Director of Pilgrimages
Advancement Office
Date:Â May 30, 2025
Position Available:Â Director of Pilgrimages
Position Reports to:Â Executive Director of Development
Department: Â Advancement
FLSA Status:Â Exempt
Schedule:Â Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., some evenings and weekends; some travel is required.
POSITION SUMMARY
Franciscan University is seeking a highly motivated and visionary leader to fill the role of Director of Pilgrimages. The successful candidate will be a leader in executing our Franciscan Pilgrimages program, centered around creating, promoting, and filling pilgrimage trips. The successful candidate approaches Pilgrimages by recruitment and serving the entire process, and stewards past and present Pilgrims to grow them into University promoters. The position works in collaboration with Academic Affairs to create educational programming abroad to attract friends and donors to the University family. This position demands a dynamic individual with a proven track record of achieving results and a strong communicator in all forms. The role serves the University and Advancement by growing the University’s reach, support, and influence through its pilgrim friends. The successful candidate embraces the University’s core values of conversion, community, and encounter in all aspects of donor and constituent outreach.