Director of Development

Job Description

Purpose of Position:
The Director of Development serves as chief fundraiser for the diocese, overseeing all fund development and stewardship activities. These include the process for a successful Annual Appeal, the progress of the pledge fulfillment program, major gifts, and the completion of donor service needs. The director also serves as grants officer and fundraising liaison between the bishop, priests, donors, staff, and organizations.

Essential Functions:
• Growing philanthropic giving in the diocese
• Designing and guiding the stewardship and development annual plan
• Overseeing a $2.5 million Annual Appeal
• Overseeing and managing daily functions for a $15 million capital campaign redemption program
• Overseeing grant seeking including research, proposal writing, and reporting requirements
• Overseeing the creation of publications and other media to support fundraising activities
• Conducting pastor/parish training services including communicating diocesan needs
• Forming strong working relationship with pastors, parish leaders, volunteers, chancery staff, and current and potential donors
• Forming relationships with major donors to fund projects and initiatives in the diocese
• Managing the stewardship and development budget
• Managing and being responsible for the performance of all stewardship and development staff
• Reporting weekly fundraising activity and projections
• Completing special projects as needed

Required Qualifications and Skills:
• Practicing Catholic
• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, or related field
• Bi-lingual (native Spanish speaking and writing proficiency) required
• Five to seven years of working experience in fundraising or development, including leadership responsibilities
• Able to genuinely connect with priests, donors, and staff
• Possess initiative to constantly seek ways to improve fundraising results within budget parameters
• Raiser's Edge database proficiency
• Experience working with printing, mailing, and processing vendors

Standards of Performance:
• Achieve 85-90% of pledge redemption
• Facilitate fundraising activities across all major campaigns
• Ensure all parishes and missions are equipped with fundraising tools to meet their goals
• Create and produce reports on KPIs for department activity
• Ensure the timely completion and accuracy of all projects, including mailings, gift processing, redemption, acknowledgements, and database management
• Ability to work well with priests, senior management, parish contacts, and volunteers

Working Conditions:
• Standard office conditions. Repetitive use of a keyboard at workstation
• Travel to the churches and institutions of the diocese
• Occasional evening and weekend work required.

About the Employer

Our mission is to serve the people living within the diocese, supporting parish priests and the people in our parish and school communities to worship and live according to Gospel values and to evangelize within their local communities through the witness of their lives. For more information, visit dioceseoftyler.org.