Development Associate - Arlington, United States - Catholic Diocese of Arlington

Catholic Diocese of Arlington

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Arlington, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Meaningful work
- service oriented and respectful work environment
- work-life balance
- up to 2 days of telework after 90 days of employment for non supervisors - 1 day of telework for supervisors
- generous leave
- more holidays than the federal government, including Christmas week off
- free parking as well as free transportation to/from Ballston metro
- paid lunch breaks
- professional development tuition assistance
- tuition assistance for your children enrolled in our diocesan schools after 1 year of employment
- generous benefits, including a pension plan

AND MORE...

Please submit cover letter. Only applicants that submit a cover letter will be considered.

***: The Office of Development assists parishes and the diocese in programs that encourage and teach financial stewardship to parishioners. The office also helps design and implement comprehensive development programs to encourage financial giving by parishioners that provides financial resources for the ministries, programs and services of the diocese and parishes. The Bishop's Lenten Appeal (BLA) provides annual funds for diocesan programs and ministries. The Offertory Program is offered to parishes to help increase their offertory revenue and encourage stewardship of parishioners.

This position advises and assists the Director of Annual Appeals for three major program revenue areas that support the diocese, parishes and schools: 1) the Bishop's Lenten Appeal, 2) the Parish Offertory Program, and 3) the Diocese of Arlington Scholarship Foundation. This includes direct support to parish staff and donors via in-person, telephone and written communication.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

Advises and assists the Director of Annual Appeals, with all development activities related to the Bishop's Lenten Appeal (BLA), Parish Offertory Program and Diocese of Arlington Scholarship Foundation (DASF) including the creation, organization and preparation of materials and assisting with outside vendors and mail houses.
Manages donor inquiry processes to effectively and resolve request or route to team member.
Drafts, proofs, and edits materials for BLA events
Responsible for preparing and sending monthly BLA acknowledgments; coordinates with outside mail house vendor to accomplish these communications.
Assists Director of Annual Appeals with BLA and DASF mailings, to include copywriting, data querying, and collaboration with freelance graphic artist on BLA materials.
Updates and maintains BLA information on the diocesan Development page website, both for public view and internal (parish) view. Upon request, uploads materials for other Development Office program directors on the Development website page.
Provides communications support for various program areas in the Office of Development such as creating BLA and DASF ads (banner and print) for the Arlington Catholic Herald (ACH), and producing the DASF Annual Report. Works directly with ACH staff with creating a monthly series of BLA ads during March
June.
Works directly with parish staff and volunteers to train them on processing BLA inpew pledges during the BLA workshops and throughout the BLA campaign. Helps writes training materials and announcements to guide them in their efforts to support the BLA.
Drafts responses to various donor correspondence for the Director of Annual Appeal's review. Provides investigative research for donor pledges and/or donations when required.
Reviews, analyzes and generates reports from fundraising financial data for various campaigns in the Office of Development. Prepares special reports as needed for parishes, mailings, auditors or other needs when requested.
Coordinates multiple Donor Appreciation special events with regard to the BLA. This includes securing locations for events, and helping to coordinate all aspects of the events from planning stages to the day of event. Attendance at events, which occasionally occur on weekends or evenings, is required. During BLA events, gives direction to donors and manages duties of onsite development staff assisting at the event.
Manages donor inquiry processes to effectively and resolve request or route to team member.
Presents at BLA training meetings (parish staff and volunteers). This includes securing locations or arranging Zoom Training Meetings and helping to coordinate various aspects of the meetings. Also this position attends the Training meetings and acts as a staff liaison to parishes.
Assists in preparation of reports or presentations for various meetings that may include the Diocesan Finance Council, Pastors' Meetings and other diocesan meetings or events.
Attends meetings and acts as a scribe for Stewardship and Development Advisory Committee (SDAC) quarterly Meetings. After these meetings, prepares notes of all comments made at the meeting and works with Appeal Director to synopsize.
Assembles and prepares information or data from the iMIS BLA reporting module. Assists in cre