Director of Development Trinity Church Boston, MA http://trinitychurchboston.org/ Send Nominations or Cover Letter and Resume to: Anne Norton Search Director 617-262-1102, ext. 212 [email protected] The Opportunity Trinity Church, an Episcopal parish, is a thriving Christian community in the heart of Boston. Trinity Church is well known for its spiritually engaged parish community, its iconic and historic building designed by H.H. Richardson, and its commitment to serving the greater needs of those in the parish and beyond the Church walls. Parish members seek to encounter the holy together and stand as visible witnesses of God's love for the world through common worship and shared ministries. Trinity Church is actively involved in service to the community, pastoral care, programs for children and youth, and Christian education for all ages. TRINITY CHURCH BACKGROUNDER | 1 Trinity Church is looking for an experienced fundraising professional to lead the annual stewardship, planned giving, and capital campaign efforts of the parish. The ideal candidate will bring a personal spiritual connection to the mission of Trinity Church, as well as impeccable development skills. Candidates who have proven experience leading a development office; creating and executing strategic initiatives (including major and planned giving programs); cultivating relationships across a wide spectrum of donors and volunteers; and refining and implementing a campaign plan will succeed in this role. Candidates who are intellectually and emotionally astute; who are gracious and self-confident with high-level donors; and who bring a real and relatable style to their interactions with individuals affiliated with the Church will thrive in this position. The staff, clergy, and members of Trinity Church are smart, talented, hardworking individuals who are steeped in a commitment to the church and to a Christian life. They strive for excellence in their work, and function in a collaborative, “roll up your sleeves” culture. Candidates who offer the unique blend of professional experience, spiritual commitment, and collegial approach that the role requires are strongly encouraged to apply. Position Overview – Director of Development In this full-time role, the Director of Development will oversee all activities to achieve the goals encompassing the annual stewardship pledge campaign, major gifts, planned gifts, and the capital campaign. The Director of Development will develop and implement a comprehensive development strategy that reflects the Church’s core value of stewardship, and will serve as a member of the Church’s nine- member senior leadership team, comprised of five clergy and four senior lay staff members. The Director of Development will partner with the Rector, the Vicar, the Senior Parish Administrator, and Church leaders to execute a complex and sophisticated fundraising plan that will inspire parishioners to share their gifts of time, talent, and resources for the ongoing sustainability of the church and to support the full realization of Trinity’s faith-based programs and services. S/He will also work closely with several lay leadership committees involved in parish fundraising programs, and will bring exceptional interpersonal skills in working across the dynamic and diverse perspectives of the parish community. TRINITY CHURCH BACKGROUNDER | 2 Responsibilities Management and Operations: Lead the ministry of stewardship. Develop a comprehensive strategy and plan to achieve annual and multi-year development goals. Manage and support a small staff including an Assistant Director of Stewardship (focused on the annual pledge campaign) and a part-time Development Assistant who will be responsible for maintaining the parishioner record database among other duties. Monitor and report regularly on progress against the development goals, including statistical analysis. Strengthen development operations systems, including use of the Raiser’s Edge database. Support the professional growth of team members through active management, identification of professional development opportunities and the annual review process. Parishioner Engagement: Work with the Stewardship Committee, the Planned Giving Committee, and various Capital Campaign Committees to engage all members in achieving annual and multi-year development goals. With the chair(s), build the effectiveness of the committee. Participate in monthly Vestry meetings (equivalent to a Board of Directors). With the support of the Rector and other clergy, help teach faithful stewardship and help others to grow in generosity leading by example. Help engage and support donor and parishioner relationships. Be faithfully present at Sunday services and programs as the primary day to engage with parishioners at large. Qualifications 10+ years of professional experience in a nonprofit organization, preferably faith-based, with demonstrated success in individual fundraising and donor relations. Demonstrated success in a development role with significant managerial and organizational responsibilities, including the ability to construct, articulate, and implement an annual strategic development plan. Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated bias for gathering and interpreting data. Working knowledge of Raiser’s Edge a plus. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Ability to develop strong relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds. TRINITY CHURCH BACKGROUNDER | 3 Self-directed, professional and resourceful style, the ability to work independently and as a team player, to take initiative, and to manage multiple tasks and projects. Active Christian faith, preferably in the Episcopal Church. Willingness to become an actively engaged member of the parish. Bachelor's degree required. Trinity Church Trinity Church is a parish that is vigorously living the Christian faith in this time of transition in our culture. In an era when churches are struggling and often shrinking, Trinity is called to be a place of faithfulness, vision, and hope for spreading of Christ’s love. Parishioners at Trinity are blessed with remarkable gifts – its location at the heart of Boston, a building of historic beauty, a congregation of earnest seekers and disciples, and a profound sense of call to serve. Trinity Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. An anchor of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, Trinity Church serves a magnet for parishioners from all parts of the city and a large portion of the eastern part of the state. The average Sunday attendance at worship is 890, and services are offered four times on Sunday and three times during the week. There are five ordained clergy and 31 lay staff members. The church also has a subsidiary, Trinity Boston Foundation, which oversees its own programs, budget, and employees, including development staff. Trinity Church was founded in 1733 as one of three original Church of England parishes in Boston, and will celebrate its 300th anniversary in 2033. The 150th anniversary of H.H. Richardson’s church building will be marked in 2027; Trinity Church is widely considered to be his finest work. The murals and painted decorations inside are by John La Farge and much of the fine stained glass is by La Farge, Edward Burne- Jones and William Morris. Trinity is consistently ranked as one of America's ten most significant architectural landmarks, and stands as one of Boston’s most popular and enduring visitor attractions, welcoming more than 80,000 people through its doors each year. TRINITY CHURCH BACKGROUNDER | 4 In addition to providing a home for worship, the parish is actively involved in service to others, and offers an array of opportunities to engage members, serve the larger community, and foster a faith-based environment that embraces social justice. Worship and Music Worship is at the heart of life at Trinity. In it, parishioners find the source, the call, and the empowerment for the three-fold pilgrimage that shapes their lives together in Christ: the journey inward to find and be found by God, the journey together to find and be found by their sisters and brothers, and the journey outward to offer what they have and be in service to their neighbors and the world. For many, the express route to an encounter with God is through music. At Trinity, the hope and expectation is to encounter God also in the eyes, hearts, and voices of all those with whom parishioners make music – whether in the pew or in the choir. The Church is faithful to its heritage of vibrant sacred music. Care and Support Healing – spiritual healing, some call it – is the goal and objective toward which God moves. God desires to bring in the Kingdom; He continually moves toward the time when the great wounds of creation – injustice, oppression, degradation, and enmity – will be healed. God calls each member to both personal healing and to collaboration in the renewal of creation. Resources at Trinity for those in need include pastoral and Eucharistic visits, as well as various support groups. Community Life Fellowship was at the heart of the matter during the earliest days of the Church. Early Christians shared in the apostles’ teachings, broke bread, prayed, worshiped, and ate meals together. Life for the early Church was not just about spending life with one another, but spending life on one another. Trinity Church wishes for the same in its parish, and the community is made up of many fellowship groups that provide opportunities to share common life