Director of Development
CatholicJobs.com · Hopkins, MN · 1 mo ago
OTHR$60k–$70k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate, duplicate lines, application instructions, etc.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We have job posting details: Title: Director of Development (implied). Job ID etc not needed.
We have sections: Job Description (prose), Responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Standout Candidates May Also Bring (list), About The Society Of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (prose), The Chesterton Schools Network (prose), Join Our Team (prose), Employment Details (Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried, Base salary range $55,000 to $80,000, based on experience and demonstrated capability. This role offers significant growth potential... Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays. Remote with frequent travel...). Also there is "Base Pay $60k to $70k Salary" earlier but later Employment Details says $55k-$80k. We need to preserve all substantive info; we should include both? Might be contradictory but we must preserve both. Could combine? Probably we should include both statements as they appear. However we need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". The salary ranges are specific numbers, so we can include Pay section.
We need Benefits: "Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays." That's benefits.
Schedule: "Remote with frequent travel to cultivate and steward donors" indicates schedule? Could be remote work with travel. We could put under Schedule.
We also have "Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried" maybe under Schedule? Actually that's employment type. Could be under Schedule or maybe we can create a section "About the role" for overview.
We need to decide headings: About the role (overview), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills? There's no explicit Skills list but qualifications include skills. Could combine Qualifications and Skills? But we need to follow instruction: use headings only when posting has real specific content for it. We have content for Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also we have About the role (maybe from Job Description). Also we have About The Society etc which could be under "About the organization" but not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can use About the role for overview. We can use Qualifications for qualifications list. We can use Skills maybe for skill-based qualifications? But we have qualifications list includes skills; we could put skill-based items under Skills. However we must not invent sections; we need to see if posting has specific content for Skills. It does list skills like "Strong written and verbal communication skills", "Ability to connect mission impact to donor passion", "Entrepreneurial mindset". Those could go under Skills. But we also have qualifications list includes experience etc. Could split: Qualifications for experience/education requirements, Skills for abilities. That seems reasonable.
We also have "Standout Candidates May Also Bring" which could be additional qualifications/skills; we could merge into Qualifications or Skills.
We need to avoid duplication.
Let's extract content:
Job Description prose: "The Chesterton Society is seeking a Director of Development to lead and expand the philanthropic revenue that fuels the continued growth of the Chesterton Schools Network and the Society's broader apostolate. As the Network advances nationally and internationally - alongside publications, conferences, pilgrimages, and related initiatives - this role ensures donor investment keeps pace with expansion, strengthening national capacity and sustaining long-term mission impact. The role requires a strategic closer with entrepreneurial drive and deep mission conviction. This leader owns revenue outcomes, manages a disciplined portfolio, and converts qualified prospects into sustained donor investment through structured pipeline management and confident solicitation."
That's About the role.
Responsibilities list (bullet points):
- Build and manage a qualified portfolio of major gift prospects with clear revenue targets
- Conduct disciplined cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship cadence for assigned donors
- Close major gifts aligned with campaign priorities and annual goal
- Develop and grow the Knights of the Apostolate recurring giving society
- Increase donor retention and lifetime value through structured stewardship
- Partner with Development Operations to maintain accurate pipeline tracking and forecasting
- Support strategic fundraising events tied to major cultivation moments
- Collaborate with Marketing to align messaging, campaigns, and donor communications
- Provide regular reporting on pipeline health, gift projections, and revenue performance
- Identify new donor segments and growth opportunities aligned with our mission
- Serve as a joyful, credible ambassador for the Society and the Chesterton Schools Network
Qualifications list (requirements):
- 5 plus years of experience in major gifts, advancement, or mission driven fundraising
- Proven track record of closing five and six figure gifts
- Strong portfolio management discipline with clear movement of prospects through stages
- Comfort making direct, confident gift asks
- Experience building recurring revenue programs
- Familiarity with donor CRM systems and pipeline reporting
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to connect mission impact to donor passion
- Entrepreneurial mindset with bias toward measurable outcomes
- Deep alignment with the Catholic faith and the mission of evangelization through education
- The candidate must exhibit faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in accord with our canonical status as a private association of the Christian faithful.
Standout Candidates May Also Bring:
- Experience fundraising for education or Catholic apostolates
- Background managing giving societies or campaign initiatives
- Experience working within a rapidly scaling nonprofit
- Familiarity with education freedom policy environments
- Advanced training in fundraising strategy or nonprofit leadership
Skills could be: Strong written and verbal communication skills, Ability to connect mission impact to donor passion, Entrepreneurial mindset, etc. But those already in qualifications. Might be redundant.
Better: Use Qualifications for experience/education requirements, Skills for abilities like communication, missionary mindset, etc. But we have overlapping.
Given instruction to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, we could combine Qualifications and Skills into one Qualifications section, and not create Skills unless distinct. Since we have both experience and skills, but we can put all under Qualifications.
