• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, donors, charitable beneficiaries, and general public.
• Maintain working knowledge of Water Mission projects, activities, and operations, as well as investment, financial, global, and news-worthy issues in order to effectively communicate opportunities to partners.
• Represent Water Mission at events as needed.
• Collaborate with National Director of Investor Partnerships to establish the goals and priorities for the mid-level strategy and manage their execution.
• Continually evaluate and measure performance by monitoring key metrics and conducting analysis.
• Present Opportunities for Partnership
• Invite people into deep and meaningful partnership through giving opportunities that align their ministry passions with the mission and programs of Water Mission.
• Encourage donors to seek the Lord in their giving decisions.
• Intentionally Build and Advance Relationships
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 600 investors giving between $1K- $10K annually.
• Ensure people feel like valued partners with a personal connection to the ministry.
• Develop and execute a range of engagement activities designed to advance each relationship. This includes phone calls, updates and reporting, emails, letters, and other meaningful touches. The priority of this role is not direct face-to-face engagement, but strategic touch-points that delight the donor and deepen and lift the relationship.
• Periodically design campaigns as a fresh strategy to highlight a certain geographic or other initiative and, thereby, increasing support.
• Qualify potential major donors through prospect research and coordinate closely with Partnerships Directors in transitioning relationships.
• Serve and Care for Partners
• Ensure each donor has a strong connection to the ministry, feels like valued partner, and knows how Water Mission is helping them achieve their giving goals.
• Thank donors well by providing personal and timely acknowledgement.
• Provide customized impact reporting and other forms of updating as needed.
• Minister to donors by connecting on a spiritual level—encouraging their walk with the Lord, praying with and for them, and incorporating principles of Biblical stewardship as appropriate.
• Accurately document all constituent contact information using Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge software.
• Report donor/prospect engagement activity and outcomes monthly to the National Director of Investor Partnerships.
What is required
• Personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Alignment with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and core values of Love, Excellence, and Integrity.
• Alignment with the principles of servant leadership as embraced by Water Mission.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing & Communications, Public Relations, or related field.
• Master’s degree and CFRE are a plus.
• 5+ years’ experience in successfully developing relationships with individuals and/or businesses.
• Effective manager with at least three (3) years of experience in managing direct reports.
• Track record of raising five hundred thousand dollars or more annually through cultivation of donors (or sales equivalent).
• Passion for relationships and an understanding of Biblical Stewardship.
• Excellent team-building, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Proven ability to effectively steward, nurture and maintain relationships.
• Consistently present a professional image and effectively communicate the mission and purpose of Water Mission.
• Commitment to the mission of the organization and ending the global water crisis.
Apply at: https://watermission.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=31