The Development Office is looking for a Campaign Manager.
The job description is attached.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:
Archdiocese of New York
The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal
Campaign Manager
Professional Level: 1 to 3 years experience
Direct Supervisor: Senior Manager, Cardinal’s Appeal
Overview:
The Archdiocese of New York encompasses 295 parishes in the greater New York area, including the recently renovated St. Patrick’s Cathedral where Pope Francis visited this past September! The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal (CASA) is the annual fund for the archdiocese, raising over $20 million a year, to support charitable efforts which impact countless people throughout its ten counties. We are looking for campaign managers to be a part of our growing development team. Ideal candidates possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to work both independently and within a team environment. Currently, the CASA Office manages two other campaigns in addition to its annual fund – Capital Campaigns and Increased Offertory Campaigns.
Responsibilities:
- Help provide financial strength and stability to the Archdiocese of New York and its parishes by assisting in raising money for necessary capital projects, operational expenses, debt reduction, or to enhance reserves for future needs
- Meet regularly with pastors across the archdiocese to design a tailored approach in order to help the parish reach its fundraising goals
- Develop and implement strategies for increasing participation in assigned parishes
- Attend weekly staff meetings and report on individual parish progress
- Attend parish-based meetings, which can occur on some evenings and weekends
- Identification and advancement of prospects who have the capacity for greater giving
- Data management and analysis with the goal of maximizing fundraising efforts
- Draft and prepare tailored correspondence for individual parishes
- The Cardinal’s Appeal:
- Consult with 40 to 60 parishes to achieve their monetary and participation annual fund goals
- Prioritize closing gifts in the $500-$5,000 range
- Articulate the Cardinal’s Appeal message in a way that resonates with parishioners
- Assist pastor in establishing volunteer teams at parishes to maximize fundraising efforts
- Capital Campaign:
- Help parishes raise funds required to achieve their most pressing needs
- Prioritize securing pledges in the $25,000-$250,000 range
- Assist pastor in establishing leadership committees tasked with engaging prospects to commit to the campaign
- Proactively manage all parish level solicitations
- Increased Offertory Campaign:
- Work with parishes on proven methods to enhance their collections, with the goal of increasing their regular offertory by 20% or more
- Emphasize stewardship as an integral component to the success of the campaign
- Special projects and events as needed
Standards of Performance:
- Achieve financial and other non-monetary goals (i.e. participation, volunteer team establishment) with a measurable increase over the prior year’s results
- Build and maintain relationships with pastors, parish staff and volunteers
- Submit detailed parish analytical and statistical reports during the campaign in a timely fashion
- Identify 20 leadership gift prospects per year
Position Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required
- Driver’s license required as driving is a necessity for visiting assigned parishes
- Proficient in MS Office Suite
- Experience with Raiser’s Edge a plus
- Fluency in Spanish a plus
The Development Office is looking for a Summer Intern.
The job description is attached.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:
Archdiocese of New York
Development Office
Intern
Primary Responsibility: Acts as support assistant to the Development Office, specifically working with Cardinal’s Appeal and Renew + Rebuild
Direct Supervisor: Chief of Staff
Responsibilities:
- Assist with development of solicitation materials, including mail merges, printing, and binding
- Manage high volume of requests for clerical support from campaign staff
- Assist Operations Manager in maintaining inventory of all supplies and ordering as needed
- Help update and maintain all filing systems for the Development Office
- Produces parish mailings as directed
- Scan office files prior to current year and create digital archives upon request
- Organize and maintain storage closet
- Provide administrative support to campaign staff as needed
- Participate in staff meetings
- Special projects as needed
Qualifications:
- Education: Associate degree preferred or working towards a Bachelors degree
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Detailed and priority-oriented
- Self-motivated team player
- Proficient in Microsoft programs
Personal Characteristics:
Interest and desire to learn about fundraising; Able to work as part of a team and independently; Energetic, positive attitude; Flexible, self-starter; Solid interpersonal and communication skills; Detail oriented; Solid computer word-processing and spreadsheet skills
Performance Standards:
- Extremely well organized
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Proactively execute all assigned tasks with minimal supervision
Compensation: Hourly, minimum wage
Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to Karen Langer at karen.langer@archny.org.
The Development Office is looking for a Development Associate, Campaign Support Services.
The job description is attached.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:
ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK
Development Office
Development Associate, Campaign Support Services
Campaign Overview: For over 200 years, parishes in the Archdiocese of New York have been spiritual homes to millions of Catholics from every conceivable background and ethnicity. And as our Church has grown and changed over time, so have its needs.
In order to meet these changing needs, the Archdiocese of New York has embarked upon a $200 million capital campaign, Renew + Rebuild. The primary purpose of this campaign is to renew and revitalize our faith communities by providing support to our parishes, clergy, schools, and charities. As part of the Renew + Rebuild team, you will play an invaluable role in aiding pastors and parishioners to build and sustain active ministries and vibrant community life.
Primary Responsibility: To implement and execute the pledge redemption efforts of the Renew + Rebuild capital campaign with a minimum goal of achieving an 85-90% redemption rate in the parishes, and to provide additional operational support to the capital campaign team.
Professional Level: 3-5 years experience
Direct Supervisor: Operations Manager
Responsibilities:
Pledge Redemption
- Implement all back-office aspects of the capital campaign pledge collection process, including but not limited to pledge redemption mailings, outreach phone calls, and the conversion of anticipated cash payments to electronic payments.
- Manage all incoming donor and pastor calls regarding questions or concerns about a pledge status.
