Chief Development Officer

CatholicJobs.com; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Recruiter Associates in Jacksonville, FL seeks a Chief Development Officer to lead major gifts and a broad fundraising program in support of the Diocese. You will personally cultivate and solicit donors, manage a donor portfolio, and report to senior leadership, including the Bishop, Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, and the Catholic Foundation Executive Director.

Responsibilities include designing a comprehensive development plan, expanding major gifts, coordinating campaigns,

Qualifications

• Experience: 5-10 Years
• Education: Undergraduate Degree

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, implements, coordinates, and manages an annual comprehensive development plan.
• Grows the individual major gifts program and manages a portfolio of prospects.
• Arranges face-to-face and family meetings between donors and the Bishop.
• Provides regular updates to the Bishop and Chancellor for Administrative Affairs.
• Oversees donor appreciation events and maintains donor relations.
• Works with the Catholic Foundation and Board to set priorities and strategy.

Education

Undergraduate Degree

Job description

Job Details

Catholic Recruiter Associates

Jacksonville, FL

Job ID#: 11051177245

Posted: September 11, 2026

Expires: November 10, 2026

Category: Fundraising

Terms: Full-Time Employee

Experience: 5-10 Years

Education: Undergraduate Degree

Base Pay: $150k to $200k Salary

Job Description

The Chief Development Officer's primary focus is on major gifts working closely with the Bishop, the Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, the development team, the Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation and its Board of Directors, diocesan curia leadership, pastors and parish staff, donors, and other key constituents to advance the diocese's development goals. The Executive Director will establish department priorities and oversee, manage, and grow current and future fundraising programs (including diocesan campaigns) while also supporting entity-based campaign efforts. The CDO will actively manage a donor portfolio by personally participating in cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, and will assist the Bishop with an elevated portfolio of existing and prospective donors.

• Plans, designs, implements, coordinates, and manages an annual comprehensive development plan that describes the development mission of the diocese as well as goals and objectives for various development programs consistent with the Bishop's vision and diocesan objectives. This development program shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, major gifts, grant solicitation, capital campaign support, Bishop's Annual Stewardship Appeal (BASA), annual diocesan appeals (National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche, Catholic Schools tuition assistance, cemeteries, etc.), offertory enhancement, planned giving, and the endowment program.
• Grows the individual major gifts program, including identification, cultivation, and solicitation of major gifts; manages a portfolio of qualified major gift prospects; maintains current donors and builds on the individual donor base; and meets the diocese's major gift fundraising goals as established with the Chancellor for Administrative Affairs by the Bishop.
• Arranges face-to-face, personalized, group meetings, and family meetings between top prospective benefactors and the Bishop. Provides regular updates and follow-up reports to the Bishop and Chancellor for Administrative Affairs.
• Fosters a ministry-oriented accountable work environment, providing strong leadership, management, and supervision to the following direct reports:
• Director of Annual Giving
• Database & Donor Relations Coordinator
• Administrative Assistant
• Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation
• Provides performance management feedback and goal setting with her/his team.

Promotes a team environment and articulates the purpose and vision with staff, develops goals with each of them, and follows up to ensure that the mission is accomplished.

• Advises the Bishop, Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, Chief Financial Officer, and the appropriate advisory boards on all issues related to development, while providing comprehensive, accurate, and timely status reports on performance, financial updates, goals, initiatives, and the success of the campaigns, as well as building support for future strategy.

• Works closely with the Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation and its Board of Directors, the Bishop, Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, and Chief Financial Officer to set the priorities and strategic direction of development and the Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of St. Augustine.
• Oversees all planning of donor appreciation events.
• Works cooperatively and diligently with professionals in the technology arena, legal, planning, trust, investment, and marketing fields to involve them in the development activities of the diocese to achieve successful outcomes.
• Serves the Bishop, priests, and all parishioners to enhance the expansion of resources necessary for the ministries of the Diocese of St. Augustine. Activities include building constituent relationships through various contacts and events.
• Works closely with other diocesan stewardship and development colleagues to organize and synchronize development efforts.
• Assembles a team of professionals to provide consultative advice, support, materials, tools, publications, education/training workshops to parishes and other diocesan institutions so that they can develop their own development, fundraising, grant writing, offertory enhancement programs, and capital campaign initiatives, and increased giving and stewardship programs that are right for their own unique needs based on their available personnel and volunteers.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism and credibility with the diocesan staff, department heads, clergy, the public, and all media through knowledge, forthrightness, and truthfulness, with a high focus on building effective and positive relationships.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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