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Senior Development Officer

Full-Time | Exempt
Reports to: Senior Development Director

Must be located in the Austin/Houston service areas

Are You Ready for Your Next Opportunity at The Source?

Do you have a passion for building meaningful relationships and connecting people to the mission of The Source? Are you a strategic thinker who enjoys cultivating relationships, sharing impact, and inspiring others to invest in work that changes lives?

We are excited to offer an internal opportunity for a Senior Development Officer to help expand philanthropic support for The Source through major gifts, corporate partnerships, foundations, churches, and community engagement.

As a visible ambassador for The Source, the Senior Development Officer builds meaningful relationships with donors and prospects while communicating the life-changing impact of comprehensive, life-affirming healthcare and pregnancy support for women and families.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will:

• Manage a portfolio of qualified mass, mid-level and major donors through intentional cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and moves management.
• Develop individualized engagement strategies designed to deepen donor relationships and increase philanthropic investment.
• Conduct face-to-face donor visits, virtual meetings, and personalized follow-up throughout the donor journey.
• Prepare compelling proposals, cases for support, impact reports, and gift agreements aligned with donor interests.
• Identify prospective major donors through research, referrals, and community networking.
• Create meaningful stewardship experiences that communicate gratitude and demonstrate the impact of donor generosity.
• Support and strengthen The Source's monthly giving and mass donor programs through donor engagement and recruitment.
• Provide tours of clinics and facilitate opportunities for donors to experience the ministry firsthand.
• Cultivate relationships with corporations, foundations, civic organizations, and community leaders.
• Research, prepare, and manage grant proposals and reports as assigned.
• Pursue sponsorships and strategic partnerships that advance organizational priorities.
• Represent The Source at networking events, ministry fairs, community functions, and speaking engagements.
• Assist in planning and executing annual fundraising events, donor receptions, campaigns, and special initiatives.
• Recruit sponsors, table hosts, volunteers, and community advocates.
• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Development to execute annual fundraising strategies and achieve organizational revenue goals.
• Participate in prospect strategy meetings and moves management planning.
• Monitor fundraising performance and provide regular reports on portfolio activity, pipeline movement, and donor engagement.
• Maintain accurate donor records, contact reports, proposals, and stewardship activities within Salesforce.

Could This Be Your Next Step?

We're looking for someone who meets the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Nonprofit Management, Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive fundraising, business development, sales, or relationship management experience with demonstrated success in securing significant gifts or investments.
• Proven success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors and strategic partners.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Self-motivated with exceptional initiative and follow-through.
• Demonstrated professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Ability to build authentic relationships with donors, volunteers, church leaders, business executives, and community stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and donor CRM systems (Salesforce preferred).
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for donor meetings and special events.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Achievement of individual fundraising goals.
• Growth of assigned major, mid-level, mass, and monthly donor portfolios.
• Acquisition of new monthly donors and increased recurring giving revenue.
• Donor retention and stewardship effectiveness.
• New donor acquisition and relationship development.
• Successful cultivation of corporate and foundation partnerships.
• Accurate and timely CRM documentation.
• Active participation in organizational fundraising events and campaigns.
• Meaningful donor touchpoints, including visits, calls, stewardship, and personalized engagement.
• Participate in both major annual fundraising events in Houston and Austin.
• Support cross-department collaboration to enhance organizational unity and mission fulfillment.
  

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If this opportunity aligns with your experience, strengths, and desire to continue serving the mission of The Source in a new capacity, we encourage you to apply.

We look forward to seeing how members of our own team may be ready to grow, lead, and make an even greater impact through this opportunity.