 (FY 2025 goal) to $500,000 (FY 2028 goal). • Manage spring and end-of-year annual fundraising campaigns. • Monitor and improve donor thanking to ensure all individual donors are thanked promptly, effectively, and consistently. • Design and implement donor stewardship events, with initial focus on Sustainers Circle major donors. • Write individual donor fundraising proposals and reports. • Increase planned giving, including legacy gifts (bequests). • Participate in other Development Team activities, such as corporate funder solicitation and foundation grant reporting. • Supervise up to 1 development staff person. Requirements: • Live in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin at time of job application and, if hired, as employee. • At least 6-8 years of successful experience in major gifts, annual giving, donor stewardship, and/or planned giving. • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to communicate effectively and work with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs. • Excellent analytical and project management skills. • Experience with donor database and CRM systems. • Excellent skills in standard business computer applications. • Passion for environmental and climate justice. • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree. Significant employment experience relevant to the position may be substituted. Benefits: • A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place. These benefits, with some employee contributions, include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and an employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment. • In addition, Faith in Place provides an annual $350-$500 stipend to support professional development. • Vacation: Employees accrue paid vacation at a rate of 10.67 hours per month (equivalent to four weeks per year under the 4-day flex work week model). Vacation becomes available for use after three (3) months of employment. • Beginning December 2025, employees may carry over up to four (4) unused vacation days into the following calendar year. • Personal Days: Employees receive two (2) paid personal days annually, available immediately upon hire. • Sick Leave: Employees receive five (5) paid sick days annually, available immediately upon hire. • Faith in Place provides employees with a 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment with the organization. • Employees also receive a $20/month stipend (non-taxable) toward cell phone use and a $40/month stipend (non-taxable) for internet use. • A $500, one-time non-taxable amount will be provided for home office needs. • Faith in Place will provide a laptop for your work. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job