Overview

The Senior Development Officer is responsible for securing philanthropic support through major gifts, corporate partnerships, and foundation grants. This role will lead cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts with individual donors, corporations, and foundations to advance the organization’s mission. The position carries an annual fundraising goal of $1.3, comprised of major gifts, foundation grants, and corporate funding.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards major donors to grow CRM’s major gift portfolio.
• Conducts donor visits and personalized engagement strategies to deepen donor relationships.
• Develops and manages a pipeline of prospective major donors, ensuring consistent portfolio growth.
• Maintains the current grants portfolio and actively grows new grant portfolios for both foundation and corporate giving.
• Executes asks and closes gifts in a timely manner to meet fundraising goals.
• Develops, prepares, and presents corporate proposals to secure new partnerships and funding.
• Researches and identifies new corporate funding opportunities aligned with CRM’s mission and programs.
• Researches and identifies new foundation grant opportunities to expand CRM’s institutional support base.
• Develops, writes, and submits high-quality proposals, letters of inquiry, and grant applications to corporations and foundations.
• Prepares and submits timely follow-up reports to funders, ensuring compliance with grant requirements and stewardship expectations.
• Cultivates and maintains relationships with major donors, corporations, and foundation contacts.
• Collaborates with program staff to gather data, outcomes, and narratives for proposals, reports, and donor communications.
• Tracks and monitors fundraising deliverables, deadlines, and funder expectations using Raiser’s Edge or other CRM systems.
• Develops customized stewardship materials to demonstrate impact and maintain donor engagement.
• Ensures timely submission of all proposals and reports, adhering to funder guidelines.
• Provides monthly analysis of fundraising performance, donor trends, and institutional research findings.
• Ensures all communications reflect CRM’s mission and values.
• Works collaboratively with the Development Team and offers support when needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• When interacting with persons served and community may share Christian faith, offer spiritual support, or pray as a witness to your personal testimony and the mission of CRM.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
• Three to five years of experience in major gifts fundraising, grant writing, donor research, and nonprofit development.
• Proven success securing major gifts, corporate, and foundation funding.
• Strong relationship-building, writing, editing, and storytelling skills with demonstrated ability to produce compelling proposals and reports.
• Experience with donor databases and grant tracking systems (Raiser’s Edge preferred).
• Knowledge of philanthropic trends, corporate social responsibility, and institutional giving strategies.
• Project management and organizational skills.
• Must affirm the Statement of Faith and Position Statements.
• Must agree to abide by the Code of Ethics.

Character Qualities

• Must provide a clear Biblical testimony of a personal experience of receiving by faith Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
• Understands Christian principles, exemplifies them, and shares with other staff and persons served.
• Maintains an exemplary Christian lifestyle, affirms the CRM Statement of Faith, Code of Ethics and Position Statements.
• Enjoys people and can work with diverse populations.
• Can work in harmony with other staff.
• Ensures strict confidentiality is maintained.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.

Physical Demand and Work Environment

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, type; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk, see and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Work Environment: Office environment with occasional outdoor activity.

Benefits:

**Full-Time Benefits Eligible** PPO Health Insurance Premiums starting at less than $21 weekly. 2 weeks’ Vacation, 2 weeks’ Sick.

Wholesome Christian environment. Get paid to do good in your community.

All Full-time and Part-Time Associates receive one free meal provided per a shift, paid vacation and sick time along with company matched 401K. Full-time Associates receive a comprehensive Benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability.

Apply through our Indeed Job posting below or email CRM HR directly at khight@crmjax.org. 

https://www.indeed.com/job/senior-development-officer-7c9dc51a6782c879