Annual Campaign Director at Jewish Federation of St. Louis

The Jewish Federation of St. Louis is seeking an experienced Annual Campaign Director to join our Development team.

For nearly 125 years, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has mobilized the Jewish community, its people, and financial resources to grow and sustain Jewish life in St. Louis, in Israel, and around the world. In support of 85+ partner agencies and several Federation-led initiatives, Federation conducts several campaigns and fundraising efforts, totaling $12-17M annually and headlined by its flagship Annual Campaign, which raised $9.65M in unrestricted support for needs locally and around the world. Federation’s Center for Legacy Giving oversees $150M+ in endowments and donor advised funds.

This position is ideal for a candidate with experience in designing and implementing an Annual Campaign.

Our team loves working in support of helping others live with human dignity, meaning, and relevance. We are passionate about joining in regional efforts to grow the St. Louis economic and professional environment. We offer a fun, collaborative team environment with excellent health and wellness benefits. We are offering a competitive starting salary between $88,000 – $92,000 annually for our Annual Campaign Director.

Job Responsibilities

1. Designing and implementing the campaign efforts and donor development pipelines, including coordinating directly with lead staff for all major campaign events and activities;
2. Working closely with Development and Federation Leadership to establish Annual Campaign goals and metrics;
3. Overseeing strategies for benchmark giving levels;
4. Soliciting a portfolio of donors for the Annual Campaign and other initiatives;
5. Overseeing sub-campaigns;
6. Coordinating with the finance team to ensure pledges and payments are properly documented, including overseeing pledge and payment acknowledgement processes, tax letter distribution, tribute and billing processes;
7. Developing campaign themes and marketing approaches, including consulting with marketing staff on all campaign-related publications and materials;
8. Creating and implementing plans to ensure campaign volunteers remain motivated and prepared to implement donor solicitations;
9. Supervising a small team of development personnel and providing coaching and support to those individuals;
10. Being a supportive and collaborative member of the Development team;
11. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

1. A Bachelor’s degree;
2. Minimum 5 (five) years of experience in fundraising, sales, or marketing, with a proven ability to manage projects, staff, and processes. Candidates with less or no fundraising experience with a passion for this position are encouraged to inquire;
3. Excellent research, writing, and interpersonal communication skills;
4. Ability to manage budgets for supervised areas of responsibility;
5. An understanding of and ability to articulate the accomplishments and goals of a complex organization;
6. The intelligence, maturity, and sound judgment necessary for interacting with major donor prospects, Board members, and staff;
7. Ability to manage and mentor other fundraising staff;
8. Proficiency in a database system;
9. Knowledge of the Jewish community, culture, and traditions;
10. Proven success in utilizing data to achieve strategic outcomes;
11. Strong organizational skills and an ability to develop strategic plans and implement those plans;
12. Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills and the ability to network to develop donor prospects;
13. Knowledge of St. Louis’ Jewish community preferred;
14. Ability to work well in a team-oriented, collaborative environment;
15. Proficiency in Microsoft Office products and Constituent Relationship Management software (such as Blackbaud or Salesforce).

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