Major Gifts Officer
Major Gifts Officer
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10-04-2025
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10-04-2025
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About Dexter Southfield
Dexter Southfield is an independent school where boys and girls in PreK through Class 12 develop their individual talents and build an ethical foundation for life. Students learn to lead and serve with character confidence and compassion. Our 36acre campus is located on the BrooklineBoston line just minutes from the citys best museums libraries hospitals performing arts venues colleges and universities all of which serve as an extension of our classrooms. At Dexter Southfield we approach everything we do with enthusiasm and commitment living by our Schools motto: Our Best Today Better Tomorrow.
Position Description & Responsibilities:
The Major Gifts Officer under the supervision of the Director of Development will secure 6 and 7figure major gifts and significant annual gifts for Dexter Southfield. The Major Gifts Officer will manage a portfolio of at least 150 major gift prospects and will be responsible for identifying and qualifying prospective major gift donors. The Major Gifts Officer must represent Dexter Southfield with a high level of professionalism and articulate the mission and strategic objectives of the School with confidence and enthusiasm. The Major Gifts Officer will play a critical role in the Schools centennial celebration in 2026 and the corresponding comprehensive campaign in support of the newly developed strategic plan.
- Manage a portfolio of 150 parents grandparents and alumni with the capacity of making 6 and 7figure major gifts in support of Dexter Southfield raising significant major gifts and annual gifts
- Move prospects through the giving pipeline including setting strategy qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship
- Help donors articulate their philanthropic goals and connect them with key funding priorities within the context of the campaign
- Meet or exceed goals for prospect visits solicitations gifts closed and dollars raised
- Successfully leverage campus leaders to solicit and close 6 and 7figure gifts
- Solicit entire portfolio for unrestricted leadership annual gifts
- Responsible for timely entry of contact reports and upkeep of accurate prospect stage solicitation records and biographical data in Raisers Edge
- Identify qualify and develop relationships with new major gift prospects
- Build a fluid target list of yettobeengaged prospects based on highcapacity ratings or peer recommendations
- Secure discovery visits to qualify prospects for portfolio assignments
- Work closely with the annual giving team to identify prospects through demonstrated annual giving
- Assign a minimum of 10 new major gift prospects to your portfolio annually
- Perform other responsibilities as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree required.
- 7 years of academic leadership experience including direct frontline fundraising and/or academic and engagement programming.
- Experience in building thoughtful productive relationships is critical.
- Ability and willingness to travel and work evenings and weekends as needed.
- Ability to form and leverage relationships with major prospects and effectively secure significant gifts through effective prospect management.
- Highly professional and able to productively collaborate with colleagues in External Relations as well as campus partners.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to motivate engage and work with staff donors and campus leaders.
- Strong motivation to succeed in a goaloriented environment. Selfstarter as well as a team player.
Requirements:
This job requires one to lift carry push and/or pull materials and equipment weighing up to 20 pounds as well as the ability to stand sit walk and effective use extremities to reach hold touch push pull lift and carry. Incumbents must also effectively communicate (oral written nonverbal) with others. This job typically requires 60 sitting 30 walking and 10 standing and is performed under minimal temperature variations in a generally hazardfree environment. Depending on classroom assignment this role may require one to relocate classrooms throughout the day and require ascending and descending stairs. Incumbents will occasionally be required to work extended hours including after school during evenings and on weekends.
Dexter Southfields 36acre campus is composed of several buildings playing fields and outdoor learning spaces which are accessible via internal and external walkways stairs nature paths hills and uneven terrain. This position requires one to transfer between these areas in all weather conditions.
All employees of Dexter Southfield are required to verify employment eligibility and successfully complete CORI SORI and fingerprintbased background checks as a condition of employment.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full Time
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