Development Manager

Description & Requirements

At St. Luke's, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke's is truly a great place to work.


The Development Manager functions as a key member of the SLWR Foundation Team by providing strategic execution and comprehensive management of the Annual Giving program. This position will focus on building personal relationships with donors $1,000-$24,000 to acquire, renew and upgrade annual donors. The Annual Giving program also generates contributions from a broad base of donors and includes grateful patients, employee giving, physician giving, online giving, and the annual year end appeal.


What You Can Expect:

• Works with the Chief Development Officer to establish goals and strategies for a comprehensive annual giving program and builds strategic and tactical plans for achieving these goals. Evaluates results and recommends annual giving strategies for future programs.
• Identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards individual relationships with donors capable of making annual gifts in the $1-$24,999 range. Accomplishes this through active portfolio management, effective written communication, personal visits, and solicitations.
• Oversees strategy, design and implementation of a targeted end of year annual appeal to acquire, renew and upgrade annual donors.
• Oversees strategy, design and implementation of the grateful patient tribute program, which encourages patients to make donations in honor of their caregivers.
• Plans and implements annual employee and physician giving program, including strategy to engage annual support and organization of events to promote the program. Includes regular presentations to hospital staff.
• Responsibility for grant writing, including research, grant preparation and reporting.
• Coordinate events to enhance positive relations with donors and prospective donors.
• Assist with prospect identification and evaluation using available research tools.
• Presents annual giving results to Foundation Board on a quarterly basis.
• Implement and manage thank you calls from board members and others.
• As a member of the Foundation Team, provide after hours and weekend call coverage for the Friends of the Hospital Program occasionally (approximately 1 in 5 weeks) throughout the year.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree + 4 years of relevant experience
• Associate's degree + 6 years of relevant experience

• HS Diploma/GED + 8 years of relevant experience

What's In It For You

At St. Luke's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.


St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.


*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.