Funding Development Specialist

Description:
Our Funding Development team creates relationships with our friends and supporters by inspiring them to participate in what the Lord is doing through SonSet Solutions and is key to creating cheerful and impassioned donors. Strengthen the bonds of friendship with our donors and create opportunities to make new ministry friends.

Skills:
Must have an outgoing personality, a service mentality, and a professional demeanor, as well as excellent interpersonal skills. Also, must display an eagerness to share about the ministries of SonSet Solutions and to develop new relationships on behalf of the organization. Good time management and flexibility with job duties. Able to multitask while paying attention to details. A creative self-starter, yet enjoys working in a collaborative environment. Able to maintain confidentiality. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with a database, preferably Donor Perfect.

Experience:
Prefer five years of experience in personal or organizational fundraising, or other relationship-building roles for another like-minded, ministry-focused organization.

Responsibilities:
Work closely with the Funding Development team and the Donor Services team to help attain annual giving goals and special funding objectives, and develop an expanding, recurring donor base. Interact with individuals, churches, and other entities by a variety of means: face-to-face, phone calls, email, social media, etc. Help develop new platforms for funding development, such as radio station sharathons, church missions campaigns, and VBS projects. Assist in the planning of funding development events. Record, track, and report on donor engagement activities. Help develop informational material and coordinate distribution of mass mailings.

This is a full-time position that requires the raising of financial support (missionary) or the capacity to be self-funded (volunteer). Applicant must be in agreement with the SonSet Solutions Statement of Faith.