Thus sections: About the role (h3), Responsibilities (h3), Qualifications (h3), Benefits (h3), Pay (h3), Schedule (h3). Also maybe About the organization? Not in allowed headings, but we could put under About the role? Actually About the role is for role description; we have separate description about society and network. Could we put that under About the role as well? Might be okay to include as part of role description. But we have a lot of prose about society and network; that is substantive. Could we create a section "About the Society"? Not allowed heading. So we must incorporate that prose into existing allowed headings. Perhaps we can put it under About the role as additional context. That seems acceptable: About the role can include description of organization and mission.
Thus About the role heading will contain the Job Description prose plus the paragraphs about The Society Of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Chesterton Schools Network, Join Our Team. That preserves all.
Now Benefits: "Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays."
Pay: We have two salary ranges: earlier "Base Pay $60k to $70k Salary" and Employment Details "Base salary range $55,000 to $80,000, based on experience and demonstrated capability." Also maybe mention growth potential. We'll include both statements.
Schedule: "Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried" and "Remote with frequent travel to cultivate and steward donors". Also maybe mention "This role offers significant growth potential in scope, responsibility, and compensation as results are delivered and the organization expands." That could be under Pay or Schedule? It's about compensation growth, maybe Pay. We'll put under Pay.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no markdown.
We'll structure:
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate, duplicate lines, application instructions, etc.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We have job posting details: Title: Director of Development (implied). Job ID etc not needed.
We have sections: Job Description (prose), Responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Standout Candidates May Also Bring (list), About The Society Of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (prose), The Chesterton Schools Network (prose), Join Our Team (prose), Employment Details (Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried, Base salary range $55,000 to $80,000, based on experience and demonstrated capability. This role offers significant growth potential... Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays. Remote with frequent travel...). Also there is "Base Pay $60k to $70k Salary" earlier but later Employment Details says $55k-$80k. We need to preserve all substantive info; we should include both? Might be contradictory but we must preserve both. Could combine? Probably we should include both statements as they appear. However we need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". The salary ranges are specific numbers, so we can include Pay section.
We need Benefits: "Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays." That's benefits.
Schedule: "Remote with frequent travel to cultivate and steward donors" indicates schedule? Could be remote work with travel. We could put under Schedule.
We also have "Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried" maybe under Schedule? Actually that's employment type. Could be under Schedule or maybe we can create a section "About the role" for overview.
We need to decide headings: About the role (overview), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills? There's no explicit Skills list but qualifications include skills. Could combine Qualifications and Skills? But we need to follow instruction: use headings only when posting has real specific content for it. We have content for Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also we have About the role (maybe from Job Description). Also we have About The Society etc which could be under "About the organization" but not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can use About the role for overview. We can use Qualifications for qualifications list. We can use Skills maybe for skill-based qualifications? But we have qualifications list includes skills; we could put skill-based items under Skills. However we must not invent sections; we need to see if posting has specific content for Skills. It does list skills like "Strong written and verbal communication skills", "Ability to connect mission impact to donor passion", "Entrepreneurial mindset". Those could go under Skills. But we also have qualifications list includes experience etc. Could split: Qualifications for experience/education requirements, Skills for abilities. That seems reasonable.
We also have "Standout Candidates May Also Bring" which could be additional qualifications/skills; we could merge into Qualifications or Skills.
We need to avoid duplication.
Let's extract content:
Job Description prose: "The Chesterton Society is seeking a Director of Development to lead and expand the philanthropic revenue that fuels the continued growth of the Chesterton Schools Network and the Society's broader apostolate. As the Network advances nationally and internationally - alongside publications, conferences, pilgrimages, and related initiatives - this role ensures donor investment keeps pace with expansion, strengthening national capacity and sustaining long-term mission impact. The role requires a strategic closer with entrepreneurial drive and deep mission conviction. This leader owns revenue outcomes, manages a disciplined portfolio, and converts qualified prospects into sustained donor investment through structured pipeline management and confident solicitation."
That's About the role.
Responsibilities list (bullet points):
- Build and manage a qualified portfolio of major gift prospects with clear revenue targets
- Conduct disciplined cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship cadence for assigned donors
- Close major gifts aligned with campaign priorities and annual goal
- Develop and grow the Knights of the Apostolate recurring giving society
- Increase donor retention and lifetime value through structured stewardship
- Partner with Development Operations to maintain accurate pipeline tracking and forecasting
- Support strategic fundraising events tied to major cultivation moments
- Collaborate with Marketing to align messaging, campaigns, and donor communications
- Provide regular reporting on pipeline health, gift projections, and revenue performance
- Identify new donor segments and growth opportunities aligned with our mission
- Serve as a joyful, credible ambassador for the Society and the Chesterton Schools Network
Qualifications list (requirements):
- 5 plus years of experience in major gifts, advancement, or mission driven fundraising
- Proven track record of closing five and six figure gifts
- Strong portfolio management discipline with clear movement of prospects through stages
- Comfort making direct, confident gift asks
- Experience building recurring revenue programs
- Familiarity with donor CRM systems and pipeline reporting
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to connect mission impact to donor passion
- Entrepreneurial mindset with bias toward measurable outcomes
- Deep alignment with the Catholic faith and the mission of evangelization through education
- The candidate must exhibit faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in accord with our canonical status as a private association of the Christian faithful.
