What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Advancement position at The Madeleine Choir School?
The Madeleine Choir School seeks a Director of Advancement to secure financial support for the school’s unique mission from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The position also involves leadership in marketing student enrollment efforts and in advocating for and championing the school’s gift to our community in service to the Cathedral, the annual concert series, and collaborative performances with other professional arts organizations. Managing a small staff, the Director will focus on Annual Giving, a major yearly fundraising event, and major gift cultivation. Reporting to the Pastoral Administrator, this position is an active and collaborative member of the MCS Leadership team and serves as a strategic partner to the Madeleine Choir School Board’s Finance Committee, setting goals for yearly revenue, expenses, and program/portfolio development.
The Director will be responsible for planning development and marketing efforts, managing donor portfolios with assistance from other leadership team members, and ensuring the school meets its financial and marketing goals. The Director will interact with a wide range of people, including MCS families, alumni, volunteers, civic, private, and corporate leaders through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. A working knowledge of donor management software applications is needed. Required leadership of some weekend and evening events throughout the year.
Applications will be accepted through July 6, 2026. Please include a resume and three professional references. Email gglenn@utmcs.org with the subject line "Director of Advancement Application" or post applications to:
Gregory Glenn
205 E. First Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
ABOUT
The Madeleine Choir School, located in the heart of Salt Lake City, is a Catholic Pre-K through eighth grade learning community that is far more than a music school. It offers students a holistic approach to exceptional age appropriate learning, as proven by the success of the Choir School alumni in their higher education and professional careers. The Choir School music curriculum is unmatched, but also offers outstanding instruction in the humanities, mathematics and the sciences, as well as foreign languages, visual arts, theology, and athletics.
OUR MISSION
The Madeleine Choir School, a Roman Catholic School in the Cathedral tradition, inspires young people to become engaged scholars, effective communicators, dedicated liturgical musicians, and responsible world citizens who seek to build a civilization of justice, mercy and love.