Strategic Major Gifts Officer

Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE); Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Education benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

MSOE invites applications for a full-time University Philanthropy Officer to identify, qualify, and engage prospective major gift donors and strengthen MSOE's philanthropic pipeline.

The role manages a portfolio of emerging major gift prospects and builds relationships with alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff, and community partners to assess interest, capacity, and alignment with university priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum one (1) year of work experience preferred.
• Experience in related fields outside higher education fundraising may be considered.
• Expected to maintain confidentiality.
• Experience may be considered in lieu of educational accomplishments.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of assigned prospects and conduct discovery visits to assess affinity, capacity, and philanthropic inclination.
• Qualify new donors capable of giving $25,000 and above and advance prospects through the fundraising pipeline.
• Conduct a minimum of 150 annual meetings to build donor relationships and advance commitments.
• Identify new prospects through referrals, research, events, volunteer involvement, and engagement activities.
• Achieve metrics for prospects added to the development portfolio, number of solicitations, number of solicitations closed and total dollars committed during each fiscal year.
• This will require independent travel, as well as with other development staff, faculty and administrators, including collaborating and preparing strategy and meeting documents.
• Develop a cultivation and solicitation strategy for each prospect under management and entering call reports for completed actions.
• Responsible for timely completion of gift agreements, letters-of-intent and in-kind gift forms.
• Collaborate with donor relations and stewardship to ensure donors are properly thanked and impact of giving is communicated.
• Work with colleagues across University Advancement including Annual Giving, Donor Relations, Alumni Relations, Advancement Operations, and UA Marketing.
• Participate in prospect strategy meetings, campaign planning and pipeline development efforts.
• Support Senior Director of Development, VPUA and Office of the President through briefings and follow-up.
• Attend department meetings and staff events related to the Office of University Advancement.
• Staff events as required and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Fundraising experience

Discretion/confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

MSOE invites applications for a full-time University Philanthropy Officer to identify, qualify, and engage prospective major gift donors and strengthen MSOE's philanthropic pipeline.

The role manages a portfolio of emerging major gift prospects and builds relationships with alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff, and community partners to assess interest, capacity, and alignment with university priorities.