St. Vincent de Paul - Dayton
Relationship Manager
Position Summary/Objective
The Relationship Manager promotes a culture of safety, hospitality, service, honor, and respect among our homeless guests, our staff,and volunteers, for the purpose of furthering the vision and mission of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
The Relationship Manager establishes relationships with financial donors and prospective financial donors to financially sustain the organization. S/he will expand and diversify the organizations donor base using interpersonal skills and known fundraising strategies. The Relationship Manager is a full-time position with demanding goals, that allows for flexible scheduling.
Essential functions
Planning and Development:
- Assist in developing and executing a strategy of donor prospect cultivation for securing current and deferred financial gifts
- Regularly conduct donor visits and solicitations
- Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with major donors and major donor prospects
- Develop donors from identification and cultivation, to solicitation and donation, with an emphasis on establishing annual giving, securing five- and six-figure gifts
- Increase membership of and amount contributed by St. Vincent Partners, Senior Partners and Legacy giving societies
- Increase annual amount contributed through stock donations
- Actively maintain your work and actions within our customer relationship management (CRM) software.
- Convey sensitivity and communication skills necessary to tailor messages to various audiences and, in turn, be an effective representative of St. Vincent de Paul and its diverse constituencies
- Establish, cultivate and nurture relationships with individual donors
- Develop and maintain expertise in individual charitable estate planning
Capacity and Leadership:
- Build and maintain stakeholder relationships to provide community connection and representation
- Represent SVdP in the external community at meetings, workshops, and events
- Engage in ongoing professional development
- Other duties as assigned
Travel percentage
- For the months of March through November Relationship Managers are expected to travel within the Miami Valley visiting donors most days.
Preferred education and experience
- Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts or Science
Additional eligibility requirements
- Maintain a drivers license with good driving record & furnish a reliable, personal means of transportation to accomplish work objectives
- Readily accessible via cell phone
- Prepared to work as needed within a flexible schedule
- Microsoft Office proficiency
Qualifications
Preferred education and experience
- Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts or Science
Additional eligibility requirements
- Maintain a drivers license with good driving record & furnish a reliable, personal means of transportation to accomplish work objectives
- Readily accessible via cell phone
- Prepared to work as needed within a flexible schedule
- Microsoft Office proficiency