Development Manager – Individual & Planned Giving

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🕒 October 1

🌽 Illinois, Wisconsin – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $68k - $78.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Faith in Place

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1999

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact • Environment

Faith in Place is an organization focused on environmental advocacy and social justice. They work towards creating sustainable communities through their programs which address climate change, energy use, sustainable food, and land use. Faith in Place emphasizes justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, particularly for communities most affected by environmental injustices. They support initiatives like tree planting grants and coaching Green Teams of various faiths to foster long-lasting environmental change. As an affiliate of Interfaith Power & Light in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, Faith in Place acknowledges and shows gratitude towards the traditional lands and peoples of these areas.

📋 Description

• Lead individual donor fundraising for Faith in Place, focusing on major gifts, annual campaigns, and planned giving • Steward the organization's individual, corporate, and house-of-worship supporters • Meet annual revenue goals for Individuals, AES Corporations, AES Individuals, and AES Houses of Worship budget categories • Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, particularly major donors • Organize, lead, and implement the spring appeal, AES Summit sponsorship campaign, and end-of-year fundraising campaign • Implement donor thanking processes and recommend improvements to increase timeliness and personalization • Organize, design, and implement Sustainers Circle donor events, communications, and stewardship opportunities • Research and recommend strategies to systemize and grow planned giving, including monthly sustaining donations and legacy gifts • Participate in Fundraising Committee meetings and contribute data and donor insights to inform strategy • Supervise 1-2 direct reports, pending organizational need and budget • Report to the Development Director and partner with the Fundraising Committee and development team colleagues • Contribute part of working hours to the Faith in Place Action Fund, raising memberships and motivating lobbying for environmental justice

🎯 Requirements

• 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, such as annual appeals, year-end campaigns, and event sponsorships • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including donor-facing messaging • Experience using donor CRM software; EveryAction preferred • Ability to manage multiple campaigns and relationships with attention to detail and deadlines • Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for donor events and fundraising activities • Must reside in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin • Experience building or growing a planned giving program, including legacy gifts and monthly sustainer programs (preferred) • Prior experience supervising or mentoring staff (preferred) • Bachelor's degree (preferred) • Familiarity with multifaith or interfaith community engagement (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance, with some employee contributions • Employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, beginning the first of the month following employment • Professional development stipend • Up to sixteen (16) paid vacation days per year • Two (2) paid personal days per year • Five (5) paid sick days per year • 4-day flex model • Monthly cell phone stipend • Monthly internet stipend • $500 one-time payment for home office needs • Comp time for work outside regular work hours