Major Gifts Officer

Major Gifts Officer

Founded in 1888 The Baldwin School is an allgirls college preparatory independent day school PreKGrade 12 dedicated to a tradition of excellence in education. In a nurturing atmosphere that reflects socioeconomic ethnic and religious diversity our girls strive to develop scholarship leadership and citizenship within a community that emphasizes intellectual rigor ethical integrity and independence of thought. More information is available on our website.

Reporting to the Director of Development the Major Gifts Officers primary responsibility is to
qualify cultivate solicit and steward a portfolio of current and potential donors with the capacity
to make gifts of $25000. S/he will work collaboratively with colleagues in the advancement
office school administration and highlevel volunteers to create and implement fundraising
plans that result in major gifts for The Baldwin School. This is a frontline position that will
require local regional and national travel.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop annual visit solicitation and revenue goals in conjunction with the Director of
  Development.
• Create detailed prospect relationship strategies around donor interests and school
  priorities for an assigned portfolio of approximately 100 current and prospective donors.
• Conduct 1215 facetoface meetings per month for the purposes of qualifying
  cultivating soliciting and stewarding prospects and donors.
• Prepare proposals and materials including written documentation for accurate gift
  recording use recognition and stewardship.
• Ensure the integrity of information in the schools Raisers Edge database relevant to
  assigned prospects including visit reports stages strategies and tasks.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of Baldwin School history academic and extracurricular
  programs and its faculty students and administration; maintain a thorough
  understanding of the Schools current priorities and initiatives
• Attend and support appropriate alumnae and donor engagement events as related to
  assigned prospects or as needed by the department.
• Participate in departmental and professional training programs to increase expertise and
  visibility within the profession.
• Promote a flexible collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Development.

Professional Skills and Competencies
While Baldwin School will consider a broad range of backgrounds the ideal candidate will have
the following qualifications/experience.

• Bachelors degree and five (5) or more years of progressively responsible fundraising
  experience.
• Personal success cultivating soliciting and stewarding major individual donors at the
  five and sixfigure levels; demonstrated ability to inspire discerning highnetworth
  individuals to philanthropic leadership.
• Outstanding relationship building skills the ability to garner trust quickly and experience
  in developing strategy motivational teamwork negotiations and creative problem
  solving.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to engage
  prospective donors through articulate compelling and wellreasoned funding proposals.
• Selfstarting strategic thinker whose hallmark qualities include being positive persistent
  personable and possessing a desire to succeed.
• The ability to work in a fastpaced goaloriented environment and relate to a variety of
  people of all ages and backgrounds.
• A personal commitment to excellence integrity and the mission of Baldwin.
• Ability to travel locally regionally and nationally.

To Apply Send materials electronically to

Candidates must provide:

• Letter of interest which elaborates on how the candidate qualifies for this position
• Complete resume with positions and responsibilities
• Three references with contact information

Questions
Contact: Peter J. Gillin (Senior Partner)

Baldwin is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds genders and abilities to apply.