The Development Office is looking for a Director of the Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal.
The job description is attached.
Interested candidates should follow the link below and submit their applications online at:
https://kalishonline.com/current-searches/.
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK
Director, Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal
Position Specifications and Candidate Qualifications
The Archdiocese of New York is the second-largest diocese in the United States, encompassing 292 parishes serving 2.8 million Catholics in addition to hundreds of Catholic schools, hospitals and charities The Archdiocese includes the boroughs of New York, the Bronx, and Staten Island in New York City, and the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester. The Archdiocese of New York is led by His Eminence Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
For over 200 years, the Archdiocese of New York has preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to millions of people from every conceivable background and ethnicity. The Archdiocese exists to nourish, educate, and heal all those who come to her.
CARDINAL’S ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP APPEAL
The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal (CASA) is the primary vehicle through which many of the Church’s charitable, educational, and pastoral activities are funded in the Archdiocese. Begun in 1979, the Appeal now raises about $20 million on an annual basis and sustains a broad spectrum of life-changing ministries.
Among its priorities this year are:
- Assistance for Needy Parishes – Ensures that parishes can keep providing a faith home to tens of thousands of Catholics. CASA provides operational support and emergency assistance to those parishes in need of financial aid.
- Pastoral and Administrative Support – CASA provides funds to train and provide nearly 1,000 staff who help with church management.
- Funding for Parish Schools – Funding is provided for 128 elementary schools in the Archdiocese that are part of or located at parishes.
- Formation of New Parish Priests – Contributions allow young men to attend Saint Joseph’s Seminary.
- A Home for Retired Parish Priests – CASA funding provides for retired pastors at the Saint John Vianney Clergy Residence, including intensive treatment for those requiring an enhanced care unit.
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Executive Director of Development, the Director of the Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal will design, develop and implement an aggressive annual fundraising program to grow the Appeal to $25 million over the next couple of years and set CASA on a trajectory for further growth in the future. This is one of the priorities of His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan.
The Director of CASA will determine and implement a a strategy for several fundraising methodologies: direct mail (concentrating on donor acquisition), face-to-face solicitations of high-end ($1,000-$49,999) annual gifts, cultivation events, and parish offertories. The Director will supervise the engagement and solicitation plans for key prospects and work effectively with parish priests to ensure that fundraising in the parishes is accomplished successfully.
This position will be a member of the senior development team which, in addition to the Executive Director of Development, includes the Chief of Staff, the Director of Major Campaigns and Operations, and the Director of Donor Relations. This position will manage a talented team of 15+ staff.
The Director of CASA will be innovative, creative, and visionary, as well as a highly-accomplished annual campaign/major gift fundraiser with a strong track record in data analytics, consistently meeting deadlines, and managing a staff of professional fundraisers. S/he will need to have the ability to work in a fast-paced, complex organizational structure. The successful candidate will need to have a heart for God’s call in their life and a genuine passion for the mission of the Catholic Church.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and put into action a strategic fundraising plan to raise $20+ million through the Appeal in nearly 300 parishes throughout the Archdiocese, including, themes for appeals and content of all collateral materials, as well as solicitation strategies for the Appeal’s top donors in coordination with the Director of Donor Relations.
- Create and oversee a pastor engagement plan at the parish-level to offer support, partner with and garner feedback from parish priests.
- Oversee staff portfolios of key prospects, and ensure that cultivation, solicitation and stewardship visits with the annual fund’s top prospects are made each month.
- Supervise and mentor a team of 15+, conduct semi-annual performance evaluations, and set specific goals for each member of the team.
- In conjunction with the Director of Major Campaigns and Operations, shape, align, and calendarize the message in fundraising communications and direct mail pieces.
- Oversee regular tracking and analysis of all fundraising progress and report the results regularly.
- Manage the CASA Leadership Committee and the Pastors Advisory Council.
- Oversee stewardship and recognition of annual fund donors.
- Develop and manage the annual CASA budget of approximately $2-$3 million.
- Ensure that the Appeal’s communications and branding are attractively and adequately conveyed through print, web content, and social media.
- Oversee the strategy and implementation of 6-9 donor cultivation events a year including one-on-one breakfasts, regional campaign kick-off events, and major donor receptions.
INDICATORS OF SUCCESS
- A bold and imaginative thinker who can articulate and realize a vision for the Appeal
- An open-minded, agile, and creative individual who is respectful of the mission and traditions of the Archdiocese
- Ability to make data-driven decisions and to draw inferences from numbers
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex organizational structure
- Proactive in anticipating challenges and determining solutions
- A good listener with high integrity, sound judgment, sensitivity, and common sense
- Outstanding interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Possess the intellectual depth, maturity, and collaborative skills to work effectively with clergy, volunteers, senior leadership, and staff
- Extremely well-developed organizational skills with exceptional attention to follow-through
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment
- Retain, foster, and coalesce emerging campaign managers into a formidable fundraising team.
QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five to ten years of successful fundraising experience for a religious or nonprofit organization; master’s degree preferred.
- Experience running annual appeal campaigns with multiple donor channels, particularly direct mail, is preferred.
- A track record of identifying, qualifying, cultivating and soliciting significant major gifts from individual prospects
- Be a confident and articulate public speaker
- Experience partnering with lay leaders at the highest levels
- Experience running and staffing high-level meetings, and providing support and direction executing such meetings that are professional and engaging
- Experience working with clergy preferred, but not required.
- Demonstrated ability to passionately present the mission of the Catholic Church in a convincing and professional manner that engages, inspires and generates enthusiasm among prospects
- Flexibility and willingness to travel and work on evenings and weekends as needed.
- Knowledge and proficiency of Raiser’s Edge or other donor management database software are required, as well as the ability to utilize Excel.