Job

Major Gifts Officer

Location New York, NY 10016
Date Posted February 01, 2023
Job ID 9566
Employment Type Direct Hire
Scion Nonprofit Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Major Gifts Officer on behalf of our incredible client, an impactful global organization dedicated to funding research to treat and cure a harmful genetic disorder. This amazing direct-hire opportunity has a hybrid onsite/remote full-time schedule in New York, NY.
 
What you’ll be doing:
Leadership and Strategy
  • Develop and execute a strategic, comprehensive fundraising and marketing plan that ensures results and meets the annual and long-term financial goals of the comprehensive campaign.
  • With the CEO, set clear, ambitious goals for the team and board.
  • Manage weekly and monthly KPIs with respect to overall annual goals.
  • Collaborate with the Development team on researching and completing private family and corporate grant applications.
  • Work closely with the CEO and communications team to formulate strong and compelling messaging through presentations, proposals, grants, impact reports, website, and social media.
  • Work closely with the board to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward current and potential donors, with a particular focus on strengthening the outreach and engagement of mid-level donors.
  • Serve as a frontline fundraiser as well as a key partner to the CEO in making asks, cultivating donors, and identifying new prospects.
  • In partnership with the board chair and the CEO, develop a strong relationship with the board, harnessing their energy and enthusiasm for maximum fundraising and board development impact.
  • Enhance existing and build new systems and processes to support increased development activities.
  • Support national research partnership-led signature special events (three annually) and community-organized events (five key events and growing).
  • Build new development programs, leveraging opportunities for planned giving, annual fundraising, social media, cause marketing, and community events.
 
Data and Metrics
  • Use data strategically to inform decisions, with an eye toward increasing donor retention, priming the new donor pipeline, and upgrading lower-level donors.
  • Regularly track progress toward fundraising goals across all revenue streams (individuals, foundations, corporations, and board members) in partnership with the finance team, CEO, and development staff.
  • Maintain data integrity and use donor data to improve operations and systems and understand donor habits and behaviors.
 
Leadership
  • Be an inspiring and motivating leader for the development team, ensuring that they are involved in setting clear, ambitious goals and have the tools and support to meet them.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and excellence aligned with the mission and values of the client.
  • Recruit, develop, and retain a best-in-class team to achieve ambitious goals.
  • Ensure staff are establishing detailed, effective plans to reach both their fundraising and personal development goals.
 
What you need to be successful:
  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
  • Capital campaign, annual fund, leadership, and board management experience.
  • Experience in fundraising or a related field, preferably in healthcare or children’s cause organizations.
  • Sophisticated personal presence, superior interpersonal skills, and a high level of emotional intelligence, with a proven ability to successfully engage with a variety of stakeholders, ranging from high-profile and high-net-worth individuals to families
  • Experience as a frontline fundraiser with a track record of cultivating, soliciting, closing, and stewarding major gifts at the five- and six-figure levels.
  • A creative, entrepreneurial, and strategic mindset with the skills and experiences necessary to build upon existing systems and create new ones as needed to broaden and improve the development function.
  • The ability to engage in long-range, data-driven planning within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Availability to travel up to 20% annually, primarily within the U.S., with occasional international travel. Some evening and weekend work at special events is required.
  • Experience with databases; Raiser’s Edge preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • A passion for our client’s mission.
 
This position with our client will require employees to be onsite weekly in New York, NY. As a cautionary measure, our client is asking all employees to be fully vaccinated by the date of hire. If an eligible candidate is unable to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to a religious, medical, or disability-related reason the client will make available appropriate reasonable accommodations.

Compensation:
This opportunity offers a competitive annual salary of between $110,000-$120,000. As well as a robust bonus structure of up to 20% of your annual salary plus benefits that comprise of PTO, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
 
How to Apply:
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume and more information about your candidacy and interest today!
 
About our search firm:
Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an award-winning national nonprofit recruitment and staffing specialist for nonprofit organizations, foundations, associations, and educational institutions! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals supporting incredible missions and programs. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire nonprofit recruiting, interim leadership placement and temporary professional staffing.
 
We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms in America and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times for over ten years running! More information about us can be found at www.scionnonprofitstaffing.com.
 
Scion Nonprofit, a division of Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Nonprofit proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We believe in following best practices and considering all qualified applicants that apply with us and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent.
 

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