Job Listing: (Hon.) Director of Galleries including philanthropic & legacy gifts

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King’s College (KC Singapore) is an evangelical seminary in the Pentecostal tradition that forms Christian leaders for non-levitical mission.  Since its founding in 2020, KC Singapore has sought faculty and staff who were both deeply committed Christians and professionally gifted.

All KC staff and members are expected to be committed to Jesus Christ, to the vision, purpose, and values of higher order lateral thinking as part of a wider Fellowship of Theology, Family and Human Formation.

Department:  Planning and Development, Campus Set-up

Reports to:  President of the College

Job Summary:  The role of Hon. Director of Galleries is a voluntary role and includes philanthropic & legacy gifts at the Oikos Fellowship in Singapore and is responsible for engaging donors through an intentional process of personal communication and invitation to community. Through this work, the Hon. Director of Galleries will establish positive relationships and secure the financial commitments necessary to support the mission and strategic initiatives of King’s College (KC Singapore). This full-time position will report to the Office of the President, and work in close partnership with the Senior Administrative Coordinators, to ensure donors are engaged at the appropriate level and to carry out the vision and funding priorities set by the Office of the President.

Primary Duties:

• Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward an assigned portfolio of donors through individual contact (face to face meetings), personal communication (phone/mail/email/text), campus visits and planned events.
• Work collaboratively with the President, Board of Trustees, Faculty, as well as colleagues in Development, Alumni Relations, and Church Relations to plan and implement effective outreach and communication activities to expand the size of the prospective donor pool and increase the level of financial support for the seminary.
• Achieve or exceed collaboratively agreed upon metrics for visits, proposals and dollars raised.
• Emphasis will be placed on increasing significant donations while retaining and strengthening existing giving.
• Make numerous decisions on cultivation time committed versus expected gift response, determine who needs to be involved in the relationship with each prospective donor, and decide the most effective and productive use of travel time and use of the engagement budget.
• Maintain extensive knowledge about King’s College Singapore initiatives and activities to best represent the practices and priorities of KC to constituents.
• Provide timely updates with contact reports and donor activity on existing software platforms, maintain appropriate records, participate in ongoing training and maintenance of skills related to database management and usage, and prepare monthly activity reports.
• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with the Office of the President to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies and objectives of the department's strategic and operational plans with a high priority on efficient use of travel time and entertainment budget.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The Hon. Director of Galleries must have a proven track record of personally soliciting and securing major gifts, preferably in higher education or with a Christian organization, and in cultivating and soliciting prospects capable of five to six figure gifts
• Knowledge of the principles of fundraising, prospect review, donor research, the development of major gifts, capital campaign procedures, and planned giving vehicles