Director of Mission Advancement

Mission Advancement

• Serve as a member of PBMR's Executive Leadership Team and contribute to organizational planning, decision-making, and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to establish organizational priorities, goals, & objectives.
• Identify opportunities for responsible growth, innovation, and long-term sustainability across Mission Advancement functions.
• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for fundraising, grants management, communications, data management, donor engagement, special events, and operations.
• Ensure Mission Advancement activities operate in alignment with PBMR's mission, the values of Precious Blood Spirituality, organizational priorities, and advancement best practices.
• Responsible for developing annual department goals, work plans, and performance metrics.
• Monitor departmental performance, fundraising results, and resource development outcomes.

Staff Supervision & Team Development

• Supervise, support, and develop Mission Advancement staff, consultants, and volunteers.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team culture.
• Conduct regular supervision meetings, performance evaluations, and professional development planning.

Fundraising & Philanthropic Engagement

• Lead the development and implementation of annual and multi-year fundraising strategies.
• Cultivate, solicit, steward, and strengthen relationships with individual donors, foundations, corporations, congregations, and community partners.
• Maintain an active portfolio of major donors, prospects, and institutional funders.
• Partner with board members, staff, volunteers, and community stakeholders to strengthen philanthropic support.
• Identify opportunities to diversify revenue streams and expand philanthropic investment in PBMR's mission.

Grants Strategy & Resource Development

• Provide strategic leadership for PBMR's grants program, including foundation, corporate, government, and institutional funding opportunities.
• Oversee grant prospecting, proposal development, submission processes, reporting, and funder stewardship activities.
• Collaborate with program, finance, and data staff to ensure strong grant performance, compliance, and outcomes reporting.
• Monitor funding opportunities and grant requirements to support organizational sustainability.

Communications, Public Engagement & Special Events

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for PBMR's communications, storytelling, and public engagement efforts.
• Support organizational messaging, brand management, donor communications, media relations, and community outreach activities.
• Represent PBMR with donors, funders, community leaders, partners, stakeholders, and external audiences.
• Provide leadership for fundraising events, donor engagement activities, and special events that strengthen awareness, relationships, and support for PBMR's mission.

Data Management, Operations & Resource Stewardship

• Provide strategic oversight for organizational data management, reporting, evaluation, and information systems to support fundraising, grants management, program outcomes, and organizational decision-making.
• Partner with the Data Manager, Controller, and leadership team to ensure data integrity, reporting accuracy, and effective use of organizational information.
• Oversee donor databases, fundraising systems, reporting processes, and advancement operations.
• Support organizational planning, forecasting, performance measurement, and data-informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible leadership experience in fundraising, philanthropy, nonprofit management, mission advancement, communications, organizational leadership, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success securing and managing philanthropic revenue through individual, corporate, foundation, government, and institutional giving.
• Demonstrated experience leading fundraising strategy, donor engagement, grant development, communications, and advancement operations.
• Minimum of three years of supervisory experience leading and developing staff, teams, consultants, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while maintaining strong operational and organizational management skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, relationship-building, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing budgets, fundraising metrics, organizational reporting, and performance measurement.
• Proficiency with donor databases, fundraising systems, data management platforms, and Microsoft Office.
• Commitment to understanding and advancing the mission of PBMR through the values of Precious Blood Spirituality, including reconciliation, hospitality, accompaniment, healing, and community.

Preferred Qualities

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, equity, and community healing.
• Ability to navigate complex interpersonal and organizational dynamics with empathy and accountability.
• Flexible, collaborative, and solutions-oriented leadership style.

Pay

$85,000 - $90,000