Calling experienced fundraisers/team leaders— make an impact at an innovative school and community organization.
About St. James
St. James is a faith-based educational community deeply rooted in transformative loving relationships.
Located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia,
The School serves students and families who are most in need, providing a full scholarship to every student. Students benefit from small class sizes, an extended day, robust music programs, extensive social-emotional support, and an 11-month school year (Sept - July)
The Graduate Support Program is a lifelong commitment to every child. It prepares students for future success and supports them along the way – through high school, college, careers, and beyond.
The Welcome Table designs community actions and creates spaces for members of the school and broader community to address essential needs and experience a community of sharing.
The Church of St. James the Less seeks to be a place to encounter God, build community and grow personally with weekly mass and worship services.
Position Summary:
Do you enjoy leading a passionate, mission-driven team to even greater success? Like the idea of having lunch with middle schoolers daily? St. James’ next Director of Development will be ambitious and pragmatic, excited to build capacity, accelerate growth, and integrate themselves into a joyful, fast-paced educational community that is always asking, “How can we deepen our impact?”
Specifically, the Director of Development will direct and oversee St. James’s annual fundraising initiatives and operations, including:
In partnership with and reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Director of Development implements strategic and tactical plans to reach St. James’s annual operating fundraising goal of $6M. The Director manages a Development Team of 4 (Associate Director of Advancement, Associate Director of Donor and Volunteer Engagement, Grants Manager and Individual Giving Specialist).
The ideal candidate:
Required: Experience with individual giving, mailed and digital appeals,
database/development services
Preferred: Experience with special events, and foundation grantwriting
Bonus/Plus: Experience with scholarship tax credit program (EITC/OSTC), church
giving.
Required Qualifications:
Key Responsibilities:
Additional Duties
Other Duties as Assigned
Equal Opportunity Employer:
St. James is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. St. James seeks to have the best available person in every job. St. James School policy prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. All unlawful discrimination is expressly prohibited.
Commitment to Anti-Racism Education:
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:17-18)
St. James School is committed to partnering with others to dismantle systemic racism and to build antiracist, multicultural diversity within our school community and beyond. Through teaching a more complete and unbiased history, St. James School will arm students, graduates and employees with the tools and knowledge to better engage in complex issues like systemic racism and privilege and to hopefully solve them rather than contribute to them.
Calling experienced fundraisers/team leaders— make an impact at an innovative school and community organization.
About St. James
St. James is a faith-based educational community deeply rooted in transformative loving relationships…
At St. James, our benefits package demonstrates our commitment to support every faculty/staff member’s mind, body, and soul. We provide:
At St. James, our benefits package demonstrates our commitment to support every faculty/staff member’s mind, body, and soul. We provide:
Required: Proficient in English
Required: Proficient in English
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter, including your desired salary range, to search@stjamesphila.org with the subject line “Director of Development.”
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter, including your desired salary range, to search@stjamesphila.org with the subject line “Director of Development.”