Stewardship Officer - PT or FT

Westminster Theological Seminary; Glenside (PA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An evangelical theological institution is seeking a Stewardship Officer to manage and cultivate relationships with donors. The role involves creating and implementing strategies for donor engagement, organizing cultivation events, and maintaining donor data confidentiality. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational and communication skills, be detail-oriented, and demonstrate a proven ability to meet defined goals. This position offers flexibility, between 20-40 hours per week, with travel requirements. Commitment to the institution's beliefs is essential.

Qualifications

• Passion and belief in Westminster’s mission.
• Self-starter motivated by achieving defined goals.
• Ability to participate in all aspects of the gift cycle.
• Positive, energetic, driven and goal-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Manage donor relationships and cultivation strategies.
• Conduct regular meetings with the Stewardship Leadership.
• Coordinate donor cultivation events.
• Maintain donor confidentiality and database.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Goal orientation

Ability to handle sensitive information

Teamwork

Self-starter

Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

The Stewardship Officer is responsible for the management of all aspects of donor relationships. The Stewardship Officer cultivates relationships within an assigned portfolio and assists with other relationships as directed. The Stewardship Officer will follow a relational development model of stewardship to grow relationships with donors, soliciting support and elevating gift levels. Primary responsibilities include creating and implementing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned prospects; planning and executing cultivation and prospect identification events in assigned territories; and participating in seminary events such as speaking conferences and weekly Stewardship Leadership meetings.

Duties and responsibilities

• Serve as a stewardship officer for the seminary, working extensively to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors.
• Manage a personal portfolio of donors and prospects
• Meet weekly or as needed with Stewardship Leadership
• Make face‑to‑face visits as directed with donors and prospects each year.
• Work with the Stewardship team with the aid of Stewardship fundraising tools and knowledge to determine and achieve goals approved by VP of Stewardship.
• Achieve 10% year‑over‑year new donor growth in accordance with the overall Stewardship growth goal.
• In collaboration with Westminster events team and budget, coordinate donor identification, cultivation, and stewardship events throughout the year.
• Consistently update constituent relationship management platform with relevant actions, opportunities, notes, and profile information.
• Maintain donor and seminary confidentiality.
• Execute other duties as assigned by the Senior Director of Stewardship.

This may be a part‑time or full‑time, non‑exempt position, averaging between 20–40 hours per week.

More than one hire may be made for this position.

Requirements

• Passion and belief in Westminster’s mission.
• Self‑starter who is motivated by setting and achieving defined goals.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to participate in all aspects of the gift cycle: 1) initiate contacts with potential donors, 2) develop appropriate cultivation strategies, 3) move potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure, 4) make solicitations when appropriate, and 5) maintain stewardship engagement.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Ability to be organized, methodical, accurate, and detail‑oriented.
• Ability to work as a member of a team in a variety of roles, sometimes outside of his/her job responsibilities.
• Ability to handle extremely sensitive information with confidentiality and tact.
• Positive, energetic, driven and goal‑oriented.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and equivalent software.
• Willingness to travel and work some evenings and weekends.

Westminster Competencies

Demeanor: Embodies the fruits of the Spirit in the office, interacts with people lovingly, joyfully, peacefully, patiently, kindly, faithfully, gently, and in a self‑controlled manner.

Organization: Organizes their work so co‑workers can find key resources/documents and provides the tools necessary to succeed.

Communication: Equips supervisors and co‑workers by communicating in a clear, kind, and timely manner.

Initiative & Innovation: Identifies problems and/or solutions without being asked and consistently develops fresh perspectives, insights, and creative problem‑solving to help the team more efficiently and effectively achieve departmental and institutional goals.

Effectiveness & Dependability: Supervisors can trust you to produce timely, high‑quality, and generally error‑free work with an appropriate amount of time and resources, fulfill commitments, arrive on time to meetings, and provide advance notice of delays or failures to meet goals.

Teamwork / Service: Clears the way for the success of others by providing support to teammates in whatever way is needed.

Technical Proficiency: Effectively utilizes platforms and systems to help the team achieve institutional and departmental goals.

Westminster Theological Seminary hires only personnel who belong to a Protestant evangelical church and subscribe to Biblical orthodoxy (belief) and orthopraxy (practice). Employees shall affirm their agreement with the historic, trinitarian Christian faith as expressed in the Apostles’ Creed. Otherwise, Westminster Theological Seminary is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, except as specifically allowed by federal and state law, and basing employment decisions on merit, qualifications and training. Westminster Theological Seminary does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion (except as religion is a bona fide occupational qualification), sex, national origin, age, disability or any other classification protected by law.

In accordance with the above paragraph, all employees are required to sign Westminster Theological Seminary's community life policy affirming their commitment to Christian belief and practice as described in the policy.