Major Giving Officer

KSPS PBS; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance for employees

Dental insurance with dependent cover

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) eligibility after 3 months

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Up to 12 paid holidays

Job summary

KSPS PBS in Spokane, WA seeks a Major Giving Officer to build relationships with major donors and manage a 100–150 donor portfolio. You will develop engagement strategies, prepare proposals, and steward gifts to align with KSPS PBS priorities.

This exempt, full-time role reports to the Director of Development and requires travel and occasional evenings or weekends. Qualifications include five or more years in fundraising, strong communication and organizational skills, familiarity with donor

Qualifications

• Five+ years of fundraising or nonprofit development experience.
• Proven ability to build trusted donor relationships and move prospects toward commitments.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage an assigned portfolio of approximately 100-150 major gift donors and prospects.
• Develop individualized engagement strategies for donor qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Prepare proposals, gift agreements, and impact reports in collaboration with colleagues.
• Maintain donor records and portfolio activity in the donor CRM.
• Collaborate with leadership and program staff to connect donor interests with station priorities.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication skills

Organization

Project management

Donor databases

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

CFRE credential or progress toward certification

Tools

Allegiance

Salesforce

Blackbaud

Job description

KSPS PBS is hiring a Major Giving Officer!

In this role you will build meaningful relationships with individuals capable of making significant philanthropic investments in KSPS PBS. This position identifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards major donors by connecting their interests with the mission, programs, and long-term priorities of the station.

Working in partnership with the Director of Development and the Senior Major Giving Officer, this role manages an assigned portfolio of donors and prospects, develops individualized engagement strategies, prepares proposals and stewardship materials, and helps grow a sustainable pipeline of philanthropic support. The Senior Major Giving Officer serves as the team’s senior frontline fundraiser and provides collaboration and mentorship on complex donor strategies; both positions report directly to the Director of Development.

This is a full-time, exempt position based in Spokane, WA. The role requires regular local and regional travel and occasional evening or weekend work for donor meetings, station events, and community engagement.

Salary: $93,000–$98,000 per year, commensurate with experience.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties and responsibilities listed below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Major Gift Management

• Manage an assigned portfolio of approximately 100-150 qualified major gift donors and prospects
• Develop and execute individualized strategies for donor qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Build trusted relationships through personal visits, telephone calls, correspondence, and meaningful engagement
• Solicit major gifts and multi-year commitments aligned with annual fundraising goals and donor capacity
• Prepare compelling proposals, gift agreements, briefing materials, and impact reports in collaboration with colleagues
• Maintain timely and accurate donor records, contact reports, and portfolio activity in Allegiance
• Maintain working knowledge of planned giving opportunities and collaborate on complex/estate gifts

Collaboration and Community Engagement

• Partner with the Senior Major Giving Officer on principal gift strategies and complex donor relationships
• Engage leadership, board members, and program staff in donor cultivation and solicitation as appropriate
• Collaborate across departments (Development, Marketing, Education, Production, Engineering, Programming) to connect donor interests with station priorities
• Represent KSPS PBS at community events and build relationships with civic, business, and philanthropic leaders
• Participate in donor events, pledge activities, and fundraising campaigns as assigned
• Maintain strict confidentiality of donor information and comply with organizational privacy, ethics, and data-security policies

To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the minimum qualifications listed below. These qualifications are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required to perform this job.

Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising, nonprofit development, relationship management, consultative sales, or a comparable field.

Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and move prospective supporters toward meaningful commitments.

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate persuasively with a wide range of people.

Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage a portfolio, competing priorities, and confidential information.

Proficiency with common office technology and comfort learning donor databases, research tools, and digital communication systems.

Ability and willingness to travel throughout the KSPS PBS service region and work occasional evenings and weekends.

Access to reliable transportation.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated success securing five- or six-figure gifts or comparable commitments.

Experience managing a portfolio of major gift donors and prospects.

Experience with Allegiance, Salesforce, Blackbaud, or another donor CRM.

Knowledge of planned giving concepts and donor stewardship practices.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

CFRE credential or progress toward professional fundraising certification.

Experience in public media, education, arts and culture, civic engagement, or another mission-driven organization.

Work Environment

This position primarily works in an office and community-facing environment and regularly requires sitting, standing, walking, communicating in person and by telephone or computer, reviewing detailed information, and operating standard office equipment. The employee may occasionally lift or carry materials weighing up to 20 pounds. Regular local and regional travel is required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Medical insurance for employees, with dependent coverage available
• Employer-paid dental insurance with dependent coverage available
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employer-paid Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) eligibility after 3 months of service - 3% annual employer contribution
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• Up to 12 paid holidays annually

About KSPS PBS

KSPS PBS brings trusted, quality programming to the Inland Northwest. Our educational content and community partnerships serve children, families, and adults across eastern Washington and northern Idaho. We’re committed to public media’s mission of informed citizenship and lifelong learning.