Donor Relations Advisor

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a Donor Relations Advisor to advance donor engagement and fundraising outcomes. You will steward prospects and donors, manage a targeted portfolio, and collaborate with the Office of Philanthropy to secure funds and upgrade giving levels.

The role emphasizes donor reporting, stewardship planning, and cross‑functional partnerships with finance, legal, and program leaders to ensure timely, high‑quality donor communications and data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 6 years of experience in fundraising, donor relations, project management, grants and/or reporting experience can substitute the required bachelor's degree.
• 2 years of fundraising, donor relations, project management, grants and/or reporting experience preferred.
• Stewardship experience highly preferred.
• Broad programmatic support.

Responsibilities

• Oversee advancement of donor reporting that is required, or highly recommended by the assigned gift officer.
• Advance programs and services that engage new and existing prospects/donors.
• Create annual stewardship plans for assigned donors in collaboration with gift officer.
• Collaborate with members of the office of philanthropy to add strategic value in donor relations and engagement.
• Collaborate and support team members to ensure on-time delivery of donor reports, which includes coordinating with finance, legal, compliance and service lines.
• Support creative drive response and engagement with Office of Philanthropy for priority events and initiatives.
• Record and manage donor/prospect data, activity, management and movement in fundraising technology system.
• Maintain integrity of data in fundraising technology system.

Skills

Fundraising experience

Donor relations

Stewardship experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience substitution allowed (6+ years)

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a Donor Relations Advisor— someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will create opportunities for the Office of Philanthropy to better cultivate new prospects, steward existing donors, and/or help engage donors in strategic ways that secure funds, ensure donor retention and progressively upgrade level of giving and involvement. Role may also include management of a targeted portfolio of assigned qualified prospects and donors.

Job Description

We are searching for a Donor Relations Advisor— someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will create opportunities for the Office of Philanthropy to better cultivate new prospects, steward existing donors, and/or help engage donors in strategic ways that secure funds, ensure donor retention and progressively upgrade level of giving and involvement. Role may also include management of a targeted portfolio of assigned qualified prospects and donors.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Required
  
  
  
  • 6 years of experience in fundraising, donor relations, project management, grants and/or reporting experience can substitute the required bachelor's degree
  
  
  
  


• 2 years of fundraising, donor relations, project management, grants and/or reporting experience preferred


• Stewardship experience highly preferred


• Broad programmatic support

Responsibilities

• Oversee advancement of donor reporting that is required, or highly recommended by the assigned gift officer.


• Advance programs and services that engage new and existing prospects/donors.


• Create annual stewardship plans for assigned donors in collaboration with gift officer.


• Collaborate with members of the office of philanthropy to add strategic value in donor


• Collaborate and support team members to ensure on-time delivery of donor reports, which includes TCH leaders in finance, legal, compliance and with respective service lines.


• Support creative Drive response and engagement with Office of Philanthropy for priority events and initiatives.


• Record and manage donor/prospect data, activity, management and movement in fundraising technology system.


• Maintain integrity of data in fundraising technology system.

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.