Director of Major Gifts
Director of Major Gifts
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$ 90000 - 100000
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Job Overview:
- Schedule: 35 hours per week Monday through Friday from 9am 5pm with flexibility to work evenings and weekends for prescheduled events and strategic donor cultivation opportunities
- Type: Full time regular
- Location: Hybrid position; 23 days per week onsite as needed for programming
- Salary: $Annual Exempt
Job Summary:
As our Director of Major Gifts you will lead efforts to strengthen Henry Street Settlements philanthropic culture and connect donors to our mission. The ideal candidate has strong interpersonal skills for building meaningful relationships with donors staff and stakeholders. Youll manage a growing portfolio of major donors focusing on gifts over $2500 midlevel donors and planned giving prospects. Youll oversee key programs like the Lillian Wald Legacy Circle and Arts for Living Circle while collaborating with our development marketing executive and program teams.. Additionally youll manage the Development Database Manager to ensure accurate records and leverage research to drive our individual giving strategy.
You are:
- A dynamic ambitious creative and systemsdriven individual with superior written and oral communication skills and attention to detail
- Selfmotivated flexible and able to multitask and work independently in a handson work environment
- Commitment to and knowledge of the human service and cultural communities of New York City
- Able to thrive in a fastpaced professionally rigorous environment and manage multiple demands and deadlines
- Able to work effectively and discretely with donors/prospects board members staff and volunteers
You have:
- Bachelor degree preferred
- At least five years of experience in a development office with a proven track record of planning managing and implementing a successful major gifts program.
- Strong management expertise with a focus on individual and team growth opportunities and effective communication to help team members grow.
- Experience with Raisers Edge or similar fundraising database
- Experience with wealth research prospecting
- Excellent interpersonal analytical and organizational skills
You will lead our major gifts portfolio by:
- Maintaining a portfolio of approximately 150 mid and major donors and prospects by proactively creating and implementing strategies for the cultivation solicitation retention and stewardship of donors with the capacity to make 5 and 6figure annual gifts and 6 and 7figure leadership gifts.
- Stewarding donors through multiple forms of engagement at Henry Street and Abrons Arts Center.
- Drafting compelling communications donor reports and proposals that are aligned with donors philanthropic interests.
- Supporting annual and longterm individual fundraising strategy including digital fundraising direct mail campaigns and monthly giving program to support deeper engagement of major donors and high potential prospects.
- Overseeing prospect research identification growth of highcapacity fundraising pipelines for Henry Street Settlement and Abrons Arts Center.
- Developing new planning giving strategies and solicitations to increase the pipeline of planned gifts and deeper cultivation of committed planned donors.
- Overseeing the development and delivery of donor analysis reports; utilize data and metrics to benchmark efforts inform strategic and tactical decisionmaking and identify broadbased solicitation opportunities
Essential Physical Job Functions:
- Ability to climb three flights of stairs
- Evening hours and weekend work required as necessary
- Ability to work onsite in the Lower East Side
- Fully vaccinated against COVID19
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