Standout Candidates May Also Bring:
- Experience fundraising for education or Catholic apostolates
- Background managing giving societies or campaign initiatives
- Experience working within a rapidly scaling nonprofit
- Familiarity with education freedom policy environments
- Advanced training in fundraising strategy or nonprofit leadership
Skills could be: Strong written and verbal communication skills, Ability to connect mission impact to donor passion, Entrepreneurial mindset, etc. But those already in qualifications. Might be redundant.
Better: Use Qualifications for experience/education requirements, Skills for abilities like communication, missionary mindset, etc. But we have overlapping.
Given instruction to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, we could combine Qualifications and Skills into one Qualifications section, and not create Skills unless distinct. Since we have both experience and skills, but we can put all under Qualifications.
Thus sections: About the role (h3), Responsibilities (h3), Qualifications (h3), Benefits (h3), Pay (h3), Schedule (h3). Also maybe About the organization? Not in allowed headings, but we could put under About the role? Actually About the role is for role description; we have separate description about society and network. Could we put that under About the role as well? Might be okay to include as part of role description. But we have a lot of prose about society and network; that is substantive. Could we create a section "About the Society"? Not allowed heading. So we must incorporate that prose into existing allowed headings. Perhaps we can put it under About the role as additional context. That seems acceptable: About the role can include description of organization and mission.
Thus About the role heading will contain the Job Description prose plus the paragraphs about The Society Of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Chesterton Schools Network, Join Our Team. That preserves all.
Now Benefits: "Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays."
Pay: We have two salary ranges: earlier "Base Pay $60k to $70k Salary" and Employment Details "Base salary range $55,000 to $80,000, based on experience and demonstrated capability." Also maybe mention growth potential. We'll include both statements.
Schedule: "Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried" and "Remote with frequent travel to cultivate and steward donors". Also maybe mention "This role offers significant growth potential in scope, responsibility, and compensation as results are delivered and the organization expands." That could be under Pay or Schedule? It's about compensation growth, maybe Pay. We'll put under Pay.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no markdown.
We'll structure:
About the role
... (combined prose)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Benefits
Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays.
Pay
Base Pay $60k to $70k Salary. Base salary range $55,000 to $80,000, based on experience and demonstrated capability. This role offers significant growth potential in scope, responsibility, and compensation as results are delivered and the organization expands.
Schedule
Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried. Remote with frequent travel to cultivate and steward donors.
We need to ensure we didn't repeat job title as heading. Not. We need to remove boilerplate like Job ID, Posted date, Expires, Category, Terms, Send applications..., privacy notice, Terms of Service, Report This Listing, Apply by Email, etc. Also remove "Similar Job Listings". Also remove "About The Employer" duplicate? We already included society description. We need to ensure we didn't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Check that we didn't include any placeholder like "N/A". Good. Now produce final HTML. Let's craft the About the role prose: Combine: "The Chesterton Society is seeking a Director of Development to lead and expand the philanthropic revenue that fuels the continued growth of the Chesterton Schools Network and the Society's broader apostolate. As the Network advances nationally and internationally - alongside publications, conferences, pilgrimages, and related initiatives - this role ensures donor investment keeps pace with expansion, strengthening national capacity and sustaining long-term mission impact. The role requires a strategic closer with entrepreneurial drive and deep mission conviction. This leader owns revenue outcomes, manages a disciplined portfolio, and converts qualified prospects into sustained donor investment through structured pipeline management and confident solicitation. The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established as a canonically recognized private association of the Christian faithful in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Our mission is to evangelize through education, inspiring people to live joyful, holy lives, with G.K. Chesterton as a model of lay spirituality. We advance this mission through conferences, publications, and local societies that cultivate serious engagement with Chesterton's thought and the Catholic intellectual tradition. Through the Society's educational initiative, the Chesterton Schools Network (CSN), we are leading one of the most significant expansions of Catholic secondary education in modern times, forming a new generation of joyful leaders and saints to build up the Kingdom of God and advance the Culture of Life envisioned by the great Pope Saint John Paul II. In just over a decade, the CSN has grown to over 70 schools, serving more than 3,300 students across 76 dioceses, 36 states, and in multiple countries. The Network has 30 additional schools preparing to open, and the realistic capacity to grow to 1,000 schools serving 100,000 students annually. The Chesterton Schools Network was the 2025 awardee of the $1 million Yass Prize, one of the nation's most prestigious honors for educational innovation. Join Our Team Are you running at the pace of an energetic start-up? As growth accelerates across the Chesterton Society and the Chesterton Schools Network, we are seeking talented individuals who are energized by our growth and want their work to help spark the future of Catholic, classical education. Devote working time to the mission of evangelization that is the Society of G. K. Chesterton, including daily prayer and personal advancement of those particularly Chestertonian virtues of charity, joy, learning and continuous conversion. We invite you to explore new ground with our opportunities." Make sure it's proper sentences;