POSITION SUMMARY:

The Annual Giving & Alumni Engagement Officer manages St. Philip's annual donor pipeline — all donors below the major gift threshold — with a Year 1 target of $500,000, while simultaneously building St. Philip’s alumni engagement program. St. Philip's primary donor base is not a parent community; it is a diverse mix of foundations, individuals, corporations, and faith community partners, requiring appeals that are deeply mission-driven. This role is also responsible for the long-term cultivation of K–8 alumni as future donors and recurring donors, luncheon ambassadors, and community advocates. Strong writing and organization skills, systems thinking, and the discipline to manage both a high-volume annual fund and a relationship-based alumni program are essential.

MAJOR JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Own the annual giving pipeline for all donors below the major gift threshold — renewal, stewardship, and acquisition
•  Write and produce annual appeals that are mission-driven, community-rooted, and donor-specific — not generic institutional communications
•  Execute gift acknowledgment within 48 hours for all donors; personally call or write major annual donors
• Manage the renewal calendar — ensure every annual donor is re-solicited at the right time with the right message
•  Manage faith community donor relationships at the annual fund level — attend faith community events, build congregation relationships
•  Steward foundation relationships for small recurring grants in coordination with the Foundations & Grants Manager
•  Own donor acquisition — systematically convert event attendees, volunteers, and warm contacts to first-time donors
•  Build and maintain the K–8 alumni database — locate, verify, and add contact information for all graduates
•  Develop the alumni engagement program: newsletters, reunion events, milestone recognition, school connection activities
•  Recruit and activate alumni as Destiny Award Luncheon ambassadors — table hosts, ticket sellers, community advocates
•  Flag high-capacity alumni for the CPO or Major Gifts Director as prospects for major gift cultivation
•  Track and report annual fund performance weekly; track alumni engagement metrics quarterly

JOB SPECIFICATIONS 

The list of Requirements, Duties, Responsibilities is not exhaustive but is merely the most accurate list for the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description and to require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, changes in personnel, workload or technical development).

QUALIFICATIONS: (Education, Training, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience)

· Bachelor’s degree (communications, marketing, public relations, preferred)

· 2–3 years annual fund or donor relations experience

· Exceptional writer with ability to write appeals to feel personal, never generic

· Experience with diverse donor base beyond parent communities

· CRM and database experience

WORK BEHAVIOR: Indicative of Core Values of Organization. 

Servant Heart: Displaying Christ-like Character

Respectful: Treating all with dignity

Trustworthy: Behaving and speaking in a manner that builds trust

Pursuing Excellence: Becoming better individually, organizationally, and in the community

Collaborative: Working well with others

Dedicated: Passionately investing in ministry

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

• Primarily at desk with some degree of standing or walking as needed per event. 
• Occasionally required to move about the office/campus 
• Capability of transport object up to 20 pounds without assistance
• Normal physical activity including some bending, pushing, pulling, and lifting as applicable to assigned activities. 
• Occasional evening and weekend hours