Development Officer NN

Job Description

Since 1923, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) has provided life‑changing human services to vulnerable individuals and families throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. CCC offers quality and compassionate human services to all people, especially the most vulnerable, regardless of faith. We are passionate about the work we do in our communities, providing 31 critical services at 11 locations throughout Virginia.

Hybrid schedule blends in‑office collaboration with significant remote work flexibility. This position is responsible for increasing philanthropic support among individual, corporate, and community donors for the programs and services of Commonwealth Catholic Charities. The role focuses on securing financial contributions, volunteer engagement, and in‑kind donations within the assigned territory. As an external‑facing role, this position requires regular in‑person communication with existing and prospective donors and community partners.

• Manage a portfolio of individual, corporate, and faith/community donors to achieve annual fundraising goals.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward donors through personalized engagement, meetings, and written communications; promptly and thoroughly input all donor interactions, gifts, and pledges into the donor database.
• Collaborate with the Director of Fund Development and Fundraising Manager to identify and cultivate new regional grant opportunities to support programmatic and local operating funding needs.
• Support the development and execution of fundraising strategies to grow philanthropic support within the assigned territory.
• Meet annual fundraising goals set at the beginning of the fiscal year by the Director of Fund Development.
• Manage CCC fund and friend‑raising events within the assigned territory, including:
  • Securing sponsorship & ticket revenue to meet annual fund development events goal.
  • Organizing quarterly in‑kind donation drives.
  • Organizing quarterly volunteer engagement activities in the assigned region.
• Communicate regularly with schools, faith, corporate, and community groups within the service territory to market CCC programs, secure financial and limited in‑kind donation support, and engage volunteers.
• Collaborate with the Communications department to develop community marketing plans to support the strategic plan, raise awareness about CCC program service offerings, and to provide opportunities for community engagement.
• Collaborate with program staff to gather impact stories and outcomes for use in donor communications and marketing campaigns.
• Represent Fund Development at local advisory committee meetings and build strong working relationships with advisory committee members.
• Represent the Agency in the community and workplace in a professional and ethical manner.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, decision‑making, problem‑solving, oral, and written skills.
• Utilize a high proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, the donor database (Customer Relationship Management System), and all other software applications and digital platforms used by the Fund Development department.
• Travel throughout the territory is required. Approximate travel is 20‑30% of time.

• Bachelor’s degree required with two years of related experience.
• Direct reports:
  None.

• Retirement savings – After one year of employment, the agency contributes 4% of your plan year earnings into a savings account for you and matches dollar‑for‑dollar up to 4% of salary if an employee makes contributions to the plan (an 8% annual contribution to your retirement savings).
• PTO – Earn 16 days off for vacation, sick, or personal time in your first year. This rises to 22 days in your second year and increases every five years.
• Holidays – Enjoy eleven paid holidays.
• Other paid leave at no cost to employees – bereavement, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, paid parental leave.
• Virginia Credit Union memberships.
• Employee Assistance program – Free services including five confidential consultations with a…