Strategic Major Gifts Officer

Northside Achievement Zone; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Professional development support

Onsite office in Minneapolis

Job summary

The Major Gifts Officer at Northside Achievement Zone will cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of individual donors capable of five- and six-figure gifts, advancing NAZ's mission in North Minneapolis.

Reporting to Senior Director of Principal & Major Gifts, you will build donor-centered engagement strategies, develop proposals, and collaborate across Development, Communications, Finance, and Program to support the comprehensive campaign.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five+ years of fundraising, donor relations, sales, business development, relationship management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success cultivating and stewarding individual donor or client relationships.
• Experience personally soliciting significant charitable gifts strongly preferred.
• Experience managing a relationship portfolio and moving relationships toward measurable outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing proposals and presentations.
• Experience using CRM systems to manage relationships, document activity, and track pipelines and performance.
• Nonprofit fundraising experience and knowledge of major gift principles strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage an active portfolio of major gift donors and prospects through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Develop individualized strategies based on donor interests, capacity, giving history, relationships, and readiness.
• Conduct consistent, meaningful donor engagement through meetings, calls, events, correspondence, and other personalized outreach.
• Personally solicit and secure significant five- and six-figure gifts, multi-year commitments, and other philanthropic investments.
• Maintain a healthy pipeline by qualifying prospects and advancing relationships through the donor lifecycle.
• Develop compelling proposals, presentations, solicitation materials, and personalized communications.
• Build strong knowledge of NAZ's programs, outcomes, strategic priorities, and campaign opportunities and communicate them effectively to donors.
• Partner with the Senior Director on donors with significant or transformational giving potential and ensure timely follow-through and stewardship.

Skills

Donor relations

Fundraising

Communication skills

Relationship management

Storytelling / proposals

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

The Major Gifts Officer at Northside Achievement Zone will cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of individual donors capable of five- and six-figure gifts, advancing NAZ's mission in North Minneapolis.

Reporting to Senior Director of Principal & Major Gifts, you will build donor-centered engagement strategies, develop proposals, and collaborate across Development, Communications, Finance, and Program to support the comprehensive campaign.