Part-Time Development Specialist — Donor Relations

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center seeks a part-time Development Specialist to identify and steward donors, coordinating with individuals, corporations, and foundations to meet fundraising goals. The role involves prospect research, cultivation, and securing gifts across annual, major, and deferred programs.

You will work with the major gifts officer to meet prospective donors and align institutional priorities with donor interests, maintaining strong relationships with internal and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and two years' fundraising or related experience.
• Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists the major gifts officer in working with individuals, corporations and foundations soliciting/raising major, principal and deferred gifts.
• Designs, coordinates, and conducts fundraising and marketing support related programs for UMMC as assigned by departmental leadership.
• Develops and proposes strategies for solicitation acquisition of major gifts, including determining the appropriate amount of interaction and ongoing relationships with a prospect/donor; recommending specific purposes and levels of gifts; identifying those who should be involved in that donor relationship and cultivation; and assuring that relationships progress to solicitation in a timely manner.
• Drafts and executes communications with donors through cultivation letters, solicitation letters, thank you notes, proposals, case statements, phone calls, and meetings for the purpose of strategically communicating and informing donors.
• Collaborates with the executive and event committees to plan and orchestrate special fundraising events.
• Assists with building and maintaining a development program and supporting database of prospective donor names and related information (including tracking and recording donor activity in a donor management system) and accurately reporting achievement of established charitable fundraising goals.
• Add and update constituent records as needed with clean up incorrect or duplicate data; analyze information and populate all appropriate data fields.
• Contact donors as needed to clarify gift intentions, answer questions, and to collect missing information.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Donor relations

Prospect research

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

University of Mississippi Medical Center seeks a part-time Development Specialist to identify and steward donors, coordinating with individuals, corporations, and foundations to meet fundraising goals. The role involves prospect research, cultivation, and securing gifts across annual, major, and deferred programs.

You will work with the major gifts officer to meet prospective donors and align institutional priorities with donor interests, maintaining strong relationships with internal and