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Glide Memorial Church is a spiritual center of healing, faith, justice, and community for everyone. Each week, over 1,000 people experience Glide Church’s legendary Sunday Celebrations. Glide Church offers everyone opportunities for social connection and acknowledgment of personal, social, and spiritual transformation.

The Annual Giving & Engagement Manager works as a member of the Church’s leadership team, building the spiritual practice of transformational giving in a congregation motivated by service and love. Focusing on the Church community, the CSO plays a vital role in a high-performing Fund Development team. The ideal candidate will possess an ability to connect a spiritually centered stewardship plan to our spiritual community locally, across the globe, and across platforms, as well as the ability to teach Glide Church that to give is to celebrate spirituality, recovery, truth, beauty, imagination, and hope to inspire social change.

Initially reporting to the Director of Fund Development with dotted line accountability to the Minister of Celebration, this position is central to achieving our strategic plans. This position will lead the planning and strategic expansion of Church fundraising efforts, moves management, ambassador management, donor cultivation, and stewardship. The workweek for this position is generally Sunday through Thursday and requires flexibility to work one or more evenings per week, weekends, and holidays as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties can be assigned, and the duties and responsibilities of the job are subject to change without notice.

• Create and manage a meaningful and rigorous donor development and moves management plan, including the church’s membership process, the annual pledge campaign, annual fundraising, stewardship, engagement, and solicitation strategies for Glide Church in collaboration with the Director of Fund Development, Minister of Celebration, and Glide Memorial Church Board of Directors.
• Manage a portfolio of Church donors and prospects, prioritizing one-on-one meetings, guided and aided by activity metrics.
• Serve as a Church staff leader, participating in Church, Celebration, and Congregational Life meetings and activities to build relationships of integrity and trust within the congregation. Develop non-giving members into giving members across the community spectrum, act as a representative of the Church in internal meetings; be a thought partner with other departments to prioritize and integrate the needs of the Church in all areas.
• Lead and train Church leaders, members of the Church Lay Leadership, Congregational Leaders, and other congregation members in relationship-building and fundraising for Glide Church.
• Lead the reemergence of Glide Church’s congregation and community-led fundraising practices.
• Lead engagement and solicitation strategies for supporters of the Church, including weekly, monthly donors, significant donors, unique, first-time, and one-time visitors. Model best practices and help build a culture of philanthropy where everyone is empowered to be a fundraiser.
• Manage Digital Fundraising consultant relationship.
• Manage Church board relations, in collaboration with Minister of Celebration.
• Manage fundraising-related communications and marketing needs, in collaboration with the Minister of Celebration, Church storyteller, GLIDE Communications staff, and digital media consultants.
• Identify funding trends and opportunities to engage new audiences and secure new funding streams, including exploring institutional prospects.
• Introduce new giving channels and opportunities for the congregation, particularly online. Rethink/Reimagine weekly, offering opportunities to address the reality of today and the future.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

SUPERVISION:

• None.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Outstanding verbal and interpersonal communication skills; fluency or rapid acquisition of fluency in the languages of faith-, racial- and justice-centric giving.
• Ability to engage donors in giving practices rooted in spiritual transformation and justice.
• Evidence of entrepreneurial engagement with giving audiences – creating new engagement initiatives and innovations in community-based giving opportunities.
• Ability to synthesize complex qualitative material and ambiguities, translate them into readable and engaging prose and communicate it clearly and succinctly in proposals, reports, and other communications.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, detail-oriented, creative, strategic, discreet, and professional, managing multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Experience with fundraising databases and research tools; Salesforce experience preferred.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• BA degree and 5+ years of experience in non-profit fundraising, preferably in faith-based or membership-based organizations (e.g., museum, arts, theater), or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Outstanding stewardship and relationship-management skills with meticulous follow-through.
• Prior experience working or volunteering within faith communities is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders and supporters, preferably in a faith-based or membership-based organization.
• Knowledge of Bay Area philanthropic landscape and funders that emphasize giving preferences aligned with GLIDE’s faith and justice work preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• None.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

• Exceptional communication skills. Can reduce large amounts of information to concise points and effectively communicate the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives to internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation and negotiation skills.
• Proven writing and editing skills marked by clear and compelling proposals, reports, and other communications.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to interpret and analyze statistical data and other data found in reports.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency with donor management software and generating ongoing reports. Experience with Salesforce is highly preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here represent what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations can enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to see details of objects at close range.
• Ability to hear within normal range and communicate effectively in person or via telephone, which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population.
• Ability to use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer. Ability to use a keyboard with manual and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions efficiently for extended periods.
• Requires physical ability to sit and keyboard for extended periods (stationed at computer 75% of work time).
• This person must take frequent breaks and integrate stretching into their daily duties to avoid musculoskeletal disorders.
• Activities that occur frequently are standing, walking, and handling. Activities that happen occasionally are climbing staircases. Activities that occur infrequently are: bending, squatting, crouching, kneeling, twisting, reaching straight, above, and below shoulder level with both shoulders individually or simultaneously, and carrying and lifting to 25 pounds.
• Ability to move about. Will come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day. Ability to move quickly to address emergency or potentially dangerous situations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment described here is representative of what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations can enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Fast-paced, with frequent interruptions and a demanding social services office environment.
• Noise level is moderate to noisy, and lighting is conducive to completing work.
• The employee may be exposed to airborne pathogens.
• GLIDE’s buildings are located in the Tenderloin. Due to our surroundings, it is essential always to be aware of what’s happening around you while walking around the neighborhood. GLIDE maintains an "open door" policy for the community and its clients, who frequently enter and leave the building.

GLIDE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At GLIDE, all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. We are committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. People of color, differently-abled, and LGBT persons are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please send your resume and cover letter for immediate consideration. Please help us get to know you by including a note about yourself, plus any additional info that might be relevant!

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