Posted on September 11, 2012

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Major Gifts Officer

The Major Gifts Officer manages relationships with all past, current and prospective major gift donors, and has the primary responsibility for identifying, researching, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding these contributors. In addition to personally cultivating and soliciting prospects and donors, the major gifts officer will assist and oversee the involvement of the board, president, and volunteers in appropriate cultivation and solicitation activities. This individual must work collaboratively with other development and program staff, particularly with regard to special event management and implementation. The major gift officer must be a highly energetic professional with a track record of building donor relationships and closing gifts in excess of five and six figures.

We are seeking an accomplished, articulate, mature, and externally-focused development professional with ten years principal and major gift fundraising experience and superior written and verbal communications skills. The candidate will be an individual who can build successful working relationships with high net worth individuals and their representatives, senior officers in the foundation world, and the organizations own program officers. The major gift officer will spend at least 50 percent of their time cultivating contacts outside the office. The position reports to the president.

Application Instructions

For consideration for this role please send a detailed cover letter highlighting your philanthropic accomplishments and resume to: email: tc@rka.me