Major Gift Officer

MedStar Health; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 72,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health in Baltimore seeks a Gift Officer to independently manage a portfolio of major gift prospects, cultivating and soliciting gifts with strategic stewardship. You will collaborate with clinicians and administration to align fundraising priorities with the health system's goals.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 3–4 years of philanthropy experience, preferably in a health system. You will document donor interactions in the CRM, meet annual activity and financial targets, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3-4 years experience in philanthropy, ideally within a health system.

Responsibilities

• Manages a portfolio of major gift prospects.
• Develops cultivation, solicitation and stewardship plans for gifts of $100K+.
• Maintains regular donor contact through face-to-face meetings.
• Identifies joint giving opportunities with colleagues.
• Manages fundraising timelines and processes.
• Assists physicians, program directors and administration with funding needs.
• Reports donor activity in the CRM.
• Supports philanthropy initiatives and onsite activities.
• Meets annual activity and financial metrics.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Self-motivated

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Fundraising database software

Job description

About the Job

Gift Officer who can independently be responsible for identifying cultivating soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of major gift prospects scaling over time to annual fundraising expectation of $500K.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages a portfolio of major gift prospects.
• Develops and implements thoughtful strategic cultivation solicitation and stewardship plans for prospective donors for gifts of $100K+.
• Ensures regular contact with donors through various activities and communications especially face to face meetings.
• Identifies and develops joint major giving opportunities in collaboration with colleagues and team members.
• Develops and manages timelines for various fundraising activities to ensure plans and critical fundraising processes are carried out in a timely manner.
• Develops expertise in strategically aligned priorities of the healthcare system. Assists physicians program directors and administration with capital and programmatic funding needs.
• Manages internal and external key stakeholder relationships.
• Supports philanthropy initiatives through participating and attending onsite activities as necessary.
• Meets annual activity and financial performance metrics.
• Ensures that all donor contact is reported in the CRM.

Minimal Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree required

Experience

• 3-4 years Related experience in philanthropy ideally within a health system setting, preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Excellent skills in verbal and written communication; demonstrated ability to be held accountable for results; demonstrated ability to be a positive collaborative member of a philanthropy team; self-motivated proactive energetic and goal-oriented with a sense of humor.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel software applications.
• Knowledge of fundraising database software
• Strong organizational skills.

This position has a hiring range of USD $71,843.00 - USD $135,907.00 /Yr.