Development Manager, Individual & Planned Giving

Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place's Development Manager, Individual & Planned Giving. This position leads individual donor fundraising for Faith in Place, with a focus on major gifts, annual campaigns, and planned giving, while stewarding our growing base of individual, corporate, and house-of-worship supporters. This role reports to the Development Director and partners closely with the Fundraising Committee and development team colleagues.

• Meet annual revenue goals for the Individuals, AES Corporations, AES Individuals, and AES Houses of Worship budget categories.

• Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, with particular emphasis on major donations.

• Organize, lead, and implement the spring appeal, AES Summit sponsorship campaign, and end-of-year fundraising campaign.

• Implement donor thanking processes, including recommending improvements to increase timeliness and personalization.
• Organize, design, and implement Sustainers Circle donor events, communications, and other stewardship opportunities.

• Research and recommend strategies to systemize and grow planned giving, including monthly sustaining donations and legacy gifts.

• Participate in Fundraising Committee meetings, contributing data and donor insights to inform strategy.
• Supervise 1-2 direct reports, pending organizational need and budget.

• 5-7 years of relevant fundraising or development experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience.
• Passion for faith-based environmental justice, a strong work ethic, and a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated experience cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors, including major gift experience.
• Experience planning and executing fundraising campaigns (e.g., annual appeals, year-end campaigns, event sponsor ships).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling donor-facing messaging.
• Experience using donor CRM software (Every Action preferred) to manage donor relationships and track campaign performance.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, managing multiple campaigns and relationships with attention to detail and deadlines.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for donor events and fundraising activities.
• Candidate must reside in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin.

• Experience building or growing a planned giving program, including legacy gifts and monthly sustainer programs.
• Prior experience supervising or mentoring staff.
• Bachelor's degree
• Familiarity with multi-faith or interfaith community engagement.

This is a full-time, exempt position. While most work is done during a standard workday, work opportunities occasionally occur on evenings and weekends, particularly around donor events and campaign deadlines. For any time worked outside regular work hours, comp time will be provided.

Faith in Place is a multi-faith, environmental nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with outreach staff working throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Faith in Place's mission is to empower people of diverse faith and spiritualities to be leaders in advancing environmental and racial justice, providing resources to educate, connect, and advocate for healthier communities. Faith in Place partners with communities of faith from diverse religious traditions as well as people who identify as spiritual or motivated by justice but…