Senior Philanthropy Officer, Pacific Northwest Region (TWS)

EPIP; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Philanthropy Officer to lead major gift fundraising efforts in the Pacific Northwest. This vital role involves managing relationships with a diverse portfolio of donors, cultivating new prospects, and securing significant contributions to support environmental conservation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in fundraising, exceptional communication skills, and a passion for driving impactful campaigns. Join a team dedicated to fostering inclusivity and equity, where your contributions will help shape the future of public lands and support the mission of protecting our natural heritage.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Sabbatical program

Retirement plan

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of major gift fundraising experience required.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills are essential.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of 75-125 major donors and prospects.
• Raise a minimum of $1,500,000 per year through strategic solicitations.
• Conduct 10-12 personal visits with donors per month.

Skills

Major gift fundraising

Writing and editing

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Problem-solving

Job description

Senior Philanthropy Officer, Pacific Northwest Region (TWS)

Posted on February 05, 2020

General Description

Reporting directly to the Senior National Campaigns Director, the Senior Regional Philanthropy Officer, Pacific Northwest Region is responsible for managing relationships and securing support from a portfolio of major gift prospects (capable of making $100,000 over three years) to support the mission of The Wilderness Society. Responsible for managing a personal portfolio of between 75-125 donors, prospects, and suspects, and working closely with the Senior National Campaigns Director, TWS philanthropy staff, program staff and volunteers to secure support for TWS’ campaign priorities. The Senior Philanthropy Officer focuses on identifying, qualifying and growing the pathway of major gift donors, as well as prospecting and cultivating new donors to TWS with interests in various regions of TWS’ work across the country.

The preferred location for this position is Seattle, WA. Other areas of the Pacific Northwest region might be considered.

This position plays an important role in supporting an inclusive organizational culture that is grounded in trust and accountability to shared goals and outcomes. TWS has made diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic priorities for the organization and the Senior Philanthropy Officer will integrate these priorities throughout our major gift work. Across our team, we aspire to be campaign oriented, nimble, collaborative, innovative, transparent, and supportive of staff – our greatest asset.

Key Responsibilities

• Qualifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards a portfolio of 75-125 major donors, prospects and suspects.
• Participates fully in the development of campaigns and donor initiatives including qualifying suspects recognized by our wealth screening.
• Initiates, manages, attends and follows up on philanthropic special events.
• Conducts 10-12 personal visits with suspects, prospects and donors per month, and participates in at least 30 strategic solicitations per year.
• Raises a minimum of $1,500,000 per year, and develops a regional budget based on qualified suspects, prospects and major gift donors with the Senior National Campaigns Director.
• Gathers data, assesses prospects, and develops strategies designed to realize the current and lifetime giving potential of individual prospects.
• Develops written strategies and plans for cultivation, stewardship and solicitation meetings with donors.
• Supports the Major Gift philanthropic activities of the Conservation program staff in the Pacific Northwest.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

Experience & Competencies

• 5-10+ years’ major gift fundraising experience required.
• Development office, major gifts and/or planned giving experience required.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills. Ability to understand, interpret, and synthesize complex programmatic information.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to establish schedules, set priorities, and meet deadlines. Must be able to balance and complete multiple projects and daily responsibilities.
• Track record working successfully in teams representing a rich mix of talent, backgrounds, and perspectives—across race and gender.
• Must be able to communicate with key program and executive staff, and possess the capability of motivating volunteers, professional staff, and donors.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to use problem-solving skills for resolving donor questions and issues. Demonstrated businesslike manner and ability to function efficiently in a busy work environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time both nationally and regionally to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors on behalf of TWS.

The Wilderness Society offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; sick and vacation leave; a sabbatical program; and a retirement plan. TWS is an equal opportunity employer and actively works to ensure fair treatment of our employees and constituents across culture, socioeconomic status, race, marital or family situation, gender, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, physical ability, veteran status or sexual orientation.

As an organization, we aspire to being inclusive in the work that we do, and in the kind of organization we are. Internally this means working as a team that listens to different points of view, recognizes the contributions of every employee and empowers each employee to bring their whole selves to work every day. Externally this means ensuring that public lands are inclusive and welcoming, so that our shared wildlands can help people and nature to thrive. We are committed to equity throughout our work, which we define as our commitment to realizing the promise of our public lands and ensuring that all can share in their universal benefits.