Assistant Director, Individual Giving & Donor Growth

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet; Crest Hill (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time-off benefits

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Long-Term Disability and Life Ins.

403B retirement plan with employer Con

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Short-term Disability Insurance

Job summary

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet is seeking an Assistant Director of Development, Individual Giving to lead and enhance the agency's donor program. You will oversee annual giving, stewardship, and moves management, while collaborating with internal teams to craft donor-centered communications and expand philanthropic support.

In this role you will manage donor relationships, track metrics, and support major and planned giving efforts, contributing to sustainable revenue growth and

Qualifications

• Experience in annual giving and donor engagement including stewardship and cultivation.
• Knowledge of moves management, segmentation, donor retention, and pipeline development.
• Proficiency with donor databases; Raiser's Edge NXT preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the individual giving program, including annual appeals, donor renewal, retention, reactivation, and upgrade strategies.
• Develop and manage annual appeal plans in collaboration with Development, Communications, Programs, and other internal partners.
• Manage a portfolio of individual donors and prospects through regular outreach, meetings, stewardship, and solicitations.
• Maintain a consistent moves management process to track cultivation steps, stewardship actions, solicitations, and next steps.
• Support major and planned giving efforts through donor research, briefings, proposals, follow-up, and stewardship.
• Ensure accurate donor records and data integrity in Raiser's Edge NXT, including contact reports, gift information, coding, and segmentation.
• Collaborate with internal partners to gather stories, data, and impact information that strengthen donor communications.
• Develop donor-centered written materials such as appeals, acknowledgments, stewardship updates, proposals, and reports.
• Monitor individual giving performance including revenue, retention, average gift, appeal response, lapsed and upgraded donors, and mid-level movement.
• Represent the Agency at donor and community events including meetings, gatherings, and public functions.
• Supervise staff or volunteers as assigned, depending on departmental needs.
• Actively support supervised employees in achieving goals related to job performance, professional growth, and development, while fostering a culture of continuous learning and accountability.
• Other duties as assigned within the guidelines of this position.

Skills

Donor relationship building

Donor stewardship

Moves management

Raiser's Edge NXT

Data integrity

Written donor communications

Public speaking

Analytical abilities

Education

Bachelor's degree

Related field degree

Tools

Raiser's Edge NXT

Microsoft Office

Job description

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet is seeking an Assistant Director of Development, Individual Giving to lead and enhance the agency's donor program. You will oversee annual giving, stewardship, and moves management, while collaborating with internal teams to craft donor-centered communications and expand philanthropic support.

In this role you will manage donor relationships, track metrics, and support major and planned giving efforts, contributing to sustainable revenue growth and