Officer, Foundation Relations

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Affordable health

Vision and dental insurance

Child care and student loan subsidies

Generous levels of time off

403(b) Retirement Savings plan

Pension

Tuition and License/Certification Reim

Cell phone plan discounts

Discounted T-passes

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, MA seeks an Officer, Foundation Relations to identify prospects, develop cultivation and solicitation strategies, and secure gifts up to $100k+ from foundations.

You will write and edit proposals and donor communications, build relationships with physicians and leadership, and coordinate with Trust, Communications and Operations to maximize opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years coursework in philanthropy/non-profit mgmt.
• Min 5 years experience in cultivation and solicitation strategies and writing complex philanthropic documents.

Responsibilities

• Conduct faculty/prospect visits; manage moves management activities.
• Track foundation RFPs and distribute processes across the hospital.
• Build relationships with physicians, researchers, and leadership for funding needs.

Skills

Prospect research

Donor cultivation

Proposal writing

Relationship management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree + philanthropy coursework

5+ years fundraising experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Blackbaud CRM

Job description

Position summary:

The Officer, Foundation Relations works as part of the Foundation Relations team within the larger Strategic Giving team to identify prospects, develop cultivation and solicitation strategies, and solicit, close and steward gifts up to $100k+ from local, national and international foundations. The incumbent actively looks for new opportunities to bring funding to the hospital, develops and executes strategies to secure gifts and assures appropriate and timely cultivation and stewardship.

Key responsibilities:

• Conducts regular faculty and prospect visits to ensure that goals are met; manages and initiates all activity related to prospects consistent with moves management principles, and creatively and persistently seeks connections to new prospects to qualify interest, shape funding opportunities, and to build pipeline
• Contributes to the tracking and management of Foundation request for proposals (RFPs), including identifying efficiencies in processes and distribution across the hospital
• Builds and nurtures effective working relationships with physician-scientists, researchers and volunteer leadership to identify funding needs, prepare the case for support, cultivate, solicit and steward foundation donors, locally and nationally
• Writes, drafts, edits and submits letters, proposals, reports, acknowledgments, case materials, briefings and donor correspondence when appropriate for hospital and lay leadership. Translates complex, rigorous content into compelling, donor-centered language to effectively communicate Children's mission and work.
• Develops an understanding of the breadth of research, clinical, teaching and community health programs of BCH. Stays abreast of clinical, research and admin initiatives and keeps apprised of local, regional and national health care issues, as well as changes within the foundations landscape
• Collaborates with colleagues throughout the Trust, including other frontline fundraising business units to ensure all opportunities for foundation gifts are maximized, and with teams within Communications and Operations to assure that prospects are identified, researched and engaged in the most effective way possible

Minimum qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years post degree course work in philanthropy and non-profit management. Min of 5 years previous experience developing and implementing cultivation and solicitation strategies, and writing and editing significant and complex philanthropic documents such as grant proposals, foundation stewardship reports, etc

Experience:

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and communication skills in relating to management staff and donors
• Analytical skills to resolve problems through innovative application of high levels of specialized development knowledge, plus the ability and desire to improve, enhance, and upgrade existing development systems and programs
• High level of productivity, consistent attention to detail, and a solution-oriented performer who can be highly responsive to both staff and donor issues
• Versatility and ability to change focus rapidly and adeptly while managing with diplomacy and acute attention to competing priorities. Must be able to carry out wide range (in both scope and correlating necessary skill set) of potential assignments
• strong technical skills in Microsoft Office and Blackbaud CRM

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

• flexible schedules
• affordable health
• vision and dental insurance
• child care and student loan subsidies
• generous levels of time off
• 403(b) Retirement Savings plan
• Pension
• Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement
• cell phone plan discounts
• discounted rates on T-passes