Development & Community Relations Officer

Description

•  Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and be a strong Christian witness in all interactions with youth, staff, donors, volunteers, and the general public to uphold Black  Mountain Home’s mission of Glorifying God by caring for children and families. 
• Attend staff and team meetings, including participation in Christian devotions and prayer. 
• Pray regularly for the youth, staff, volunteers, donors, and ministry impact. 
• Support the development and community relations team’s efforts to create, implement, and evaluate fundraising and marketing strategies to provide the resources needed to sustain and grow the ministry. 
• Leads efforts to engage and continuously increase support from individuals, businesses, churches, and other organizations to broaden annual giving and create pipelines for increased giving.  
• Represent the ministry, including all its programs and departments, in the community, including, but not limited to, meeting with donors, calling on businesses, attending church services, and other activities.
• Develop and implement stewardship and retention strategies for key constituencies. 
• Assist with frontline stewardship activities, such as answering phones, greeting visitors, processing mail, assisting with deposits, and others as needed, to provide backup and support to the team. 
• Provide backup and support for events, tours, special projects, community relations,  social media, and other development team duties, as needed. 
• Work independently and collaboratively, problem solve, be a learner, and maintain a continuous improvement approach to skills and tasks. 
• Other projects as assigned.  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Raiser’s Edge, or similar donor database platforms.  
• Three years experience in the following areas: 

1. Donor Communication and Stewardship 
2. Annual Fund and Direct Mail Management 
3. Fundraising and Marketing Content