Job Posting

The Basilica of Saint Mary | Minneapolis, MN
Salary Range: $46,000 - $66,264

HOW TO APPLY: Please email your resume to Taylor Liles, tliles@mary.org, by 11:59pm Friday, December 13, 2024.

Posting Date: November 14, 2024
Department: Mission Advancement
Supervisor: Director of Major & Annual Giving
Status: Full-time Exempt
Hours Schedule: 40 hours per week / 12 months per year

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
Coordinate operational aspects of fundraising appeals and follow-up in a fast-paced team environment. Conduct prospect research to help develop donor cultivation and solicitation strategies to raise funds in support of the vision, mission and values of The Basilica of Saint Mary, St. Vincent de Paul Outreach Ministries and The Basilica Landmark. Manage the constituent database and train users.

SCOPE OF THE POSITION

• Director of Major & Annual Giving assigns work and manages performance.
• Provide Blackbaud RE NXT and Luminate training and support for staff.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• College degree and experience in development, non-profit or comparable setting.
  
• Database management experience specifically Raiser’s Edge (RE NXT) or comparable database management software and Luminate, or comparable communications software.
  
• Training or instructional experience.
  
• Prospect research experience and strong analytical skills.
  
• Capital Campaign experience preferred.
  
• Strong people skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  
• Detail-oriented and efficient with demonstrated organizational and project management skills.
  
• Proven ability to work independently.
• Experience with grants a plus.

Physical Demands

• Repetitive keyboarding.
  
• Work 40 or more hours per week when needed.
  
• Able to lift 25 pounds.
• Able to walk up and down stairs.

Mental Demands

• Ability to think strategically.
  
• Recognize the need for confidentiality and can maintain it.
  
• Work effectively with multiple departments and maintain a positive and helpful attitude, even at high intensity times.
  
• Able to follow instructions and to maintain consistent processes.
  
• Work independently on routine and regular responsibilities and meet deadlines.
• Respects and values a diverse culture.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR ACTIVITES

• Coordinate development operations to support planned appeals, solicitations, pledge collections, gift processing and donor acknowledgements.
  
• Develop and maintain coding consistent with past campaigns. Coordinate with the development and accounting teams.
  
• Maintain a system for pledge reminders and collections.
  
• Produce and manage annual appeal reposts, capital campaign fundraising reports and metrics for campaign committee meetings
• Generate the bi-annual magazine mailing list and conduct in-depth data cleanup to reduce duplicate records and mailing costs.

Develop and implement research strategies and set priorities to support annual and major gift fundraising and capital campaigns.

• Assist Director and Gift Officers with managing a donor pipeline including goal setting, creating targeted asks, generating complex segmentation strategies, and managing queries and database coding.
  
• Develop and implement a prospect research plan with priorities and deadlines and invite staff to assist with data collection.
  
• Prepare prospect research profiles as requested for major gift solicitations and events.
  
• Assist with identifying prospective major and leadership donors using publicly available resources and subscription services including LexisNexis and Omatic.
• Responsible for coding, managing, and generating reports for priority major gift prospects and cultivation events.

Manage data using Blackbaud software including Raiser’s Edge NXT (database), Luminate Online (interactive communications /web portal) and train users.

• Establish security rights and access for staff with usernames and logins and follow best practices to maintain data security.
  
• Add new tables, codes and business rules when needed and create strategic coding plans with staff for new groups of data (i.e., new campaigns, data never tracked before). Write documentation on coding standards to ensure data consistency.
  
• Train users to follow consistent historical data entry standards. Monitor entry of new constituent records.
  
• Maintain data integrity by running regular cleanup projects including query-based data checks to make sure codes and tables are used consistently, and duplicate record checks, merging/purging duplicate constituent records and linking separate constituents within
  the same household. Annually lead staff to review and delete unneeded queries, exports and reports.
• Import large batches of data from events, fundraising appeals, stewardship efforts, and prospect research.

Administrative Duties

• Maintain necessary queries in Blackbaud RE.
• Assist with event support, invitations, and mailings, including preparation of annual tax mailing to donors each January.

Basilica of Saint Mary – Staff Responsibilities

• Participate in Development team meetings and “pipeline” meetings for prospect review with Gift Officers.
  
• Participate in Basilica “All Staff” meetings and respond in a timely manner to emails and voicemails from colleagues and constituents.
• Be ready to work and complete all assigned responsibilities and accept additional responsibilities identified (as needed) and assigned by the Director.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The salary range for this position is $46,000 - $66,624 annually. All full-time employees of The Basilica of Saint Mary receive access to the following benefits: medical/dental/vision insurance, FSA & HSA plans, minimum 3 weeks of paid time off, sick leave, 17 paid holidays, parental leave, 403b, 403b matching up to 3%, life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), short-term disability, long-term disability, and other supplemental insurance options.

Designation of Essential Functions
Employment in and by the Catholic Church is substantially different from secular employment. Church employees/volunteers must conduct themselves in a manner which is consistent with and supportive of the mission and purpose of the Church. This position does not require that the employee be Catholic. However, as a parish community rooted in the teachings of the Catholic Church, employees/volunteers are expected to be knowledgeable of core tenets and respectful of the mission, purpose, and teachings of the Catholic faith.