Regional Director, Donor Ministries

Job Description

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Samaritan's Purse is seeking a Regional Director to join our team in Aurora, IL
. You can be a part of a highly professional Donor Ministries team. As a Regional Director
, you will build strategic, long-term partnerships with current and prospective major donors within a region of the United States on behalf of Samaritan's Purse. You will focus on sharing what God is doing through the ministry and intentionally develop strategic relationships that invite people into deep and meaningful partnership to facilitate the ongoing funding of Samaritan's Purse programs. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!

A day in the life of a Regional Director:

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Regional Director
, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Jesus Christ
• Represent the ministry to current and prospective donors. Communicate effectively the mission, scope, program strategies, and program impact of all areas of ministry throughout the world.
• Manage a portfolio of 150+ priority relationships in specified region. Minister to donors by connecting on a spiritual level. Encourage their walk with the Lord, pray with and for them, and incorporate principles of Biblical stewardship as appropriate.
• Engage donors personally through a variety of means including personal visits, special events, vision trips, conference calls, and personal correspondence, with a heavy emphasis on face to face interaction.
• Invite people into deep and meaningful partnership through giving opportunities that align their ministry passions with the mission and programs of Samaritan's Purse.
• Seek other opportunities for partnership that utilize a donor’s influence, time, and talent.
• Follow policies and procedures of Samaritan's Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual
• Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, donors and volunteers
• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public
• Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience developing relationships with high capacity individuals and raising $1M or more annually through major gifts
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to build trust and credibility within Samaritan's Purse and outside the ministry
• Twelve credit hours of college‑level Biblical studies preferred, not required

Location: Aurora, IL

Estimated 50‑80 nights/year (domestic and international). Maintaining required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary.

Full‑Time

Fluency in English (required)

$89,000 - $105,000/yr

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long‑term and Short‑term disability insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in…