Donor Relations Manager

Resonate Global Mission has an immediate full-time opening for a Donor Relations Manager, based in Grand Rapids, MI and allowing for a hybrid work schedule.

Do you have a passion for building relationships with people and encouraging them to support causes they care about? Do you want to help support a global mission agency? The Donor Relations Manager is responsible for leading a best-in-class team of fundraisers to generate financial support by developing relationships with current and prospective donors. As a manager, you will provide leadership and supervision to the bi-national donor engagement team and provide analysis and financial reporting of fundraising programs to generate revenue for God's mission!

The ideal candidate will bring a strong customer service orientation, a background of experience and success in fundraising, skillful communication, an emphasis on organization and accuracy, and the ability to accommodate occasional evening meetings and weekend presentations. This position requires travel within the United States and Canada and may require overseas travel.

Resonate Global Mission offers a 36-hour workweek with 3 full days in-office, attractive benefits package including generous retirement fund contribution, paid sick leave, 14 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, and the opportunity to be part of the ways God is changing lives in more than 40 countries where Resonate staff are serving!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop stewardship-focused relationships with a portfolio of individuals, churches, and foundations to engage support for the ministry.
• Develop and implement a donor strategy for assigned area, working with others as appropriate.
• Strengthen and expand the financial support, including major gifts, from assigned individuals, churches and foundations.
• Cultivate long-term relationships with donors so planned giving commitments to the agency increase annually.
• Represent the agency at churches, classis meetings, and other events, as needed.
• Significant travel within assigned regions for in-person visits, relationship building, donor appreciation and fundraising events.
• Maintain accurate records in appropriate database(s) (e.g. constituent interactions) which support the development of donor relationships.
• Assist with planning strategy, goals and fundraising targets.
• Track expenses and maintain regular expense reports.
• Assist with prospect research and/or proposal writing, as assigned.
• Work with colleagues to develop support networks in their assigned area.
• Stay current and maintain best practices through ongoing professional development.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Able to support the mission, vision, and values of the CRCNA.
• Demonstrated ability to encourage and inspire individuals to support ministry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to be self-motivated, work independently with minimal direction and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and external contacts.
• Proven ability to plan and organize tasks and responsibilities including multitasking, setting priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated proficiency in commonly used computer applications, internet research and constituent relationship management tools.
• Bachelor’s degree is preferred, in a related field such as business, marketing & communications or non profit management and/or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated experience and success in fundraising or business.