Major Gifts Officer
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$ 25000 - 100000
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Job Description
Overview
NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planets wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air clean water and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of Americas bedrock environmental laws including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today our team of more than 700 lawyers scientists economists policy advocates communications experts and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington D.C.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is seeking an experienced Major Gifts Officer (MGO) to join its Major Gifts Eastern Region Team in our New York or Washington D.C. office with a preference for New York.
This team consists of six seasoned fundraisers including one Senior Regional Director two Directors and three Major Gifts Officers supported by one Development Manager. Collectively they manage NRDCs most significant philanthropic market and generate over $40 million in contributed income annually.
Position Summary
The Major Gifts Officer (MGO) will manage a portfolio of donors and potential supporters who are capable of giving five to six figure gifts. This position will pursue existing new and lapsed donors and will lead the relationships they are able to cultivate and bring to solicitation.
The MGO will work with several staff across NRDC including advocates scientists and litigators who work to fulfill NRDCs mission as well as our Membership Planned Giving Action Fund and E2 teams.
The position you are applying forispart of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG /The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).
Responsibilities
- Manage a major gifts portfolio of approximately 100-130 donors and prospects with a giving capacity of $25000 to $500000 with a specific focus on identification and qualification while also managing the relationships they are able to cultivate and bring to solicitation with average gift sizes at $25000 - $100000.
- Identify and develop a pipeline of new major gift prospects in close partnership with Research and other fundraising colleagues.
- Working closely with Director and Senior Director implement strategies and timelines for the cultivation solicitation and stewardship of gifts including strategic in person and/or virtual donor engagement.
- Ensure that the portfolio is routinely updated with regard to donor strategy projections contact reports moves management and documentation of other key milestones in the donors relationship with NRDC.
- Support NRDCs leadership with respect to cultivation solicitation and stewardship efforts using their time and talents appropriately; ensure their effectiveness as representatives of NRDC.
- Develop and deploy fundraising materials and regular communications that will resonate with donors.
- Work with the Donor Engagement Planned Giving and Membership teams to plan events in the region that maximize donor and prospect cultivation opportunities.
- Develop and maintain expert familiarity with programmatic needs budgets institutional priorities.
- Adeptly manage Salesforce and other processes such as tracking donor gift projections for your portfolio.
- Collaborate with NRDCs Action Fund to deploy effective fundraising tactics to raise non-deductible 501c4 funding.
The above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under this positions responsibility. Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree or commensurate experience.
- 4-7 years of relevant professional experience with at least two years in frontline fundraising experience.
- Experience with political or 501c4 fundraising a plus.
- Experience with advocacy or environmental groups a plus.
Skills Abilities Competencies
- Strong writing skills and the ability to communicate in a regular compelling manner with donors.
- Collaborative and inclusive approach to inter and intra departmental work.
- Professional demeanor when interfacing with NRDC donors and staff members.
- Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM systems and their application to performance management and fundraising metrics.
- Ability to travel approximately 25% annually
- Commitment to NRDCs mission values and DEI principles
NRDC is committed to advancing diversity equity and inclusion both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planets most pressing environmental problems and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employmenton the basis ofrace color religion gender gender identity or expression marital status sexual orientation national origin citizenship age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.Pursuant tothe San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employeesare required tocome to the office 8 days per month.
As a science-based organization NRDC aims to do our part to helpcontainthe COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health safety and equity we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemptionin accordance withstate and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine.In accordance withstate or local law new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially in keeping with local state and federal laws.
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