Stewardship Manager

HIGH LEVEL OBJECTIVES:

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

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the stewardship production workflow, including receiving requests, creating and assigning tasks in Planner, gathering information, establishing deadlines, and monitoring completion.
• Recruit, supervise, and retain contract writers, providing clear assignments, editorial guidance, and quality oversight.
• 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.
• Guide fundraisers through grant applications and reporting requirements, including navigating external funder platforms and communicating with foundation representatives when appropriate.
• Research and verify narrative and financial information by gathering content from internal systems and collaborating with field personnel.
• Maintain a comprehensive calendar of donor deadlines, including letters of inquiry, proposals, reports, and matching-gift requirements.
• Maintain accurate stewardship records and files, including monthly updates to the Grants Portal in Virtuous and electronic file management across shared platforms.
• Track and report stewardship performance, including request volume, documents completed, funding requested, and funding secured.
• Distribute prayer content and other relevant OM International resources to fundraisers.
• 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 USAREQUIRED 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.