Director of Development Southeast Region - AL, FL, GA, MS, SC

Want to make a difference?

Join an organization that has been transforming lives for over 40 years!  Prison Fellowship® trains and inspires churches and communities—inside and outside of prison—to support the restoration of those affected by incarceration.

We equip correctional leaders, volunteers, and incarcerated men and women to make prisons more rehabilitative places; we advocate for a more restorative criminal justice system; and we collaborate with churches and local service providers to support former prisoners, their families, and their communities.  Prison Fellowship® is an organization committed to the highest standards of conduct, ethics and Christian values.

Our conduct is guided by and grounded in the Bible, as reflected in our Statement of Faith below.

What we are looking for :

• A driven and mission-focused Director of Development  living in our Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC) to strengthen and deepen relationships with ministry partners to achieve planned revenue goals while actively seeking to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward new partners, including individuals, foundations and corporations.  Expectations of this role : Analyze and manage portfolio of existing and prospective PF partners in assigned region Create new donor acquisition by prospecting and researching donors through marketing and networking Develop and implement written identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies Work with Planned Giving and Foundations staff to identify new prospective partners and achieve lift from existing ones Provide organized and detailed staffing on all personal calls Work with Development team and Regional Directors to ensure partners' attendance at all strategic events in the region  Qualifications : Maintain an active relationship with Jesus Christ and support the ministry through prayer and actions 10+ years of development or consultative sales, or related experience with increasing responsibility for revenue generation Bachelor's degree (advanced degree or CFRE preferred) Demonstrated effectiveness at personally raising $1M+ in donations Demonstrated ability to successfully manage others and work with volunteers to solicit contributions of $50,000+ Experience in Christian outreach and development relationships with high net worth individuals Outstanding interpersonal and strategic skills This is a remote / work from home position with a 40% travel component; preference will be given to candidates living within one of the target states but consideration may be given to uniquely qualified candidates living outside of the target areas What we offer : At Prison Fellowship, our goal is to support the total well-being of all our employees.
• Our benefit offerings for full-time employees include health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, retirement account funding, flexible spending accounts, paid maternity and parental leave benefits, and more.
• Our outstanding benefits package includes paid leave starting at 39 days (14 holidays, 15 vacation days, 10 sick days) after one year of employment.
• Part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits, on a pro-rated basis.
• In addition, we offer a team-oriented, mission-driven, supportive environment with cutting-edge technology solutions and tremendous opportunity for growth and development.
• Salary at Prison Fellowship is determined by a variety of factors.
• For this position, the salary range is projected to be between $101,000 and $120,000.
• Visit the employment page on our website to learn more about Prison Fellowship, and check out our YouTube channel to see how Prison Fellowship is transforming lives!
• OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH The Foundation of What We Believe As a Christian organization, Prison Fellowship believes in the full authority of the Bible as God’s inspired word and the complete tenets of the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.
• We believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the Universe, the co-eternal Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe that Jesus Christ, God’s Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary atoning death on the cross, rose bodily from the dead and ascended to heaven where, as truly God and truly man, He is the only mediator between God and man.
• We believe that the Bible is God’s authoritative and inspired Word, without error in all its teachings.

How We Are Compelled to Live and to Act We believe that Christians, both individually and corporately, must submit to the Bible, as God’s authoritative, divine and inspired Word, in all matters of belief and conduct.   Applicants have rights under Federal Employment laws :