- Liaise with Donor Database Center to resolve pledge redemption questions.
- Update and edit the pledge collection materials and manual as needed.
- Provide support to campaign managers in the distribution of pledge collection materials to the parishes.
- Track pledge redemption rates by parish and identify parishes in need of additional support.
- Regularly report to senior development staff on parish pledge redemption progress.
Campaign Support
- Pull online reports on a weekly basis and summarize trends for senior development staff.
- Work with Donor Data Center to acquire Raiser’s Edge list pulls according to campaign needs.
- Merge and prepare parish databases as needed.
- Special projects as needed.
Standards of Performance:
- Help to achieve overall pledge redemption goal of $2M-$6M
Position Requirements:
- Excellent ability to track, analyze, and summarize data trends
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Advanced knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Raiser’s Edge
- Ability to carry out multiple and diverse tasks concurrently
- Ability to take on added responsibility as it is presented
- Spanish-speaking preferred
- Driver’s license required
- Capital Campaign and pledge collection experience preferred
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree
Personal Characteristics:
- Mission-driven person with a team-player mentality and talent for maintaining enthusiasm and momentum at the conclusion of a campaign
The Development Office is looking for a Major Gifts Manager.
The job description is attached.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:
ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK
Development Office
Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal
Major Gifts Manager
Overview: 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. Encompassing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan Ulster, and Westchester counties, as well as the boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx, the Archdiocese of New York currently serves approximately 2.8 million Catholics in rural, urban, and suburban settings. The ADNY Development Office exists to fundraise for the multitude of charitable, educational, and pastoral activities of this vast archdiocese, and as part of our team, you will play an invaluable role in aiding pastors and parishioners to build and sustain active ministries and vibrant community life throughout the Archdiocese of New York.
Primary Responsibility: To steward and increase major gifts ($1,000-$4,999) to the Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal
Direct Supervisor: Director, Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal
Responsibilities:
- Manage a total portfolio of 1,700-2,500 major donors ($1,000-$4,999) with specific renewal, upgrade, conversion, and re-engagement strategies
- Create dynamic stewardship and personalized cultivation strategies, including leveraging events, giving societies, and tailored mailings, as well as phone calls and in-person meetings
- Oversee and produce annual online and print ads for Friends of the Cardinal’s Appeal and Assembly of Stewards
- Accompany campaign managers to identify five key parishes per manager for tailored major gift solicitation strategies
- Assist in the annual mail file segmentation
- Track and project donor activity in portfolio
- Ensure that all major donor acknowledgements are processed in a timely manner
- Provide administrative and logistical support for major donor events (approximately six-eight per year)
- Special projects as needed
Impact:
- Renew and upgrade 15% of Appeal donors to Principal Gift Manager portfolios ($5,000+)
- Convert 15% of new capital campaign donors (144) to annual fund
- Re-activate giving for 15% of Appeal donors lapsed for three or more years
You Are:
- An intelligent, articulate, and highly motivated self-starter who is passionate about the Church
- Analytical and data-driven
- An organized team player with impeccable attention to detail and strong project management skills
- Able to relate effectively with upper management and colleagues
- Able to generate creative solutions and exercise a high level of initiative
- Able to take on additional responsibility and skilled at carrying out multiple and diverse tasks concurrently
You Have
- A bachelor’s degree and at least 3-5 years of fundraising experience with measurable results and a strong emphasis on major gifts
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills and a deep understanding of Catholic culture
- The proven skills and ability to manage multi-phase projects from inception to completion
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Windows
- Experience with Raiser’s Edge, Luminate, and standard research tools preferred
The Tuition Management Office is looking for an Assistant Director of Communications & Reporting.
The job description is attached.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to:
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK
GRSS Tuition Management Office
Assistant Director of Communications and Reporting
Primary Responsibility: The Assistant Director of Communication and Reporting assists the Director with the operations of the office, communications, data analysis and reports.
Professional Level: At least 5 – 7 years of professional work experience
Direct Supervisor: Director of Tuition Management Office
Responsibilities:
Reporting
- Manage tuition and registration communication with parents
- Draft communications and reports for management
- Maintain school master list as needed
- Create excel spreadsheets for various projects
- Manage new school accounts
- Manage parent refunds as required through Smart Tuition and TADs
- Prepare GRSS Financial Assistance billing to Archdiocese of New York and ICSF
- Maintaining GL Mapping for Smart Tuition
- Prepare analysis as required on Smart data
- Track project implementation as necessary
- Special projects as needed
Communications
- Draft TMO newsletter content and create a timeline for messaging
- Liaison with web development/ marketing and school training
- Liaison with parent call center and answer or direct inquiries to the appropriate staff member
- Stand by for Associate Director of Tuition Billing
- Manage short term staffing needs
- Liaison with Scholarship team, Directors of Enrollment, Business managers and Treasury
- Maintain and implement all policies that are in place as well as develop new policies to assure all departments are coordinated
- Working with the director to develop and specify implementation project goals, timelines and strategy
- Liaison with external scholarship programs
- Creating and maintaining an auditable documentation management system
Performance Standards:
- Represent the Archdiocese in a professional and positive manner.
- Proactively execute all assigned tasks with minimal supervision
- Ability to multi-task be organized, priority oriented and detail-oriented
- Proficiency using databases and analysis
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in business or financial services
- Experience with systems development efforts a plus
- Proficient in MS Windows
- Knowledge of workflow processes, audit trails and back office financial services a plus
- Ability to effectively communicate information via email and phone within our organization and schools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.