HIGH LEVEL OBJECTIVES:

1. Lead the development and delivery of persuasive, accurate, and timely proposals and stewardship materials that strengthen donor relationships and support fundraising goals.
2. Manage the stewardship writing team of contractors and production workflow, coordinating requests, assignments, research, deadlines, and quality control.
3. Maintain effective stewardship systems and accountability by managing donor deadlines, records, files, reporting data, and resource distribution.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Manage the stewardship production workflow, including receiving requests, creating and assigning tasks in Planner, gathering information, establishing deadlines, and monitoring completion.
2. Recruit, supervise, and retain contract writers, providing clear assignments, editorial guidance, and quality oversight.
3. Develop, review, and edit donor communications, including letters of inquiry, grant proposals, project overviews, and stewardship reports, ensuring each document is persuasive, accurate, tailored, and delivered on time.
4. Guide fundraisers through grant applications and reporting requirements, including navigating external funder platforms and communicating with foundation representatives when appropriate.
5. Research and verify narrative and financial information by gathering content from internal systems and collaborating with field personnel.
6. Maintain a comprehensive calendar of donor deadlines, including letters of inquiry, proposals, reports, and matching-gift requirements.
7. Maintain accurate stewardship records and files, including monthly updates to the Grants Portal in Virtuous and electronic file management across shared platforms.
8. Track and report stewardship performance, including request volume, documents completed, funding requested, and funding secured.
9. Distribute prayer content and other relevant OM International resources to fundraisers.
10. Coordinate U.S. visits by field personnel as directed by Advancement leadership and the Philanthropy Advisory Team.

TEAM PARTICIPATION:

1. Participate in team events that focus on prayer, fellowship, training and development
2. Join task forces or working groups that facilitate cross-department collaboration
3. Model the culture of OM USA

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated professional writing and editing experience, preferably in fundraising, grant writing, donor communications, or related fields.
• Experience developing successful grant proposals and navigating foundation application and reporting processes, including external funder portals.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, priorities, and deadlines in a deadline-driven environment.
• Experience supervising writers, contractors, or other contributors and providing editorial guidance and quality oversight.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to gather information, provide clear direction, and collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Strong organizational, project management, and time-management skills, with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently with high-level oversight, exercise sound judgment, and take ownership of assignments through completion.
• Advanced proficiency with workplace technology and the ability to learn new systems quickly; experience with CRM systems, Excel, Word, Planner, Adobe, and Canva preferred.
• Ability to work effectively across departments and in a multinational, cross-cultural environment.
• Absolute commitment to donor privacy and confidentiality.
• Atlanta-area location preferred; remote work within U.S. may be considered for experienced candidates.