Director of Annual Giving

Job Description

The Director of Annual Giving leads and manages St. Paul Catholic Center's stewardship of resident parishioners and is primarily responsible for creating, leading, and managing Annual Giving. The Director also supports various other projects in the area of mission
advancement, stewardship, and development. This entails meeting, cultivating, and soliciting resident parishioners, alumni, parents of alumni, parents of current students, and current students upon graduation through prospective and current donor phone calls, in-person meetings, appeals, and assistance in event execution. This individual also ensures consistent and effective branded marketing and communications in company websites, print communications, and advertising to achieve strategic goals and help the on-going success of ministerial programs and operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Direct Annual Giving program and projects, communications and marketing for
development, and the Hoosier Catholic Alumni Association
• Build relationships and regularly communicate with benefactors
• Regular donor visits and solicitations
• Prospect research, qualification, and cultivation
• Manage electronic giving and the donor database
• Collaborate with Director of Mission Advancement and Pastor

QUALIFICATIONS AND PREFERRED SKILLS
• Practicing Catholic in good standing
• Ministry experience
• Previous experience in fundraising preferred but not required
• Bachelor's degree
• Aptitude for collaboration and learning new skills
• Organizational skills

About the Employer

St. Paul Catholic Center is the Newman Center and Parish at Indiana University.