Assistant Director of Development — Major Gifts (Hybrid)

Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus in Ohio invites you as Assistant Director of Development to join a team dedicated to securing philanthropic gifts through identifying, qualifying, strategizing, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major gift prospects. This role emphasizes a hybrid Northeast Ohio schedule with occasional travel.

You will work with donors and executives, meeting monthly metrics, aligning donor interests with Clinic priorities, and supporting department projects and events while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum three years of fundraising or face‑to‑face major gifts experience.
• Advanced degree or two years of related experience may offset total experience.
• Ability to establish and maintain relations with executives, donors and staff physicians.

Responsibilities

• Identify major gift prospects and secure visits via cold calls and outreach.
• Develop cultivation and solicitation strategies for each donor.
• Establish a program of personal visits with past, current, and prospective donors.
• Move prospects through the development cycle from qualification to closing.
• Meet monthly and annual metrics for visits, solicitations, and dollars raised.
• Coordinate donor interests with organizational priorities and craft funding proposals.
• Coordinate stewardship reports communicating gift usage.
• Assist in department projects, events and programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor relations

Prospecting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced degree or related experience offset

Job description

Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus in Ohio invites you as Assistant Director of Development to join a team dedicated to securing philanthropic gifts through identifying, qualifying, strategizing, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major gift prospects. This role emphasizes a hybrid Northeast Ohio schedule with occasional travel.

You will work with donors and executives, meeting monthly metrics, aligning donor interests with Clinic priorities, and supporting department projects and events while