Director of Stewardship / Development

Location: St. Pius X Catholic Parish, Indianapolis

Posted: May 20, 2026

The parish Director Stewardship/Development provides administrative, operational, and logistical direction for the parish’s various annual giving initiatives, capital campaign, volunteer recruitment. The Director is responsible for the overall process of engaging with parishioners post gift and managing gifts. Draft gift acknowledgement policies. Policies are necessary to establish standards/framework for acknowledging gifts and its commitment to thanking donors properly.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Identify and recommend fund-raising software.
  • Process donor gifts quickly and accurately.
  • Send donation tax receipts ASAP (No later than 72 hours is best practice).
  • Update campaign and annual tithing progress reports.
  • Reporting & Analytics: Generate weekly, monthly and quarterly fundraising reports for to track progress against goals, pledges, and funds received.
  • Support the Business Office and execution of the parish-based participation, including parish events, kick-off events, volunteer trainings, and celebration events.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Active, practicing Roman Catholic in good standing required.
  • Proficient in the MS Office suite of applications; intermediate proficiency in Excel
  • Problem solver with strong planning and organizational skills, attention to detail.
  • Take initiative, multi-task, and work with minimal supervision.
  • High discretion and integrity in handling confidential donor, and parish information.
  • Education: BS/BA in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Nonprofit Mgt.

For Immediate Consideration, Send applications or inquiries to: parish@spxparish.org and communication@spxparish.org.

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