Regional Gift Planning Advocate

Who We Are

The Northland Catholic Community Foundation has a bold vision to advance the lives and the mission of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to accompany individuals to grow deeper in love with Christ and the Church by inviting them to invest Gods gifts in gratitude and joy. Northland Catholic Community Foundation invests Gods gifts in a

uniquely Catholic way stewards those gifts for eternity creates donordirected relationships based on trust and builds a legacy that is sustainable and fruitful.

What You Will love

You will love working from home and managing relationships for a group of assigned donors resulting in current gifts and future estate gifts as designated by the donor. You will advocate for donors while discovering cultivating inviting and stewarding gifts. You will be supervised advised coached and mentored by the NCCF Executive Director. The successful candidate must be willing to exercise servant leadership make mistakes ask forgiveness grow with team members and change peoples lives

with Christ for generations through donordirected giving.

What You Will Do

Multiply disciples who grow in their understanding and experience of living a Christian stewardship way of life seeing all as a gift from God and responding by sharing Gods gifts with gratitude and joy.

Collaborate with a growing team and in partnership with parishioners pastors principals parish councils and diocesan leaders.

Advocate & Manage all aspects of individual donor relationships. Through personal contact you will inform engage and cultivate current and prospective major and planned gift prospects in the Diocese of Crookston and the greater Catholic Church.

Solicit single and multiyear current gifts and develop relationships that result in charitable estate gifts as directed by the donor for the missions and ministries they desire to bless.

Communicate & Manage regional annual stewardship capital and endowment appeals via all channels ensuring internal and external communications are proactive faithfilled fruitful and unitive.

Research Conduct appropriate and ethical research to identify and qualify prospective donors.

What Youll Need

The Gift Planning Advocate will have strong written and verbal communication skills. You will have a willingness to be coached and maintain a whatever it takes mentality combined with a no task is too big or too small attitude to succeed in this role. As part of a growing team you need to be generous joyful celebrate success

take the initiative work hard collaborate and rest well. The successful candidate will love people and the mission of the Church especially local

missions and ministries and bringing the best out of others. The position consists of managing a fiveday schedule offering availability outside of

regular business hours when necessary including some weekends and evenings.

As A Gift Planning Advocate You Must:

Live stewardship as a way of life and grow in extraordinary generosity.

Be open to personal professional and spiritual growth.

Maintain an exceptional level of authenticity and confidentiality.

Be able to laugh at self and be magnanimous vulnerable curious and tenacious.

Affirm and encourage others.

Possess proactive organizational time management skills.

Have engaging communication and interpersonal skills.

Aspire to master Microsoft Products and other necessary technologies.

Be flexible and travel when necessary.

Your Benefits

This is a regional workfromhome position. Single and family health insurance available with HSA and FSA options; Single or family dental options; Vacation sick holiday holy day bereavement and retreat days; Employerpaid life and longterm disability insurance; Employerpaid retirement and optional 403(b) plan.

To Apply:

Prayerfully consider your future and submit a cover letter and resume with references to Joe Lichty at Northland Catholic Community Foundation via The position is open until filled.