Director of Mission Advancement

Job Description

Director of Mission Advancement
Immaculate Conception Church and Schools
Somerville, N.J.

Position Summary
Immaculate Conception Church, a parish of 4000 registered households located in Somerville, N.J. and its schools, Immaculate Conception School and Immaculata High School, is seeking an experienced and successful full-time Director of Mission Advancement to lead and manage its fundraising, marketing, and communication efforts. This position is responsible for the strategic planning, implementation, management, and evaluation of its mission efforts in marketing and communications, enrollment management, alumni and donor relations, and in generating the philanthropic support necessary to advance the mission of the schools. The Director of Mission Advancement works collaboratively with and supervises the members of the Office of Mission Advancement, and in cooperation with the schools' administration and marketing teams and the chair of the Board of Limited Jurisdiction. This position reports directly to the Pastor-Director of Schools.

The applicant should possess a bachelors degree or higher in business administration, marketing, communications, or other applicable field and be passionate for the mission of Catholic education. In addition, the applicant should possess at least three to five years of proven fundraising experience, possess excellent oral and written communication skills, be a proven team leader adept at motivating, training, and managing the mission advancement team and the volunteer base related to it, and be proficient with donor tracking software such as Raiser's Edge.
Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and references to the following address:

Search Committee
Immaculate Conception Church
office@icsomerville.org

About the Employer

Immaculate Conception Church and Schools is a parish of 4,000 registered households located in Somerville, New Jersey. We are a parish committed to missionary discipleship, service to the diverse needs of the larger community in which we live, and to the Catholic education of our youth. Our parish schools, Immaculate Conception School and Immaculata High School, are a thriving PreK-12 Catholic educational system, one of only a handful of such parochial-based systems in the country.