Seeking Annual Fund Officer with Raiser's Edge Experience

Hannah Mayer

PENDLE HILL is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center that seeks to create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives through learning opportunities, retreat, and community created on our beautiful 24-acre campus in unceded Lenni-Lenape territory and in virtual settings. At Pendle Hill we commit to being a living testimony to a social order that manifests God’s love for everyone. We work to be inclusive, respectful, and supportive of all people. We strive courageously for peace and justice.

This is a highly collaborative staff community featuring responsive leadership and partial work-from-home arrangements for office-based employees. Community-building among staff is highly prized with monthly fun activities as part of staff meeting and two longer staff retreat days a year for fun, growth, and connection among all staff. The monthly community work morning provides variety with the opportunity to lend a hand on another team’s project or lead one for staff in your own work area. Learn more about Pendle Hill at https://pendlehill.org/.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Annual Fund Officer will lead the planning and implementation of Pendle Hill’s Annual Fund, with the goal of achieving long-term growth through a focus on donor acquisition and retention, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. They will set and achieve goals for growth of the Annual Fund and donor base, review results, working in coordination with other staff and volunteers, including the Pendle Hill board, to achieve these goals.

FUND DEVELOPMENT AT PENDLE HILL: Over the past three years, and despite the challenges of the COVID pandemic, the Annual Fund has averaged $350,000 per year with a 20% increase budgeted for FY 2023 as operations return to normal.

REPORTS TO: Director of Advancement

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Annual Fund Officer is directly responsible for the preparation and management of all appeals and other direct-mail fundraising efforts, as well as donor communication programs. The Annual Fund Officer works closely with the Advancement Associate to ensure accurate and detailed records in our constituent database, Raiser’s Edge. The Annual Fund Officer will also help plan and implement special donor cultivation and stewardship events on and off campus. For more detailed duties and responsibilities, please review the full job description.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum of three years’ experience in the development field with a proven track record in achieving or exceeding fundraising goals.
• Experience coordinating annual giving campaigns or direct marketing efforts, involving mail appeals, phone solicitations, email and online marketing.
• Nuanced knowledge of the many ways that a database or CRM system can support fundraising efforts, and the ability to quickly become an intermediate or proficient user of new technical systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and especially the use of spreadsheets.
• Excellent writing skills with experience in effective writing for fundraising purposes.
• Ability to think strategically while also being detail-oriented.
• Demonstrated good judgement, professionalism, and the highest standards of ethical conduct. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects effectively.
• Ability to work well independently and cooperatively with other staff and volunteers.
• Comfort in multicultural work settings and commitment to social justice.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in the use of Raiser’s Edge.

EXPECTATIONS OF ALL PENDLE HILL EMPLOYEES:

• A highly welcoming attitude and willingness to provide hospitality for members of, and visitors to, the Pendle Hill community. Openness to a wide range of spiritual beliefs and experiences, cultural backgrounds and practices, and differences (of all kinds).
• Familiarity with Quaker faith and practices, and a commitment to learning more and/or a willingness to gain, deepen, and nurture such knowledge.
• Appreciation of the role of Quakerism in the mission of Pendle Hill. Please see our mission, vision, and values statements as part of familiarizing yourself with Pendle Hill.

TIME EXPECTATIONS: This is a full-time, non-exempt position. Out of respect for work-life balance, “full-time” at Pendle Hill is 37.5 hours per week, with 7.5-hour typical workdays. Full-time staff at Pendle Hill spend a few work hours each week contributing to the community through meal time, housekeeping, or maintenance work.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: $50,000-$53,000 yearly salary plus benefits including: medical, dental and life insurance, a retirement plan, generous paid vacation days (20), sick days (15), and holidays (11), and the opportunity to take Pendle Hill courses for free. Additional benefits include one meal a day from the Pendle Hill Kitchen (free to staff except for the tax), a 20% employee discount at the Pendle Hill Bookstore, free copies of all Pendle Hill pamphlets upon publication, a beautiful campus with walking trails and fellowship with people from around the world. Full time staff are eligible for competitively priced on-campus housing (depending on availability, and at Pendle Hill’s discretion).

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY: Pendle Hill appoints individuals without discrimination based on color, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, class, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, ability, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, religious affiliation, or any other category protected by law. Pendle Hill recognizes that some of these categories are social constructs, not rooted in science. Our aim is to be inclusive and affirming.

Pendle Hill staff are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except for those who cannot receive the vaccine for medical or religious reasons.

Pendle Hill is not able to sponsor a work visa for international applicants at this time.

BACKGROUND CHECKS: Pendle Hill will conduct a background check for all candidates prior to hire.

INTERESTED? Please submit the following items to Hannah Mayer at hmayer@pendlehill.org with “Annual Fund Officer” and your last name in the email subject line:

1. a current resume,
2. a cover letter that includes how you heard about the position, why you want to be considered and your qualifications (applications received without a cover letter will not be considered),
3. a fundraising writing sample of your creation,
4. and contact information for three professional references.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, with priority given to those that arrive on or before July 20th. The anticipated start date is August 2022.