Major Gifts Officer - Office of Development

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Missouri; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center seeks a Major Gifts Officer to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors. You will work with leadership to engage individuals, corporations, and foundations to meet annual fundraising goals and support capital, programmatic, research, and education funding opportunities.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and five years in fundraising or donor relations, with preferred advanced degrees such as a JD, CPA, or Master’s degree.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and five (5) years of work experience in fundraising or donor relations.
• Preferred qualifications include advanced degrees or certifications.

Responsibilities

• Manages a portfolio of donors, cultivating and soliciting gifts.
• Prepares tailored gift proposals and correspondence for leadership.
• Maintains donor records and advances relationships with donors and advisers.
• Develops annual gift strategies for individuals and prospects.
• Supports development units and coordinates fundraising events.
• Collaborates with other gift officers and leadership to maximize gifts.
• Ensures adherence to center guidelines and fundraising best practices.

Skills

Healthcare philanthropy

Major gifts

Donor relations

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master’s Degree

Juris Doctor (JD)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Tools

Raiser’s Edge

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

Job Requisition ID:

R00051101

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

Office of Development-Schools Fundraising Team

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Major Gifts Officer - Office of Development

Job Summary:

Responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of gift donors. In concert with the development leadership team, the Major Gifts Officer will work with individuals, corporations, and foundations to achieve annual fundraising goals. Will assist in creating and implementing effective strategies designed to interest, engage, and secure a wide range of major gift prospects and donors to support capital, programmatic, research, and education funding opportunities. Will play a critical role in raising funds to support UMMC’s priorities.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s Degree and five (5) years of work experience in fundraising or donor relations.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required:

N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree, Juris Doctor (JD), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Understanding of major issues and trends in healthcare and philanthropy. Grasp of the complexities of a medical center environment preferred. Ability to learn appropriate levels of information about a broad range of health disciplines and interdisciplinary areas. Self-motivated but asks for direction & guidance when appropriate. Outstanding organizational and time management skills. Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple priorities, produce quality work, and meet strict deadlines. Adept at building effective, collaborative relationships internally with departments, program staff, physicians, and other internal constituents. Ability to assess processes and work flow. High level of integrity that protects all involved when collecting sensitive information about donors & prospects. Desire, ambition, and energy to work in an organization that is evolving at an accelerating pace. Commitment to the development team’s values of cooperation, partnership, and a “can-do” attitude. Working knowledge of online donor databases (such as Raiser’s Edge), Microsoft Word, Excel and other research tools.

Responsibilities

• Complies with all Medical Center and development office guidelines.
• Advances a portfolio of donors and prospects from alumni, grateful patients, foundations, corporations, and friends throughout Mississippi.
• Prepares articulate, tailored, gift acknowledgment letters. Prepares correspondence, including major gift proposals/solicitations, for UMMC leadership. Produces appropriate collateral materials. Manages relationships with donors and their financial advisors to encourage gifts, as appropriate.
• Remains in constant contact with donors through cultivation letters, solicitation letters, proposals, case statements, acknowledgement letters, and more for the purpose of strategically communicating with and managing donors.
• Develops and implements annual gift strategies for individual donors and prospects related to specific fundraising initiatives.
• Supports all development-related efforts of assigned UMMC units, faculty, and management.
• Designs, coordinates, and conducts fundraising and marketing support related programs and events for assigned UMMC units (schools, departments, institutes, centers, foundations).
• Maintains current and comprehensive donor records, both electronic and hard copy.
• Collaborates effectively with other gift officers, UMMC leadership, and/or fundraising volunteers to ensure that all possible gift acknowledgment/stewardship opportunities are realized.
• Works with other development staff to improve the organization’s fundraising strategies.
• May provide general support to development staff and work on special projects when needed.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, frequent travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, frequent driving, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, and frequent walking (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

09/15/2026