Director of Advancement

Job Description

Director of Advancement
Job Description

Role
The Director of Advancement at St. Thomas More Academy (STMA) will build, manage, and further meaningful relationships with STMA's current donors through meaningful interactions, primarily in person and individually, he/she will also help identify potential donors, foundations, and grants to help with STMA's mission.

Responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of School, the Director of Advancement will personally visit donors to identify individuals who would like to be meaningfully involved in STMA's mission and vision, cultivate meaningful relationships between those individuals and STMA, personally solicit meaningful gifts from those individuals, and continue to further involve those individuals in STMA's mission and vision. Grant writing will be approximately 25% of the time commitment.

This includes:
Collaborate with the Head of School on all strategies and activities for donor cultivation, including individuals and corporations, relational solicitation, and stewardship, for STMA's annual and long-term financial support.
Creating and implementing meaningful interaction plans for each assigned donor and collaborating with the Head of School, leadership, and volunteers in these efforts.
Solicit meaningful gifts from each assigned donor.
Track all donor interactions in database/relationship management software.
Identify and apply for grants, including researching, applying, and stewarding relationships with foundations, corporations, and community organizations. Provide a regular summary to the Head of the School of meaningful interactions with assigned donors, including past and upcoming interactions, solicitations, and new gifts received.
Oversee the design and implementation of a comprehensive strategic program to encourage and enhance alumni engagement, support, and giving for STMA.
Represent STMA at periodic public relations events, speaking opportunities, and system extra-curricular events.
Manage the research, writing, and submittal of grant proposals to foundations and corporate organizations; ensure the timely reporting and management oversight of each.
Collaborate with the Head of School on STMA's branding, external communications, and community marketing.

Requirements & Qualifications
Active Catholic with a commitment to STMA's mission
Experience in a related field
Strong passion for people and interacting individually with them
Strong ability to converse with others of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints
Ability to regularly set and conduct donor visits in a methodical and disciplined manner
Excellent listening skills
Excellent writing skills both technical and persuasion
Excellent public speaking and verbal persuasion
Energetic self-starter with positive, optimistic attitude, and a strong sense of initiative
Collaboration, planning and implementation skills

About the Employer

St. Thomas More Academy's mission is to serve Michiana families by forming children in truth, wisdom, and authentic freedom. To this end, STMA provides a rigorous classical liberal arts curriculum that is rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition and centered on the daily offering of the Mass. From this core, the Academy transmits Christian culture to and through its students, teachers, school leaders, and parents, fostering an apostolic community of friendship in Christ.