St. Brendan Catholic High School, a STEM- and Captstone-certified, Catholic high school in Miami, Florida, with a 100% college acceptance rate, seeks a Director of Development. The ideal candidate is someone who will champion the school’s mission in the community and in doing so, gain the support of donors. This person is responsible for annual fund, major gift cultivation and solicitation, major donor research, grant research, and solicitation, all phases of capital campaigns and relations with community leaders. The Director of Development works with the administration to plan events and communicate with internal and external stakeholders. The Director of Development performs all duties and responsibilities in alignment with the mission, vision and values of the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami.
Qualifications:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree
- Preferred background in Business, Nonprofit Administration, Public Administration or School Administration.
- Must be supportive of the mission and tenets of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Good oral and written English-language communication skills, including clear speaking voice.
- Good Spanish-language spoken communication skills strongly preferred.
- Good modern office procedures and practices, including record keeping and data security methods and techniques.
- Must be goal-oriented, have a strong work ethic, high energy, focused, and demonstrate experience of successful major gift fundraising.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, Word, and Excel, are required, as well as social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
- Experience with Donor Perfect or other fundraising software.
- Knowledge of principles and practices on not-for profit accounting a plus.
- Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering financial information
- Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning financial and contributor files.
- Must understand the principles and practices of supervision and personnel management.
- Good spelling and grammar required.
- Excellent customer service skills, including ability to maintain focus on and professionalism with people in challenging situations, both in person and by phone.
- Good time management, including ability to manage several projects at the same time.
- Must be able to multi-task and retain accuracy in an environment of competing deadlines.
- Must have a professional demeanor.
Interested and qualified candidates are asked to submit electronically a letter of introduction addressing the requirements/skills listed above, a resume, and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three professional references to employment@stbhs.org.
Subject line should read: St. Brendan Catholic High School – Director of Development
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