[Hiring] Development Manager, Individual & Planned Giving @Faith In Place

Role Description

Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place's Development Manager, Individual & Planned Giving. This position leads individual donor fundraising for Faith in Place, with a focus on major gifts, annual campaigns, and planned giving, while stewarding our growing base of individual, corporate, and house-of-worship supporters. This role reports to the Development Director and partners closely with the Fundraising Committee and development team colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Revenue and Fundraising Strategy: Meet annual revenue goals for the Individuals, AES Corporations, AES Individuals, and AES Houses of Worship budget categories.
• Donor Cultivation and Major Gifts: Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, with particular emphasis on major donations.
• Campaign Management: Organize, lead, and implement the spring appeal, AES Summit sponsorship campaign, and end-of-year fundraising campaign.
• Donor Stewardship and Communications:
  • Implement donor thanking processes, including recommending improvements to increase timeliness and personalization.
  • Organize, design, and implement Sustainers Circle donor events, communications, and other stewardship opportunities.
• Planned Giving: Research and recommend strategies to systemize and grow planned giving, including monthly sustaining donations and legacy gifts.
• Team Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Participate in Fundraising Committee meetings, contributing data and donor insights to inform strategy.
  • Supervise 1-2 direct reports, pending organizational need and budget.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant fundraising or development experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience.
• Passion for faith-based environmental justice, a strong work ethic, and a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated experience cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors, including major gift experience.
• Experience planning and executing fundraising campaigns (e.g., annual appeals, year-end campaigns, event sponsorships).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling donor-facing messaging.
• Experience using donor CRM software (EveryAction preferred) to manage donor relationships and track campaign performance.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, managing multiple campaigns and relationships with attention to detail and deadlines.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for donor events and fundraising activities.
• Candidate must reside in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or growing a planned giving program, including legacy gifts and monthly sustainer programs.
• Prior experience supervising or mentoring staff.
• Bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, communications, business, or a related field.
• CFRE certification or progress toward CFRE.
• Familiarity with multifaith or interfaith community engagement.

Hours

This is a full-time, exempt position. While most work is done during a standard workday, work opportunities occasionally occur on evenings and weekends, particularly around donor events and campaign deadlines. For any time worked outside regular work hours, comp time will be provided.

Pay and Benefits

• This full-time position's salary range is $68k-$78,750 starting at $68k, in line with Faith in Place's Manager pay band.
• A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place, including:
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
  • An employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment.
  • A stipend to support professional development.
  • Up to sixteen (16) paid vacation days, two (2) paid personal days, and five (5) paid sick days earned each year.
  • Faith in Place follows a 4-day flex model.
  • Monthly cell phone and internet stipends.
  • A $500 one-time payment to help with home office needs.

Anti-Discrimination Policy

Faith in Place is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, termination, promotion, transfer, layoff, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values at Faith in Place. Because we believe that the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities must be centered in the work of our intersectional environmentalism, we strongly encourage applications from these identities. We acknowledge that we must do better to represent the diverse communities that we exist to uplift and protect.

To Apply

To apply, please submit your resume and respond to the application questions. Internal applications only will be accepted through Oct 8. After that, if the position is still open, external applications will be accepted.