Advancement Director, St. John Vianney Regional School
Allentown, PA (Unknown)
Posted 2 days ago
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Job Summary
You will own enrollment management, development, and communications strategies for a Catholic school, leading governance, marketing, fundraising, and stakeholder engagement; primary workstreams include enrollment planning, fundraising programs, and communications, with requirements serving as a major filter.
- Own enrollment management, development, and communications initiatives
- Lead governance planning, fundraising events, and volunteer engagement
- Collaborate with pastor, principal, and volunteers to meet goals
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Governance and Strategic Planning Promote understanding, acceptance and support of the vision and mission statements, and objectives of the school Set priorities to meet annual goals Work closely with the Pastor and the principal to set and achieve goals and objectives
- Enrollment Management Responsible for the planning, management and implementation of the marketing, recruitment and retention of students. This includes but is not limited to open houses, campus visits and tours, re-registration, brochure creation, Pre K and kindergarten letters to new incoming families, etc. Working closely with key volunteers, coordinate the external and internal marketing efforts and initiatives that attract and retain students in sufficient numbers to support the programs of the school. Plan, collect data, make projections and report enrollment management data. Assist with setting up students in FACTS, online textbooks in August/September, and provide tech support. Manage Simple Tuition Solutions (STS) for tuition collection and record payments, create deposits, set up yearly payments plans, and analyze and disburse financial aid.
- Development Responsible for the planning, management, and implementation of all fundraising, friend raising initiatives, and the Freeman Endowment. Plan, manage, and implement annual giving, major gifts, and events. This includes but is not limited to: prospect identification and research, cultivation, solicitation, gift processing, acknowledgments and stewardship. Work with the school and parish Finance Chair and Bookkeeper on the Freeman Endowment to determine the amount for disbursement. Manage Shopping Cart Fundraiser by running reports for families' rebate totals and set up credits and incidental invoices in STS. Educate and engage key volunteers (i.e. Home and School Association) in implementing mission-based fundraising. Works to create and support a culture of philanthropy within the school.
- Communications Responsible for setting and maintaining professional writing and design standards for school communications. This includes, but is not limited to: Print publications including weekly school newsletter/magazine, marketing materials, giving program brochures, and direct mail pieces Electronic communications including website and email updates Media relations including advertising and press releases in local newspapers, local media, social media as it relates to coverage of school events.
- Constituent Relations Identify, recruit, and engage volunteers including prospects, parents, alumni, grandparents, clergy students, faculty and administrative staff, etc. Volunteer planning and management Work closely with the Home and School board, staff and volunteers to assist them in their activities
- Operations Database planning: data acquisition and management Database management: oversee the management of databases as it relates to enrollment management and development, especially the updating and maintaining of the alumni database Provide administrative support to teachers as needed, this consists of but not limited to printing copies and labels, create faculty events invites and signups, etc. General office processes and procedures Any other duties assigned by the principal.
Requirements
- Educational Requirements: Bachelor's degree in related field strongly preferred
- Experience in a parochial or not-for-profit environment preferred.
- Experience in enrollment management, development, sales, marketing, communication, and/or volunteer management.
Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in related field strongly preferred
- Experience in parochial or not-for-profit environment preferred.
- Experience in enrollment management, development, sales, marketing, communication, and/or volunteer management. per description
We are a Roman Catholic family of faith, centered in the Holy Eucharist, faithful to the Church's teachings, bringing the Light of Christ to each other and to our community.The Diocese of Allentown was formed on January 28, 1961, when Pope John XXIII signed a document separating the counties of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The news became public February 15. The following April 11, Bishop Joseph McShea, then auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia, was installed as the first Bishop of Allentown by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States in the new Cathedral Church of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown.Bishop Thomas Welsh succeeded Bishop McShea in 1983, followed by Bishop Edward Cullen in 1998 and Bishop John Barres in 2009. Like Bishop McShea, Bishops Welsh and Cullen were former Auxiliary Bishops of Philadelphia. Bishop Barres was a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington, DE, when he was appointed. He became the first priest ordained a Bishop in Allentown’s Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena. Seven-and-a-half years later, he became the first Allentown Bishop to be transferred when Pope Francis appointed him the Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY.As the Fifth Bishop of Allentown, Pope Francis, on June 27, 2017 appointed Monsignor Alfred A. Schlert. Bishop Schlert is the first priest ordained for the Diocese of Allentown to be appointed Bishop of the Diocese. He was ordained a Bishop and installed as Bishop of Allentown on August 31, 2017.Catholics form the largest single religious group in the five counties of the Diocese. In the 84 parishes of the Diocese, there are more than 252,000 registered Catholics, representing more than 20 percent of the general population.



