Director of Annual Giving

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significant changes in local communities that have far-reaching
effects. At ECS, we’re working towards addressing and challenging
poverty at its core while ensuring the personal growth and
fulfillment of ourselves and each other. Learn more about how you
can join us in our mission.

Episcopal Community Services (ECS) empowers individuals and
families to determine and follow their own paths. Our mission is to
challenge and reduce intergenerational poverty. We envision a world
where the path to prosperity is available to all. 

https://www.ecsphilly.org/

 JOB SUMMARY

 The Director of the ECS Annual Fund (Director of Annual
Giving)  plays a crucial role in the Advancement Department to
facilitate and manage a significant portion of the agency’s annual
giving donors. This position supports the Chief Advancement Officer
in promoting and advancing the agency’s prospect management work.
This hybrid position allows telecommuting remote work with some
structured office hours required.

 Essential Job Duties and
Responsibilities

• Support the agency’s annual budget by developing and managing
  cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for a
  significant population of annual giving donors, working with ECS
  management and board as appropriate. 
• Supervise the Advancement Operations Team, consisting of the
  Database Manager and the Advancement Assistant, Database
• Manage solicitation strategies across most individual giving
  levels, including the monthly giving circle;
• Work with Chief Advancement Officer and Individual Giving
  Officer to continually review donor lists to solicit donors at the
  proper levels.
• Develop selected initiatives targeting the next generation of
  donors and reaching beyond the Episcopal network.
• Coordinate with members of the MARCOM department to develop
  strong and cohesive annual giving messages across all
  communications platforms.
• Promote donor events to assigned prospects and be on hand for
  events 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s level degree in relevant discipline 
• Minimum four (4) years’ experience of successful direct mailing
  fundraising in a non-profit environment with demonstrated ability
  to systematically cultivate, solicit, and steward a large number of
  prospective donors resulting in significant increased
  gifts. 
• Demonstrated experience with email and social media forms of
  cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Supervisory experience required 
• Recent experience with functionality and management reports
  from Raiser’s Edge database view and Raiser’s Edge NXT.
• Familiarity with advanced features of Microsoft Office suite of
  products

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to interface professionally with a variety of
  stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, but collaboratively, in
  goal-oriented team environment 
• Ability to work effectively with donor community within the
  Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania as well as city and region.
• Exceptional attention to detail, skilled at communications both
  orally and in writing.

Review the full details of this role in the attached job
description. 

ECS provides a motivating work environment and
encourages individual professional development. We provide a
comprehensive salary and benefits package that includes: health,
dental and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability; life
insurance; tuition reimbursement; flexible spending accounts;
training opportunities; transportation subsidies; 401(k) retirement
plan; generous vacation allowance; 11 paid holidays; home purchase
grants; and an employee assistance program.

 Monday – Friday with limited evenings and weekends; this
hybrid position allows remote work with some structured office
hours required.