Major Gifts Officer

$70,000 - $82,000/Yr

Nc Child - Raleigh, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Raleigh, NC

Social Assistance

About the position

The Major Gifts Officer at NC Child is responsible for achieving major gift fundraising goals by engaging and soliciting individual, corporate, and foundation major gifts. This role involves expanding the leadership annual giving program through various engagement strategies, including in-person solicitations, written proposals, and donor stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Manage a personal portfolio of major and leadership level prospective donors.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward each prospect as needed, maintaining accurate records of moves and showing continual progress toward gifts at these levels.
• Coordinate regularly with other NC Child staff, including assistance as needed with individual, corporate, and foundation prospects.
• Conduct donor research and prospect reviews to identify potential donors at the major gifts level from existing or past donors and new prospects.
• Develop and execute personalized strategies to cultivate and solicit this range of gifts through written proposals, calls, and face-to-face visits.
• Manage strategic events for major gift prospects designed to further the aims of NC Child.
• Cultivate and solicit leadership annual gifts at the $1,000 level and above from qualified prospects through written communications, calls, and face-to-face meetings.
• Steward major gift donors through personal touches and invitations to special events.
• Coordinate with other staff to develop, implement, and manage a centralized donor stewardship/recognition program.
• Maintain timely records of prospect and donor communications/visits in the donor database.
• Ensure thank you letters and other acknowledgement communications for this position's major gift portfolio occur in a timely manner.
• Oversee the development of stewardship reports for individual, corporate, and foundation donors, as needed.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience and proven track record of success raising major gifts in the range of $10,000 or more.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to develop relationships quickly, with the appropriate level of assertiveness to solicit and follow up with donor prospects in a timely manner.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate passionately about NC Child and capture the interests of a wide variety of donors.
• Goal-oriented, results-oriented, and detail-oriented, with exceptional planning and time-management skills.
• Working knowledge of computer-related office tools and donor database management systems.
• Availability to travel on occasion to visit donors and prospects throughout North Carolina.
• Some work required during nights and weekends.
• Bachelor's degree.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with child advocacy issues and policies in North Carolina.
• Fluency in languages other than English to facilitate communication with diverse donor communities.
• Experience with public speaking or conducting donor presentations.
• Familiarity with nonprofit financial management and budgeting processes.

Benefits

• Health savings account
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Family leave
• Vision insurance
• 403(b)
• Sabbatical
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time