Position Description  

Join a diverse, fun team passionate about creating healthier and more just communities as Faith in Place’s Associate Development Director. The Associate Development Director will join the Development Team as the third member of a collaborative team that secures the financial resources to fund Faith in Place and support the Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin communities we serve, especially those disproportionately impacted by environmental degradation and the climate crisis. 

 

The position of Associate Development Director, which reports to Faith in Place’s Development Director, will have significant fundraising responsibilities as part of the Development Team’s collaborative work to meet foundation, government, individual donor, corporate, and house of worship annual budgetary revenue goals. If you have 6-8 years of experience in individual donor solicitation, corporate sponsorships, and/or grantwriting, along with a deep passion for environmental and climate justice, then we want to hear from you! 

 

Responsibilities  

  

Qualifications  

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Hours   

This is a full-time Exempt position. Most work is done during a standard workday, with rare evening or weekend activities. For any time worked outside regular work hours, comp time will be provided.   

  

About the Organization’s Mission   

Faith in Place is a multifaith, environmental nonprofit (501c3) organization with outreach staff working throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Faith in Place’s mission is to empower people of diverse faith and spiritualities to be leaders in advancing environmental and racial justice, providing resources to educate, connect, and advocate for healthier communities. Faith in Place partners with communities of faith from diverse religious traditions as well as people who identify as spiritual or motivated by justice but don't identify with a specific faith tradition.   

 

Faith in Place organizes faith leaders, groups, and members to advance our mission by starting and coaching Green Teams. Green Teams are three or more members of a house of worship who provide cooperative leadership to educate, connect, and advocate for environmental and racial justice within the context of their community’s unique culture, history, and theological practices.   

 

All Faith in Place staff also contribute part of their working hours to the Faith in Place Action Fund, a separate 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Faith in Place Action Fund raises memberships and motivates lobbying for environmental justice. Faith in Place Action Fund uses several tools to hold candidates and elected officials accountable to create more environmental justice jobs throughout the Midwest. These tools include grassroots lobbying, legislator scorecards, questionnaires, interviews, and candidate endorsements.  

   

About the Organization’s Staff Culture   

The Faith in Place team works together to create a culture that is focused on growth, collaboration, healing, and justice. We value a diversity of voices and perspectives, and the staff team participates in Diversity and Equity training, Sharing Circles, Case Studies, and more to learn from one another and professional teachers about the roots of injustice and how we can work together to create collaborative and healthier work culture.     

   

Benefits    

A comprehensive benefits package is offered to full-time employees of Faith in Place. These benefits, with some employee contributions, include medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance, and employer-matched SIMPLE IRA plan, which begins the first of the month following employment. In addition, an annual stipend to support professional development is provided. Employees can accrue up to twenty (20) paid vacation days a year (13.33 hours per month) and accrued vacation will be available for use after three (3) months of employment. Two (2) paid personal days and five (5) paid sick days will be available immediately upon hire. Faith in Place provides employees a 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment with the organization. $20/month (non-taxable) toward cell phone use and $40/month (non-taxable) for internet use is provided. A $500 non-taxable amount will be provided one time towards home office needs. Professional development discretionary funds of $350-500 per year will also be provided. Faith in Place will provide a laptop for your work.  

    

Anti‐Discrimination Policy    

Faith in Place is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, termination, promotion, transfer, layoff, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.    

 

Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values at Faith in Place. Because we believe that the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities must be centered in the work of our intersectional environmentalism, we strongly encourage applications from these identities. We acknowledge that we must do better to represent the diverse communities that we exist to lift up and protect.  

   

To Apply   

Application Process and Timeline:   

   

To apply, please submit your resume and respond to the application questions. This posting will be removed when filled and applications are welcome until February 28, 2025.