Chief Development Officer

Reports to:

Chancellor for Administrative Affairs

Department:
Stewardship Cohort (Development/Catholic Foundation) [DSO]

Grade: 211

FLSA:
Salary Exempt

Effective date:
July 1, 2026

• Plans, designs, implements, coordinates, and manages an annual comprehensive development plan that describes the development mission of the diocese as well as goals and objectives for various development programs consistent with the Bishop’s vision and diocesan objectives. This development program shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, major gifts, grant solicitation, capital campaign support, Bishop’s Annual Stewardship Appeal (BASA), annual diocesan appeals (National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche, Catholic Schools tuition assistance, cemeteries, etc.),
  
  offertory enhancement, planned giving, and the endowment program.
• Grows the individual major gifts program, including identification, cultivation, and solicitation of major gifts; manages a portfolio of qualified major gift prospects; maintains current donors and builds on the individual donor base; and meets the diocese’s major gift fundraising goals as established with the Chancellor for Administrative Affairs by the Bishop.
• Arranges face-to-face, personalized, group meetings, and family meetings between top prospective benefactors and the Bishop. Provides regular updates and follow-up reports to the Bishop and Chancellor for Administrative Affairs.
• Fosters a ministry-oriented accountable work environment, providing strong leadership, management, and supervision to the following direct reports:
  • Director of Annual Giving
  • Database & Donor Relations Coordinator
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation
• Provides performance management feedback and goal setting with her/his team. Promotes a team environment and articulates the purpose and vision with staff, develops goals with each of them, and follows up to ensure that the mission is accomplished.
• Advises the Bishop, Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, Chief Financial Officer, and the appropriate advisory boards on all issues related to development, while providing comprehensive, accurate, and timely status reports on performance, financial updates, goals, initiatives, and the success of the campaigns, as well as building support for future strategy.
• Works closely with the Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation and its Board of Directors, the Bishop, Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, and Chief Financial Officer to set the priorities and strategic direction of development and the Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of St. Augustine.
• Oversees all planning of donor appreciation events.
• Works cooperatively and diligently with professionals in the technology arena, legal, planning, trust, investment, and marketing fields to involve them in the development activities of the diocese to achieve successful outcomes.
• Serves the Bishop, priests, and all parishioners to enhance the expansion of resources necessary for the ministries of the Diocese of St. Augustine. Activities include building constituent relationships through various contacts and events.
• Works closely with other diocesan stewardship and development colleagues to organize and synchronize development efforts.
• Assembles a team of professionals to provide consultative advice, support, materials, tools, publications, education/training workshops to parishes and other diocesan institutions so that they can develop their own development, fundraising, grant writing, offertory enhancement programs, and capital campaign initiatives, and increased giving and stewardship programs that are right for their own unique needs based on their available personnel and volunteers.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism and credibility with the diocesan staff, department heads, clergy, the public, and all media through knowledge, forthrightness, and truthfulness, with a high focus on building effective and positive relationships.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Business Administration or Non
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