Associate Development Director, Individual Giving

Position Description

Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place’s Associate Development Director, Individual Giving. The Associate Development Director, Individual Giving will join the Development Team as the fourth member of a collaborative team that secures the financial resources to fund Faith in Place and support the Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin communities we serve.

The position of Associate Development Director, Individual Giving, which reports to Faith in Place’s Development Director, will have significant fundraising responsibilities as part of the Development Team’s work to meet annual budgetary revenue goals. If you have six or more years of professional experience in individual donor solicitation, stewardship, and prospecting, along with a deep passion for environmental and climate justice, then we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors.
• Develop and implement data-driven strategies to increase yearly individual giving revenue from $300,000 (FY 2025 goal) to $500,000 (FY 2028 goal).
• Manage spring and end-of-year annual fundraising campaigns.
• Monitor and improve donor thanking to ensure all individual donors are thanked promptly, effectively, and consistently.
• Design and implement donor stewardship events, with initial focus on Sustainers Circle major donors.
• Write individual donor fundraising proposals and reports.
• Increase planned giving, including legacy gifts (bequests).
• Participate in other Development Team activities, such as corporate funder solicitation and foundation grant reporting.
• Supervise up to 1 development staff person.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Live in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin at time of job application and, if hired, as employee.
• At least 6-8 years of successful experience in major gifts, annual giving, donor stewardship, and/or planned giving.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to communicate effectively and work with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs.
• Excellent analytical and project management skills.
• Experience with donor database and CRM systems.
• Excellent skills in standard business computer applications.
• Passion for environmental and climate justice.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree. Significant employment experience relevant to the position may be substituted.

Hours

This is a full-time Exempt position. Most work is done during a standard workday, with some evening or weekend activities. For any time worked outside regular work hours, comp time will be provided.

About the Organization’s Mission

Faith in Place is a multifaith, environmental nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with community-based outreach staff working throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Faith in Place’s mission is to cultivate a powerful multifaith movement working for environmental justice through connection, education, and advocacy.

Faith in Place partners with communities of faith from diverse religious traditions, as well as with people who identify as spiritual or motivated by justice but do not identify with a specific faith tradition.

Faith in Place organizes faith leaders, groups, and members to advance our mission by starting and coaching Green Teams. Green Teams are three or more members of a house of worship who provide cooperative leadership to educate, connect, and advocate for environmental and racial justice within the context of their community’s unique culture, history, and theological practices.

All Faith in Place staff also contribute part of their working hours to Faith in Place Action Fund, a separate 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Faith in Place Action Fund raises memberships and motivates lobbying for environmental justice. Faith in Place Action Fund uses several tools to hold candidates and elected officials accountable to create more environmental justice jobs throughout the Midwest. These tools include grassroots lobbying, legislator scorecards, questionnaires, interviews, and candidate endorsements.

About the Organization’s Staff Culture

Faith in Place’s staff team works together to create a culture that is focused on growth, collaboration, healing, and justice. We value a diversity of voices and perspectives, and staff participate in diversity and equity training, sharing circles, case studies, and more to learn from one another and professional teachers about the roots of injustice and how we can work together to create a more collaborative and healthier work culture.

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place. These benefits, with some employee contributions, include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and an employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment. In addition, Faith in Place provides an annual

$350-$500 stipend to support professional development.

Paid Time Off:

• Vacation: Employees accrue paid vacation at a rate of 10.67 hours per month (equivalent to four weeks per year under the 4-day flex work week model). Vacation becomes available for use after three (3) months of employment. Beginning December 2025, employees may carry over up to four (4) unused vacation days into the following calendar year.
• Personal Days: Employees receive two (2) paid personal days annually, available immediately upon hire.
• Sick Leave: Employees receive five (5) paid sick days annually, available immediately upon hire.

Faith in Place provides employees with a 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment with the organization. Employees also receive a $20/month stipend (non-taxable) toward cell phone use and a $40/month stipend (non-taxable) for internet use. A $500, one-time non-taxable amount will be provided for home office needs. Faith in Place will provide a laptop for your work.

Anti‐Discrimination Policy

Faith in Place is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, termination, promotion, transfer, layoff, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values at Faith in Place. Because we believe that BIPOC communities must be centered in the work of our intersectional environmentalism, we strongly encourage applications from these identities. We acknowledge that we must do better to represent the diverse communities that we exist to lift up and protect.

To Apply

Application Process and Timeline for Internal Candidates:

• Applications from internal candidates will be prioritized until Aug 29, 2025.
• Candidates will be invited to a 90-minute Zoom interview, with questions sent in advance. The interview will include a 30-minute writing exercise.
• Finalists will be asked to provide 2-3 professional references.

Application Process and Timeline for External Candidates:

• Applications will be accepted Aug 30-October 6, 2025.
• Selected candidates will be invited to an initial phone interview (15 to 30 minutes).
• Semi-finalist candidates will be invited to a 90-minute Zoom interview, with questions sent in advance. The interview will include a 30-minute writing exercise.
• Finalists will be asked to provide 2-3 professional references.

To apply, please submit your resume and respond to the application questions. This posting will be removed when filled and applications are welcome until October 6, 2025.

A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place. These benefits, with some employee contributions, include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and an employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment. In addition, Faith in Place provides an annual

$350-$500 stipend to support professional development.

Paid Time Off:

• Vacation: Employees accrue paid vacation at a rate of 10.67 hours per month (equivalent to four weeks per year under the 4-day flex work week model). Vacation becomes available for use after three (3) months of employment. Beginning December 2025, employees may carry over up to four (4) unused vacation days into the following calendar year.
• Personal Days: Employees receive two (2) paid personal days annually, available immediately upon hire.
• Sick Leave: Employees receive five (5) paid sick days annually, available immediately upon hire.

Faith in Place provides employees with a 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment with the organization. Employees also receive a $20/month stipend (non-taxable) toward cell phone use and a $40/month stipend (non-taxable) for internet use. A $500, one-time non-taxable amount will be provided for home office needs. Faith in Place will provide a laptop for your work.