Stewardship Manager

The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital has an opportunity for a Stewardship Manager.

This role will lead and elevate donor experience and stewardship at the principal and major gift level by managing and coordinating in alignment with leadership. In this role, you’ll design thoughtful, creative engagement strategies that strengthen relationships with donors and partners, while supporting cultivation, solicitation, recognition, and stewardship efforts. You’ll also play a key role in fostering meaningful clinical and programmatic partnerships, using strong communication and storytelling skills to highlight impact and deepen engagement.

Monday-Friday, hybrid position with expectations to be on-site 3 days per week. 

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Gratitude inspires everything we do at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Our donors enrich lives, save lives, and transform patient care. By supporting innovative research and programs that enhance care delivery, we are able to improve the health and well-being of the patients, families, and communities we have the privilege to serve.

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supporting the following world-class healthcare organizations: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Siteman Cancer Center, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, BJC Home Care and Hospice, Evelyn’s House (hospice), and Washington University School of Medicine.

Role Purpose

Manages and coordinates stewardship activities focused on the use and administration of funds in order to create strategic outreach and tailored engagement efforts that support donor cultivation, solicitation, recognition, stewardship, and clinical partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Manages fund maintenance and reporting to support a comprehensive donor engagement program, including annual reporting on endowments, projects and activities to support prospect and donor engagement and grant/fund stewardship. Ensures that the productivity and actions of the department meet/support the overall operational goals of the Foundation, as established by Foundation leadership.
• Collaborates with philanthropy team, donor services, communications/marketing, grant administration, and other departments to create strategic initiatives and outreach efforts that support donor development, clinical and research partnerships, and community benefit.
• Analyzes trends in fund usage in order to recommend appropriate donor relations activities for all constituencies. Oversees implementation of the Foundation’s overall fund stewardship plan across all foundation departments and outreach platforms.
• Devises and ensures the use of consistent, accurate and appropriate tracking of stewardship activities and production of reports to donors of funds, grant recipients, and fund administrators. Including analysis of fund usage and recommends appropriate next steps for utilization while taking advantage of increased donor engagement and activities to advance the program.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• 5-10 years

Preferred Requirements

Experience

• 10 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer