Major Gift Officer Senior

Job Summary

Qualifies engages solicits and stewards major gift prospects with $100k capacity to meet established performance metrics and financial targets.

Builds and maintains a portfolio of 100 prospects of $100k capacity.

Takes a leadership role in identifying screening and rating major gift prospects and develops and executes strategies designed to realize the current and lifetime giving potential of individual prospects.

Gains a comprehensive understanding of the priorities of the assigned area and more broadly Corewell Health East.

Essential Functions

• Works with assigned service(s) under the direction of the Senior Director Major Gifts and with the appropriate physicians and administrators to identify funding needs and develop an approach to raise funds to meet those needs.

• Ensures that all gifts from donors assigned to this position are accurately and promptly acknowledged and that appropriate stewardship reports are generated with timely information on the programs the donors gifts have supported.

• With the Senior Director Major Gifts develops and implements a plan to recruit train and activate volunteer fundraising leaders for the assigned service(s) as needed. Manages and coordinates the work of appropriate volunteer committees and provides staff support to members of the committees. Develops meeting agendas materials and minutes for related meetings and provides support for members who are involved in solicitations.

• Works closely with the Senior Director Major Gifts to ensure that the process of identifying screening rating cultivating and soliciting major gift prospects includes consideration of planned gifts when appropriate.

• Serves as a member of the campaign team and participates in developing campaign strategies and plans as assigned. Takes on tasks related to the current campaign(s).

• Participates in the Foundations prospect management process by recording required contact reports in Blackbaud CRM and providing timely information on prospects and solicitation plans in regularly scheduled Major Gifts Meetings.

• Assists the prospect research effort by providing information on prospects to the Research Department.

• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patients physicians and employees of Corewell Health East.

• Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriate settings.

• Performs all other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor degree or equivalent required to allow work experience in lieu of a bachelor degree.

• 5 years of relevant experience Experience working in the non-profit setting including five years experience in major gift work

• Evidence of working successfully with sophisticated volunteers and committees.

• A strong record of closing gifts of six- and seven-figures.

Preferred

• Masters Degree

• Fundraising Certification

• Required

• Capital campaign experience

• Experience working in health care

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.