Purpose: The Development Specialist is responsible for supporting the fundraising efforts of GLN’s Donor Development team by managing the donor database, gift administration, donor reporting and analysis and other activities to support fundraising.
The Development Specialist will work with the Director of Development to manage the GLN’s donor database (Raiser’s Edge), including the integration between the donation platform (iDonate) and Raiser’s Edge. This includes maintaining, improving, and implementing processes for Raiser’s Edge. This role will also be responsible for creating and maintaining a strong relationship with the finance team and providing them with end-of-month reports and work to ensure all donations are properly accounted for.
Global Leadership Network (GLN) is a nonprofit organization located in South Barrington, Illinois. Our purpose is to introduce more people to Jesus and fully follow Him. We accomplish this by serving pastors and equipping churches in order to inspire Kingdom-oriented leaders around the world through the Global Leadership Summit and other leadership development resources.
The Global Leadership Summit is attended by 60,000+ leaders in 400 sites (primarily churches) throughout the United States. The Summit is translated into 50+ languages and held in over 800 sites in 110 countries reaching over 240,000 international leaders from September to April.
GLN’s Fundraising Philosophy: We believe that fundraising is ministry (see Spirituality of Fundraising by Henry Nouwen) and strive to reflect these principles in our donor development activities:
- Donor-centric. We support donors in their journey of listening to how God is calling them to steward their resources.
- Relational, not transactional. We desire to cultivate long-term relationships that honor donors and their generosity.
- Abundance, not scarcity. We believe that God can and will provide all that we need to accomplish His will through the ministry of the Global Leadership Network.
- A Call to Obedience. We enthusiastically invite donors to support our mission and vision because it gives them an opportunity to demonstrate their obedience to God’s call.
Job Status: Regular, Part-Time (30 hrs./wk.), Non-Exempt
Position Team: Development
Reports to: Director of Development
Benefits (PT30-FT): Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, generous paid time off, mental health counseling reimbursement, and more.
Hybrid Work Schedule: This position currently has a hybrid schedule which includes working in the office Tuesday through Thursday for two scheduled Core Weeks each month and the option to work from home or in the office on Mondays, Fridays, and Tuesday through Thursdays during non-Core Weeks.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Donor Database/Data Entry. Ensures the integrity of GLN’s donor database (Raiser’s Edge), accurately tracking contributions and other data entry. Implement and maintain donation data entry processes year-round, with heavy volume in August. Maintain and improve data entry processes and manuals/guides.
- Gift Administration. Oversees gift processing, receipting, acknowledgement, and reporting in an accurate and timely manner. Reconcile donations with finance on a monthly basis.
- Reporting, Analysis, and Prospect Research. Produces reports and analysis to support fundraising strategy and plans. Supports donor and prospect research to inform development activities.
- Major Donor Development Support. Provides support to the major donor development efforts by providing needed information, materials, and research. Supports special events for major donors, as needed.
- Organizational Collaboration. Builds collaborative working relationships with other GLN team members. Demonstrates and supports the desired organizational values and behaviors. Serves as primary liaison on behalf of the development team with finance and accounting staff to ensure policies, processes, and procedures are maintained, updated, and adhered to.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
- Actively participate in one-on-one meetings with manager, team meetings, all-staff meetings, and cross-functional meetings, as needed.
