Senior Major Gifts Officer

Cincinnati Children's; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 89,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children's is hiring a Senior Major Gifts Officer responsible for securing significant donations and fostering relationships with donors. This role requires excellent communication skills and aims to achieve $3 million to $5 million annually, focusing on high-value gifts.

Benefits

Medical coverage starting day 1

Competitive retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement for continuing education

Referral bonus program for current staff

Relocation assistance available for qualified positions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Experience in healthcare or an academic medical center preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a portfolio of major gift prospects.
• Close major gifts and build relationships with donors.
• Coordinate donor interests with the organization's priorities.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

RENXT

PowerBI

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Job Description

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

Job Description

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

Cincinnati Children's Is

• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 10 best children's hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years
• Second Among All Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding
• Recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers (2025) , America’s Best Employers for New Grads (2024)
• One of the nation's America’s Most Innovative Companies as noted by Fortune
• Consistently certified as great place to work
• A Leading Disability Employer as noted by the National Organization on Disability
• Magnet designated for the fourth consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  
  

The Senior Major Gifts Officer (MGO) is a highly independent role responsible for identifying, cultivating, and securing major and principal gifts from individual donors to support Cincinnati Children's. This position requires exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with grateful patients, local and national philanthropists, and internal stakeholders. The Senior MGO will collaborate closely with Development leadership to align fundraising efforts with institutional priorities and achieve fundraising goals.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Developing and managing a portfolio of major gift and principal prospects
• Conducting qualification
• Crafting and executing strategic donor cultivation and solicitation plans
• Closing major gifts and principal gifts
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with donors, volunteers and internal partners
  
  

Representative Responsibilities

Strategic Goals

The Senior MGO is responsible for developing relationships and executing strategies that result in major gift and principal gift income. In this role, a major gift is defined as $50k+ and a principal gift is defined as $2M+ to CCHMC. This position will maintain a portfolio of 100-125 prospects and his/her work is expected to result in $3 million to $5 million annually with an emphasis on gifts of $100,000 and above.

Individual Giving Specific

Identify, assess, cultivate, solicit and close five, six and seven figure gifts from individuals and family foundations, including grateful patient families. Develops cultivation and solicitation strategies for each individual. Establishes a program of face-to-face personal visits with past, current and prospective donors. Strategically move major gift prospects through the development cycle from qualification to cultivation to solicitation to closing to stewardship. Understands, identifies, suggests, and utilizes multiple giving vehicles for the donor. Uses RENXT and PowerBI systems to track progress and results. Meets monthly and yearly metrics with respect to prospect and donor visits, solicitations, and dollars raised. Coordinates donor interests with the priorities of the organization and develops funding proposals to match interests with needs. In close collaboration with the Stewardship team, helps coordinate stewardship reports to communicate with donors concerning the use of their gifts.

External Communications

Senior Major Gift Officers also fulfill an important, detail-oriented role, representing Cincinnati Children’s to donors, prospects, medical center leaders, volunteers and potentially, national resources as part of the overall effort to raise awareness of and generate support for Cincinnati Children’s both locally and nationally. Specific tasks may include preparing written and verbal presentations and proposals and delivering this information personally to potential funders, representing CCHMC at family foundation and not-for -profit board meetings, communicating on behalf of CCHMC in donor meetings, and at events. Responsible for written communications with donors, such as gift verification letters and emails, gift agreement drafts, stewardship reports and email messages to coordinate medical center donor visits with leadership. Helps lead, recruit and staff campaign and special project committees, and volunteers.

Crossfunctional Project Management

Serves as leader and point person for major gift and grateful patient fundraising referrals and activities with priority clinical/research divisions with the hospital, developing funding opportunities and leading others with prospects interested in their areas of responsibility. Must remain current on legal and programmatic changes affecting development functions.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 5+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
• Preferred experience in healthcare or an academic medical center, or similar complex organization
  
  

Market Leading Benefits Including*:

• Medical coverage starting day 1 of employment. View employee benefits here.
• Competitive retirement plans
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
• Expansive employee discount programs through our many community partners
• Shift Differential, Weekend Differential, and Weekend Option Pay Programs
• Referral bonus program for current staff!
• Support through Employee Resource Groups such as African American Professionals Advisory Council, Asian Cultural and Professional Group, EQUAL - LGBTQA Resource Group, Juntos - Hispanic/Latin Resource Group, Veterans and Military Family Advocacy Network, and Young Professionals (YP) Resource Group
• Physical and mental health wellness programs
• Relocation assistance available for qualified positions
• Benefits may vary based on FTE Status and Position Type
  
  

Primary Location

South Campus

Schedule

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Department

Development

Employee Status

Regular

FTE

1

Weekly Hours

40

• Expected Starting Pay Range
• Annualized pay may vary based on FTE status $89,024.00 - $113,235.20
  
  

Comprehensive Job Description Provided Upon Request.

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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