Philanthropy Director

Jobtailor; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Boston, MA is seeking a senior philanthropy leader to design and execute a comprehensive major gifts strategy, focusing on principal gift development and donor cultivation.

You will establish priorities, timelines, and a robust prospect pipeline with leadership, manage a portfolio of 125 major gift prospects, and work with department chairs, physicians, researchers, and volunteers to advance funding goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years related work experience in development with an established track record of major gifts.
• 0-1 years supervisory/management experience.
• Solid volunteer management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and successfully utilize volunteers in achieving fundraising goals.
• Demonstrated success in personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major and/or annual fund gifts.
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends and adjust to other departmental needs.
• Written and oral communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement a comprehensive major and principal gift strategy.
• Establish fundraising priorities, goals, timelines, and prospect-pipeline plans with BILH leadership.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gifts ($25,000+) prospects and donors.
• Devise and manage creative strategies to engage key prospects and achieve funding goals.
• Build relationships with department chairs, division chiefs, senior physicians, researchers, and other key staff.
• Prepare and direct major proposals, solicitation letters, and other donor materials.
• Build and manage a portfolio of 125 major gift prospects and donors.
• Develop individually tailored gift strategies with the Vice President of Philanthropy and volunteer leaders.
• Support strategic planning and implementation of divisional goals.
• Direct and support employees' daily work activities.
• Handle hiring, termination, corrective action, and performance reviews for direct reports.
• Manage 2-3 direct reports.

Skills

Major Gift Strategy Development

Fundraising Goal Achievement

Volunteer Management

Portfolio Management

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Access

Job description

Responsibilities

• Create and implement a comprehensive major and principal gift strategy
• Establish fundraising priorities, goals, timelines, and prospect-pipeline plans with BILH leadership
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gift ($25,000+) prospects and donors
• Devise and manage creative strategies to engage key prospects and achieve funding goals
• Build relationships with department chairs, division chiefs, senior physicians, researchers, and other key staff
• Prepare and direct major proposals, solicitation letters, and other donor materials
• Build and manage a portfolio of 125 major gift prospects and donors
• Develop individually tailored gift strategies with the Vice President of Philanthropy and volunteer leaders
• Support strategic planning and implementation of divisional goals
• Direct and support employees' daily work activities
• Handle hiring, termination, corrective action, and performance reviews for direct reports
• Manage 2-3 direct reports

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• More than 10 years of related work experience required in development, with an established track record of major gift or other related development experience
• 0-1 years supervisory/management experience required
• Solid volunteer management experience
• Demonstrated ability to engage and successfully utilize volunteers in achieving fundraising goals
• Demonstrated success in personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major and/or annual fund gifts
• Ability to travel
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends and adjust to other departmental needs
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications, which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access, and other web-based applications
• Knowledge of information systems supporting fundraising activities preferred
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and coordinate many projects simultaneously with minimum supervision preferred
• Written and oral communication in English

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing major gift strategies, managing donor relationships, and leading fundraising initiatives. Proven ability to cultivate and solicit major gifts while effectively managing a team and coordinating multiple projects.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Major Gift Strategy Development
• Fundraising Goal Achievement
• Volunteer Management
• Portfolio Management
• Team Leadership

Hard Skills

• Fundraising
• Proposal Writing
• Donor Stewardship
• Project Coordination
• Cultivation and Solicitation of Major Gifts

Soft Skills

• Relationship Building
• Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Philanthropy
• Development
• Major Gifts
• Fundraising Activities
• Volunteer Engagement

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Access