Development Manager

BiblicalTraining.org; Spokane Valley (WA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BiblicalTraining.org in Spokane Valley seeks a hybrid Development Manager to turn a growing global audience into a community of supporters, shaping BT’s giving strategy with the President during a season of growth. You’ll build personal relationships at scale, expand recurring giving, launch a mid-tier donor community, and design donor CRM systems to remember what matters to each supporter.

This role blends onsite and remote work, with a distributed team and opportunities to travel 10–20% of the

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of nonprofit development/fundraising experience.
• Strong relationship-building and donor stewardship skills.
• Experience with annual and recurring giving programs and donor CRM.
• Excellent written donor communications and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture relationships with Ministry Partners and mid-level donors.
• Set BT’s development strategy, annual plan, calendar, budget, and channel mix.
• Plan seasonal and year-end giving campaigns with collaborators.
• Grow recurring-giving and mid-tier donor communities.
• Collaborate with the President and Website Director on integrated campaigns.

Skills

Nonprofit fundraising

Donor relationships

CRM software

Annual giving

Excellent written communication

Tools

Little Green Light

Bloomerang

DonorPerfect

Salesforce NPSP

Job description

BiblicalTraining.org is seeking a hybrid (onsite/remote) Development Manager to help turn a growing global audience of learners into a genuine community of supporters. This is a rare opportunity to build meaningful, personal relationships with the people whose generosity makes free, world-class Bible education possible — and to help shape BT’s giving strategy from the ground up, working closely with the President during an exciting season of growth.

About BiblicalTraining.org

Description

BiblicalTraining.org is a 501(c)(3), donor-funded ministry that provides free, high-quality Bible education to “every Christian, everywhere, forever.” Founded by Dr. Bill Mounce and led today by Bill Mounce (Founder) and Rob Marcello (President), BT offers classes across four levels — Basics, Foundations, Academy, and Institute — taught by a growing roster of world-class professors, pastors, and authors. In FY26 alone, BT welcomed 25,000+ new learners and saw 146,000+ lessons completed, on top of 880,000+ site visits over the past year. BT is ECFA-accredited and entirely crowdfunded.

The Opportunity

You’re joining at a pivotal, energizing moment. BT already has a global following — 880,000+ site visits and 25,000+ new learners this past year alone, in nearly every country on earth — and a small, close-knit, growing team ready to invest in building real relationships with the people who support this mission. This is a hybrid role, consisting of some onsite and remote work. Here’s where you’ll make your mark:

• Build relationships at scale. You’ll get to know our learners as people, not just numbers — building warm, personal on-ramps (in-app invitations, post-class conversations, thoughtful email touchpoints) that turn free learners into engaged, joyful supporters.
• Grow our recurring-giving family. Our Ministry Partner community already gives from the heart every month. You’ll get to deepen those relationships with tiered giving levels, a genuine welcome experience, and personal check-ins that make every partner feel seen.
• Launch a mid-tier giving community. You’ll create something new: a mid-tier giving community for donors ready for a closer relationship with BT — personal calls, handwritten notes, and stewardship that feels like friendship, not a transaction.
• Help set our development strategy. You’ll shape BT’s first annual development strategy from the ground up — goals, calendar, and a giving rhythm for the year — working closely with the President and the wider team to bring it to life.
• Build the systems behind great relationships. You’ll build the donor data and CRM practices that help us remember what matters to each supporter, so every relationship gets more personal as we grow, not less.
• Team up across the organization. You’ll partner closely with our Website Director and the rest of the team, aligning development and marketing so every touchpoint — web, email, and campaign — feels like one coherent, welcoming relationship with BT.

What You’ll Do

• Build genuine, personal relationships with our Ministry Partners and mid-level donors — calls, notes, and regular check-ins that make people feel like true partners in the mission, not names on a list.
• Set and own BT’s development strategy: the annual plan, fundraising calendar, budget, and channel mix across email, web, and direct appeals, shaped in close collaboration with the President.
• Plan and run BT’s seasonal and year-end giving campaigns (Giving Tuesday, December appeal, spring campaign), in partnership with the Website Director.
• Grow the Ministry Partner recurring-giving community: design tiered giving levels, a warm onboarding experience, and thoughtful re-engagement for anyone who’s stepped away.
• Launch and grow BT’s mid-tier giving community for donors ready for a closer relationship with BT — personalized outreach, upgrade paths, and dedicated stewardship.
• Design welcoming pathways that introduce BT’s free learners to giving — in-app invitations, post-class conversations, and lifecycle email sequences.
• Manage the donor database/CRM as a relationship tool: data hygiene, gift processing, tax receipting, and segmentation that helps you remember what matters to each supporter.
• Partner with the President on major-donor and board relationships — donor research, briefing materials, and stewardship follow-through.
• Report fundraising progress regularly to the President, and celebrate wins with the wider team.

What You’ll Bring

Required:

• 3–5 years of nonprofit development/fundraising experience.
• A warm, relational style — you genuinely enjoy getting to know people and building trust that turns into lasting support.
• Experience with annual giving and recurring/monthly giving programs, and comfort managing a donor CRM (e.g., Little Green Light, Bloomerang, DonorPerfect, Salesforce NPSP).
• Comfort with fundraising data and reporting — you can build a dashboard, not just a spreadsheet.
• Excellent written communication for donor-facing appeals, stewardship reports, and campaign copy.
• Personal alignment with BT’s broadly evangelical Statement of Faith and mission.
• A collaborative self-starter who thrives with real autonomy inside a small, growing, distributed team.
• Ability to travel 10-20% of the time

Preferred:

• CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) credential or active AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) membership; candidates without current certification should be willing to pursue AFP membership and CFRE certification.
• Experience with mid-level donor cultivation specifically.
• Background at a church, parachurch ministry, or Christian education organization.

Why This Role Matters

BT has already solved distribution — world-class Bible teaching is reaching learners in nearly every country on earth, for free. The next chapter is relational: turning that reach into a genuine community of supporters who feel personally connected to the mission. You’ll join a small, tight-knit, growing team at exactly the right moment to help build those relationships and shape what BT’s giving community becomes.

Salary:$55,000 – $70,000 per year