General Information

Job Title:

Donor Prospecting Manager: Ligonier Ministries

Job Description:

Are you a driven achiever who desires to use your skills and experience in joining our fundraising team to advance the mission of Ligonier Ministries? Have you seen the impact of transformative philanthropy and wish to foster greater outreach at Ligonier? Has the Lord used the teaching of Dr. R.C. Sproul and Ligonier in your life to the degree that you want to see this ministry flourish around the world for decades to come? If you answered yes to these questions, you might be the right person to lead and direct the team that cares for some of Ligonier’s most generous and longstanding supporters. The Donor Prospecting Officer will support the fundraising efforts of the prospecting team and the ministry through strategic donor research and prospect cultivation to the end that non or annual donors become mid or major donors. A successful Donor Prospecting Officer will raise new donation revenue commensurate with significant growth in new mid and major donors and associated revenue.
  • Cultivate donor relationships through gift acknowledgments, soliciting new donations, and corresponding with current supporters and donor prospects with the goal of helping the ministry meet its outreach needs. This includes raising support for general operations, capital campaigns, and designated gift projects. Donor contacts, gift acknowledgments, and solicitations will be made through writing, phoning, virtual meetings, emailing, and event participation.
  • Achieve agreed-upon fundraising targets and outcomes within the schedule.
  • Maintain proficiency with CRM and web-based tools for research, prospecting, and analytics.
  • Strategize and pursue current donors and donor prospects for mid or major gifts through research, moves management, and utilizing timely information related to various fundraising efforts. Regularly keep the team lead updated on the fundraising progress via custom reporting.
  • Learn the various common non-cash giving options and assist in planned giving, IRA, stock, and other types of donations.
  • Update the donor database daily to record contact notes and to expand donor profiles.
  • Participate in regularly scheduled teleconference meetings with the prospecting team review, plan, learn, and evaluate fundraising strategies and efforts to improve results. Meet regularly with the team lead to develop new and accentuated strategies, assess progress, enhance fundraising efforts, and make recommendations for improvement.
  • Collaborate and meet as necessary with the team lead to support overall fundraising efforts, planned giving, capital campaign, conferencing, and donor event efforts.
  • Make recommendations to improve department activities and advise the team lead of challenges hindering performance.
  • Maintain accurate and complete records of advancement-related expenses, mileage, invoices, purchase orders, etc., for department budget and reimbursement purposes as needed.
  • Support and participate in special events and fundraising projects as assigned.
  • Additional special projects may be assigned as necessary to enhance the fundraising efforts.

Position Qualifications:

Required Skills/Abilities
  • Agreement with the Ligonier Ministries Core Statement of Faith.
  • Agreement with the Ligonier Ministries Standards of Conduct.
  • Demonstrated passion for Ligonier and a knowledge of Ligonier’s various outreaches and programs.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, along with the donor database and web-based tools for research, prospecting, data analysis and analytics.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in phone-based relationship building is essential, as this role requires a high volume of outbound calls to engage ministry partners.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of corporate, constituent, faculty, student, and employee information, per Ligonier’s policies.
  • Meet the attendance requirements of the position.
  • Availability to travel throughout the U.S. to attend conferences and events.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word mail merge functionality with Outlook for high-volume email communications with donors.
  • Effective time management skills to work efficiently with high-volume email, phone, web meetings, letters, and text communications to engage large numbers of donors regularly.
  • Proficiency in proactively planning, implementing, and measuring engagement strategies on a quarterly, biannual, and annual basis with the ability to adapt based on progress to achieve goals.
Education and Experience
  • Minimum of 2 years experience with successful results in fundraising and caseload management, including prospecting.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.
This is designed to be an in-person role on our campus in Sanford, Florida; however, a hybrid arrangement may be available for the right candidate. This position is for a non-profit Christian organization located in Sanford, FL. At this time, we are only able to hire individuals who are authorized to work in the United States.
The pay range for this position is $28.00 – $36.00 hourly. Pay ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably believe we would pay for this role at the time of posting. We may ultimately offer more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, geographic location, and organizational needs.

Application Deadline

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

TBD

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Ligonier Ministries

Contact Name & Contact Info

(407) 333-4244
jobs@ligonier.org

Industry

Non-Profit/Ministry

Denomination

Other

City, State

Sanford, FL

Description of Organization

Ligonier Ministries (ligonier.org) is an international Christian discipleship organization founded by theologian Dr. R.C. Sproul in 1971 to equip Christians to articulate what they believe, why they believe it, how to live it, and how to share it. Proclaiming God's holiness is central to our purpose. Headquartered in Sanford, FL, we currently have over 200 employees serving our constituents around the world.

Ligonier offers a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental, 401(k) after meeting eligibility, and Paid Time Off.

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