Major Gifts Officer

SUMMARY

The Major Gifts Officer has primary responsibility for the solicitation of leadership level gifts from donors ranging from $10,000+ for donors in Northeast Ohio. This position is charged to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major donors in an assigned regional portfolio. The Major Gifts Officer also establishes and provides strategic direction in community engagement and the creation of Affinity Groups.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN?

Our Mission

We protect, promote, and provide empowered health care for people throughout Ohio.

• We respect and honor all people
• We are committed to a diverse and inclusive environment for patients and staff
• We provide health care – without judgment
• We maintain responsible business practices
• We regularly demonstrate our shared organizational workplace values and standards in order to educate and care for the communities that we serve

BENEFITS

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Medical 90% employer-paid base medical plans for single coverage
• Dental
• Vision 100% employer paid
• Life Insurance 100% employer paid
• Accidental Death & Disability 100% employer paid
• Long Term/Short Term Disability 100% employer paid
• 401(k) with matching employer contribution up to 4%
• Nine (9) paid holidays per year
• Two (2) floating holidays per year

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Strategy – In concert with the organization’s strategic priorities and in collaboration with the development team, develop and recommend a strategy for Major Gift donors that will:
  Retains existing donors;
  Increases the average gift size; and,
  Expands the number of donors.
• Plan Management – Develop a Major Gift donor plan with tactics that support the identified strategy. Educate, within the Development team, the plan tactics and goals to ensure the plan is accepted and incorporated into the overall Development plans and operations.
• Donor Engagement and Relationships – Engage donors through effective communications (e.g., written, web and social media, events). Build relationships with donors in the portfolio and positions donors to move up the donor pyramid. Cultivate Major Gift donors and solicit gifts to maximize philanthropic giving for the targeted segment.
• Team Collaboration – Work closely with the team to ensure overall success of the Development function. Support team members with parallel fundraising activities, such as Midlevel gift work, annual fund, events, planned giving, and campaigns.
• Maintain a strong and growing portfolio of major donors for assigned territory that focuses on retention, upgrades, and acquisitions with the goal of increasing philanthropic giving, year-after-year.
• Create prospect strategies for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship that includes in-person meetings and site visits, proposals, cases for support, participation in events, and leadership engagement, where appropriate.
• Build a funding plan to properly forecast, track, and successfully hit annual goals for this portfolio.
• In partnership with Leadership, develop a multiyear strategy to build and launch unique PPGOH Affinity Groups. Include methods to engage and deepen the understanding, commitment and support of community members and donors within Affinity Groups.
• Provide strategic direction to the Affinity Group, including recruitment, meeting planning, and group activities.
• Create and manage the business plan for the Affinity Group, thereby guiding the work and establishing the vision and function of the group aligned with PPGOH’s mission and values.
• Track, maintain and provide monthly updates and reports on group membership and initiatives.
• Build a structure and strategy that could be replicated for other unique audiences across our service region.
• Serve as a community connector in Northeast Ohio to help broaden and deepen our supporter base across Northeast Ohio, particularly communities who have historically been excluded from philanthropic circles.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 3 years of prior experience preparing donor proposals and reports.
• Other professional writing experience may be considered in lieu of previous fundraising experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and skilled with constituent databases
• Ability to travel across the state
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Passion for sexual and reproductive rights, and social justice.
• Working knowledge of current trends in charitable giving.
• Proven ability to absorb and synthesize complex program information and translate into a compelling case for donors.
• Impeccable writing and editing skills; ability to translate complex ideas and strategies into clear, concise and compelling narratives; experience with grant writing, reporting and management preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in fundraising, development, constituency building,
• Demonstrated ability to represent an organization and build relationships
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential, both written and verbal
• Comfort working independently and as team member with initiative and flexibility
• Ability and discretion to work with high level decisions makers, ability to make persuasive case for supporting key programs and projects and effectively match the interests of prospective donors to PPGOH priorities.

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