Vice President of Advancement

Job Description

Vice President of Advancement

St. John's Jesuit High School & Academy located in Toledo, Ohio is in search of a Vice President of Advancement. The VP of Advancement develops and executes the engagement strategy to advance the mission of St. John's. The VP of Advancement provides strategic leadership and oversight to the advancement team of four full-time and two-part time employees responsible for identifying, cultivating and securing major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, capital gifts and growing the endowment in support of the school's operating fund, capital projects and financial aid scholarships. Successful candidates will develop an overarching strategy for his/her team that includes appropriate donor cultivation, personal contact, effective solicitation and ongoing relationship building.

As a member of the school's leadership team reporting directly to the President, the VP of Advancement is responsible for championing the school's mission through words and actions, providing strategic, results-driven leadership that advances institutional priorities while honoring the school's rich history, traditions and alumni legacy.

Qualified candidates will possess a bachelor's degree and 5-10 years of experience in development including but not limited to: annual gifts, planned giving, alumni relations, and major donor relations including researching, planning, cultivation and solicitation. Candidates must demonstrate exceptional communication skills, complemented by a proven ability to cultivate and sustain meaningful professional relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Candidates must act in a way to aid in the formation of Men for Others through the Graduate-at-Graduation; loving, open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, and committed to doing justice. An authentic desire to elevate St. John's Jesuit High School & Academy and to embrace and advance its mission along with experience dealing with highly confidential information is required.

Employee Benefits Include:
-19 Paid Holidays per year.
-20 days paid vacation days per year.
-12 paid sick day per year.
-Employer paid Life and AD&D Insurance.
-Option to purchase additional Voluntary Life Insurance without evidence of insurability.
-Robust health, dental and vision insurance and access to Health and --Dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
-An Employee Assistance Program that offers free access to counseling services for the employee and any dependents.
-A positive work environment focused on the betterment of the young men at St. John's Jesuit High School Academy.
-Tuition assistance for son(s) of employees to attend St. John's.
-An employer who sees each employee, as well as each student, as an individual person and strives for a work environment where that individual person is treated with dignity and respect.
-60 days of fully paid maternity leave with the ability to use vacation time to supplement additional paid time off.
-20 days of fully paid paternity leave with the ability to use vacation time to supplement additional paid time off.
-Options for faith formation and spiritual growth.
-Matching 4% retirement contributions to a Roth or Regular 403(b).

The competitive salary for the VP of Advancement will ultimately commensurate with experience, education and skills with a projected range of $120,00-$165,000 per year. A full job description can be viewed under the employment section of the school website sjjtoledo.org.

Interested candidates please send resume, cover letter and salary requirements to Katie Sliwinski-Mundrick with the subject line of VP of Advancement at HumanResources@sjjtitans.org.

About the Employer

St. John's Jesuit High School was founded in 1898 and re-established in 1965 as a four-year, college preparatory high school for young men. In 2004, St. John's Jesuit established the Academy for seventh and eighth grade students, and in 2011, a sixth grade was added to the Academy.

SJJ is a part of the largest international educational network of almost 4,000 schools educating close to three million students. In the United States alone, the Jesuits sponsor 28 colleges and universities and 59 high schools.