Philanthropy Assistant

McLaren Health Care; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking an administrative professional to support foundation operations and drive mission-aligned activities. The role includes coordinating third-party events, donor stewardship, and collaboration with Marketing on storytelling.

You will assist with volunteer scheduling, speaker coordination, and the development of peer-to-peer fundraising programs while preparing materials for leadership meetings and donor presentations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; 3+ years in administrative support.
• Associate or Bachelor degree in business, communications, marketing or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between third party event organizers and the Institute for event planning and stewardship.
• Support event fundraising with volunteer scheduling and coordination of speakers and educational information.
• Draft post-event receipts and donor stewardship communications for tax purposes.
• Collaborate with Marketing to draft pre- and post-event stories.
• Plan and execute peer-to-peer fundraising programs via digital channels.
• Schedule meetings for department leadership and prepare meeting materials.
• Assist in preparing board and donor presentations.

Skills

Administrative support

Event coordination

Donor relations

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Associate or Bachelor degree (preferred)

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Position Summary

Responsible for taking on a variety of administrative and operations tasks that support foundation operations and allow for the successful achievement of the foundation's mission and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Acts as liaison between third party fundraising event organizer and Institute for all matters pertaining to event planning and stewardship.
• Assists third party event fundraising organizers with support including, but not limited to; volunteer scheduling, coordination of speaker and educational information.
• May include attending event as Karmanos representative/speaker.
• Prepare post-event receipts/organizer thank you letters for tax purposes and donor stewardship.
• Works closely with Marketing to draft pre- and post-event stories.
• Develop and execute a peer-to-peer fundraising program through a digital medium.
• Organize, plan, and schedule meetings for department leader.
• Prepare proper meeting materials.
• Help prepare board and donor presentations.

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma.
• Three years’ experience working in administrative support role.

Preferred

• Associate’s or bachelor's degree in business, communications, marketing, advertising or related field.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26012038
• Daily Work Times: 8:30AM - 5:00PM
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.