* Associate Vice President Of Philanthropy

Make a positive change. For yourself. For others. For the community at large. Working at Elim is a rewarding and enriching career that helps children and adults with disabilities find their true potential. You'll have an impact on the students and staff as you work across various departments and outside agencies to make Elim a great place to come to work.
We're looking for people who care and want to make a change. This position requires an ability and willingness to travel, a high level of confidentiality and integrity and excellent interpersonal skills. As a Associate Vice President of Philanthropy at Elim, you'll be required to:

• Identify, evaluate, cultivate and solicit major gift donors for restricted, annual, special project funding and endowment gifts for Elim.
• Work with (solicit, stewardship, etc.) major donors and prospects/upgrade candidates to realize their full philanthropic potential to Elim.
• Develop and execute cultivation plans for major gift prospects. This includes creating opportunities to meet with key individuals and foundations.
• Prepare and present proposals annually and assist in the preparation of stewardship reports for all major gift donors within his or her portfolio.
• Work with VP of Strategic Partnerships to identify and qualify new/discovery major gift prospects annually.
• Achieve annual revenue goals for areas of responsibilities.
• Act as secondary account manager on several of the VP's primary accounts and assist with donor engagement and follow up.
• Collaborate with the VP, advancement, marketing and communication team to design and implement solicitation plans for major gift prospects as well as set and achieve goals for expectancies created and realized
• Engage Elim's President, VP's, Directors and Department heads, Board members and other staff in the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors and actively support their involvement.
• Maintain accurate, up to date tracking of all major gift prospects and donors and appropriate documentation of al gifts.
• Recruit, train and manage fundraising volunteers as needed.
• Manage special projects as assigned by the VP of Strategic Partnerships and or President
• Attend and assist with development related events throughout the year including evenings and weekends.
• Responsible for raising $1 million dollars through private contributions, annual and multi-year commitments and gift planning along with donations of appreciated assets.
• Implement account management strategy to ensure donors receive the appropriate amount of attention annually.
• Develop long term relationships through personal interactions with donors on assigned account list and strive to connect donor interests to Elim's mission and ministry.
• Manage an effective pipeline of donor prospects, both within and outside the current active donor file.
• Network through current donors to locate new giving prospects who can make major gifts.
• Success securing individual gifts of $10K+
• Effectively model Christ both in individual and corporate life.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
About Elim:
At Elim, we support children and adults with developmental disabilities in pursuing their fullest God-given purpose/potential through a variety of services. These include: pre-school to high school special education; therapeutic and educational programs for students with autism spectrum disorder; vocational training and life skill opportunities for young adults 18-22; day programs for adults with disabilities; and learning programs as an organizational and community catalyst for change.
We dream big. And we impart those dreams in everyone we connect with - students, adults, schools, the community and the world at large - to create a brighter, better day and a world in which people with disabilities can thrive! Now and in the future.
Hours:Monday - Friday 40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year
Wages & Benefits:

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Flex Spending, Life Insurance, Retirement plan

Education, Experience, Skills and Training:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university is required.
• Minimum of five years increasingly responsible development/fundraising/sales experience
• Experience in a Christian organization preferred
• Proven track record with personal solicitations and relationship management.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the advancement colleagues to create a results driven, team-oriented environment.
• Excellent writing, communication and computer skills.
• Project management skills
• Works in the office and expected to travel to visit prospects and donors.
• Personal faith in and commitment to Jesus Christ:
  
  • Ability to be able to effectively communicate Elim's mission and vision as part of God's Kingdom work.
    
    • Elim's mission and vision are extensions of God's kingdom
    • God's kingdom work is God at work (using us) restoring what is now a sin-filled
    • As a part of God's kingdom, we at Elim are called to shine the restoring love and hope
  • Sincere Christian walk
    
    • Entails regular and visible evidence of the fruit of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22
  • Reformed Christian Worldview
    
    • Worldview is the lens through which someone views all of reality.
    • A Reformed worldview is using a Reformed lens through which to view all of reality.
    • A Reformed lens holds that Creator God is sovereign and actively at work restoring what is now a sin-filled Creation. In the grace offered to us through Jesus, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are invited to join God in restoring creation. Regardless of our ability, the opportunity to shine the light of Jesus love and hope into places of brokenness is what makes our life significant. God's image, borne in our lives, and His gracious work, made complete in our weakness, speaks to our immeasurable worth and is realized through our capacity for righteousness and holiness.