Director of Advancement

Worldlink; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Disability insurance

Flexible schedule

Remote work options

Job summary

Worldlink seeks a Director of Advancement to lead the Development Team, grow donor resources, and align fundraising with Worldlink’s mission. You will develop plans, manage donor relationships, and ensure proper use of Neon CRM and ClickUp while expanding remote work options.

Under the President’s supervision, you will oversee growth initiatives, maintain program integrity, and empower indigenous missionaries through sustainable support for ever-larger teams.

Qualifications

• Character aligning with Christian ministry values and integrity.
• Experience leading development teams and donor retention strategies.
• Ability to strategize, plan and execute fundraising initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Development Team to meet fundraising goals and donor targets.
• Develop and execute the Development Plan in alignment with Worldlink’s mission.
• Liaise with donors, expand relationships, and invite greater engagement.

Skills

Donor relations

Leadership

Strategic planning

Relational influence

Microsoft Office Suite

ClickUp

Neon donor CRM

Project management

Tools

ClickUp

Neon

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Worldlink is a Christian ministry and our VISION is: To see God’s Good News shared with every unreached person transforming individuals and communities. In pursuing that desired outcome, our particular MISSION is: To empower indigenous missionaries to share the tangible love of God and the Good News of Jesus with the world’s least-reached people.

There are almost 8.1 billion people in our world composed of 17,280 distinct people groups. About 3.4 billion people (42% of the world’s population) in 7,189 groups would be categorized as “unreached” living with limited gospel access and little or no opportunity to hear the Good News of Jesus in a location and language to which they can logically respond in saving faith and begin a life of following him. Nearly 2 billion of our world’s inhabitants live where there are no known gospel movements and less than 0.1% Christians.

Worldlink and our indigenous missionary partners are reaching these least-reached people.

A typical person reached by our indigenous missionary partners would be:

1. Unsaved - spiritually needy
2. Not apt to be reached by traditional Western missionary models
3. Culturally distant from Western Christians
4. Lives in a less-reached area without a sustained witness of the Gospel
5. Physically or emotionally suffering

We have over 2000 indigenous missionary partners in 60 countries. In the past 12 months their ministry has resulted in 1,517,460 people hearing the Good News of Jesus and, by God’s grace, 193,347 of then putting their faith in Christ. Our current Annual Income is $1.7M which all comes from the giving of individuals, churches and foundations in the USA and UK. We have seen God supply over triple the number of missionary partners and over double our yearly gift income in the past 5 years. Continuous growth in Worldlink’s ministry will necessitate continuous growth in gift income.

God is growing Worldlink’s impact! To continue, and to escape, that growth we are growing our Valley Forge, PA based Home Team by adding a Director of Advancement.

WHAT YOU’D DO ON OUR TEAM

This team member is a key asset to the ministry as they provide leadership for Worldlink’s Development Team and take responsibility for the ministry-wide efforts to put ourselves in the place where God will entrust us with ever-growing resources to support ever-larger missionary teams to see ever-greater impact. As directed by their supervisor, this team member will perform other tasks required to make the greatest possible contribution to Worldlink’s mission.

While repetitive tasks are certainly part of this position, responsibilities will vary from week to week based on the ministry needs.

Want some more details? Here are some duties and responsibilities:

• With God’s help and in dependence on Him, strive to grow and develop in spiritual, family, intellectual and personal life and maintain a lifestyle consistent with biblical precepts, principles, and practices.
• Take ownership, under the President, for the ministry’s development functions aligned with Worldlink’s recognized development philosophy.
• Continually update the Worldlink Development Plan according to the Worldlink ethos and culture of Development.
• Strategize and address the needs of Donors to Retain, Donors to Regain, Donors to Recruit and Donors to Release.
• Lead the Development Team (and other Worldlink team members as available) to meet goals and tasks required for development success.
• Oversee and guarantee organizational proper use of the NEON Relationship Management System and the Development Team’s proper use of ClickUp Project Management System.
• Personally liaise with donors in large-group, small-group and face-to-face meetings to build real relationships, help them see what God is doing, and invite them to have the impact only they can have.
• As with everyone on our team, seek and perform other tasks as needed to advance the mission.

PROFICIENCIES

This individual must possess a demonstrated ability to own and fulfil goals and lead others through relational influence not just position, relational intelligence, security that thrives in new situations with diverse people, a passion for organization, a detail orientation without data-obsession, a superior work ethic and self-motivation, a fanatical follow-through mindset, strong interpersonal skills and cooperative work ability, spoken and written communication talent, a professional yet friendly communication presence, impeccable integrity and confidentiality, competency with digital tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, project/task management software (we use ClickUp), donor management software (we use Neon), willingness to learn new technology, a producer mentality, a passion for Worldlink’s ministry, a heart for the Lord and a calling to serve Christ as a missionary (a Christian on a mission).

REQUIREMENTS

Character: We are an international Christian ministry and actively striving for Christ-like character is non-negotiable. We don’t expect perfection (or no one would serve here), but we all work individually and together to be more like Jesus whom we serve.

Competency: See above.

Culture: We have a high-performing, fun-loving team who genuinely like working together to accomplish an eternally important mission. Our Core Values include:

• Integrity that models God’s truth and transparency
• Stewardship that utilizes God’s resources with exceptional return-on-investment
• Evangelism and Discipleship as the center of our mission
• High-trust environment within high-performance teams
• Partnerships that demonstrate equality with indigenous missionaries
• Excellence that honors an excellent God

If you heart and spirit are saying, “Wow! That all fits me perfectly and I would love to invest my working hours serving with that type of group on that type of mission” then we’d love to have you apply and let’s ask if Worldlink is the place for you.

PAY & BENEFITS

Along with salary (upon which you will not get rich), a full-time Director of Advancement would be eligible for medical insurance, retirement plan with matching contribution, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance, engaging in eternally important work while collaborating with an enjoyable team, and having a flexible work schedule with regular remote work options on Monday and Friday.

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