Senior Fundraising Development Officer

Partners HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills perspectives and ideas we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed national origin sex age gender identity disability sexual orientation military service genetic information and/or other status protected under law.
BA/BS required.Five to seven years of work experience in a development office required. Experience with recruiting interviewing and hiring procedures required.Familiarity with and genuine interest in social media for candidate sourcing and marketing strongly preferred. Proven ability to phone screen and interview candidates with a high degree of professionalism.Personable engaging and adept at networking; exhibits high energy when speaking to the work of his/her colleagues in a respectful and highly professional manner.Familiar with marketing communications and working knowledge of data segmentation constituent development and strategic application of social media tools and other advertising methods preferred.Insightful about people and organizations; engaging thoughtful and articulate about organizational dynamics across varied audiences.Demonstrates discretion in communication with colleagues and constituents about highly sensitive issues and maintains strict confidentiality.Ability to analyze and evaluate data research and feedback; demonstrated ability to develop appropriate steps and then implement them to achieve goals and objectives.Selfstarter with creativity and initiative.An ability to listen carefully as well as an ability to influence and persuade others.A high degree of intellectual curiosity flexibility and ability to adapt to change.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Strong organizational skills.Effective presentation skills.Ability to work collaboratively with other staff.Proficient with Microsoft office including Access or comparable database software required. As a notforprofit organization Partners HealthCare is committed to supporting patient care research teaching and service to the community by leading innovation across our system. Founded by Brigham and Womens Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Partners HealthCare supports a complete continuum of care including community and specialty hospitals a managed care organization a physician network community health centers home care and other healthrelated entities. Several of our hospitals are teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School and our system is a national leader in biomedical research. Were focused on a peoplefirst culture for our systems patients and our professional family. Thats why we provide our employees with more ways to achieve their potential. Partners HealthCare is committed to aligning our employees personal aspirations with projects that match their capabilities and creating a culture that empowers our managers to become trusted mentors. We support each member of our team to own their personal developmentand we recognize success at every step. Our employees use the Partners HealthCare values to govern decisions actions and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients Affordability Accountability & Service Commitment Decisiveness Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion Integrity & Respect Learning Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth Teamwork & Collaboration. The Senior Development Officer Staff Development is a member of the PHS Development Office team. Members of this office work collaboratively with 11 Partners affiliate development offices and their 320 staff to support efforts to raise approximately $annually. The size and scope of the development programs vary and include Brigham and Womens Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Cooley Dickinson Hospital Marthas Vineyard Hospital Nantucket Cottage Hospital McLean Hospital Newton Wellesley Hospital North Shore Medical Center Partners Continuing Care MGH Institute of Health Professions and The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. PHS Development Office staff work collaboratively as well with PHS leadership to provide strategic solutions and support that help maximize individual and affiliate fundraising performance. Assisting in the recruitment and retention of the best talent is a key strategic priority for the PHS Development Office.The Senior Development Officers role is pivotal to the success of the strategic talent management initiatives of the PHS Development Office team. This position will work closely with the one and a half other team members to provide a high level of service to the affiliates in timely recruitment employee engagement and related support.The Senior Development Officer will play a critical role in supporting affiliate fundraising teams in identifying necessary development talent to achieve their goals. Coordinating and then stewarding a pipeline of fundraising candidate referrals for timely and strategic staffing needs to support the affiliate development offices growth is a primary responsibility. S/he will work in close collaboration with the PHS Development Office team including the Director of Development Staff Development and the Administrative Assistant; s/he will also work closely with affiliate development staff and their respective HR representatives to support the timely recruitment of development staff members. Provide high caliber candidate phone screening service and make recommendations to the hiring manager on the candidates and candidate pool based on fundraising strategy and development.Develop appropriate and resourceful multifaceted position descriptions for candidate identification including outreach to Partners referrals postings to professional associations and fundraising networks as necessary.Manage candidate and referral database (of about 5000 names) to track and identify potential candidates with specific fundraising experience in healthcare philanthropy and work closely with the Administrative Assistant on data entry and the Director of Development Staff Development to support staffing strategies.Provide affiliate development operations teams support including drafting job descriptions and postings working in close collaboration with hiring managers and affiliate HR recruiters as necessary and the Administrative Assistant.Collect sample job descriptions for a central archive of affiliate descriptions and other organizations for reference.Review incoming applications from affiliates when appropriate.Identify candidates from previous searches when appropriate.Maintain positive working relationships with affiliate HR offices.Utilize social media outlets creatively to target markets for respective job opportunities.