Director of Development
Bishop Ludden-Grimes Jr-Sr High School
Syracuse, NY
Salary: $62,400 - $75,000 per year
Posted 11/20/25
Reports To : Director of Operations
Full Time - Exempt Position
Summary: The Director of Development is responsible for the fundraising initiatives of Bishop Ludden-Grimes and managing donor/alumni relationships. This position is crucial for ensuring fi nancial health and growth. The Director of Development plays a key part in shaping the fundraising strategy and engaging the alumni and community to support the Bishop Ludden-Grimes mission.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Fundraising Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising plan that includes major gifts, corporate, foundation, planned giving, and special events.
Donor Relations: Cultivate and manage relationships with key alumni donors, sponsors, and stakeholders to secure ongoing financial support.
Team Leadership: Lead and manage fundraising committees, providing guidance, training and support to meet fundraising goals.
Event Management: Organize and oversee fundraising and alumni events and other campaigns to engage alumni and donors.
Collaboration: Work closely with the Principal and the Board of Trustees to align fundraising strategies with the organization’s mission and values.
Data Analysis: Monitor and analyze fundraising data to evaluate performance and adjust strategies as needed.
Educate, Energize and Train: Staff, board members, and volunteers in donor cultivation, professional fundraising techniques and leading practices.
Identify and Implement: New impactful revenue streams, with a focus on increasing sustainable unrestricted revenue.
Partner with Finance Staff: To sustain efficient, effective, and transparent financial tracking and reporting processes.
Guide and Consult: Teach school personnel the benefits of alumni relations. Create and promote activities designed to ensure alumni are engaged and contacted for further giving and connection.
Qualification Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
-Experience (minimum 5 years) operating an annual giving program to include personally soliciting funds and motivating others to solicit funds.
-Leadership experience representing an organization to external audiences and developing successful partnerships.
-Demonstrated fundraising success with individuals, corporations and organizations.
-Ability to communicate and present effectively, both orally and in writing.
-Ability to personally cultivate, secure, administer, and steward significant major gifts.
-Experience in providing strategic direction, leadership, and operational management of a development program.
-Experience organizing, directing, motivating, and evaluating other professionals, support staff, and volunteers.
-Strong organizational and time management skills, and the corresponding analytical skills needed to establish strategic fundraising goals and report on results.
-Ability to exercise leadership skills while engaging in collaborative, team-based work; high capacity to inspire cooperation and work well with teams.
-Demonstrated commitment to inclusion; culturally competent in addressing complex issues.
-High level of integrity, initiative, creativity, and energy.
-Ability to maintain confidentiality.
-Ability and willingness to work weekends and evenings as required.
Other: Perform all other duties and attend all other events and activities as instructed by the building principal. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of this position.
How to apply:
Please send resume and cover letter to: Humanresources@syrdio.org