Development Specialist Office of Development

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Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Please review the following instructions prior to submitting your job application:

• Provide all of your employment history education and licenses/certifications/registrations. You will be unable to modify your application after you have submitted it.
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Important Applications Instructions:

Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience education and certifications/

license. You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

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Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelors degree and two (2) years of work experience in fundraising sales marketing public relations or business.

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Preferred Qualifications:

Masters degree preferred.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Strong attention to detail organization skills and effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to think critically and maintain confidentiality on behalf of philanthropic donors and medical center colleagues. Understanding of online giving internet communication and social media and its applicability to fundraising. Basic knowledge of fundraising strategies direct mail online giving events and coordination and development of annual giving programs. Understanding of institutional programs and strategic initiatives and the ability to accurately pair institutional priorities with those of the prospective donor.

Responsibilities:

• Assists the major gifts officer in working with individuals corporations and foundations soliciting/raising major principal and deferred gifts.
• Designs coordinates and conducts fundraising and marketing support related programs for UMMC as assigned by departmental leadership.
• Develops and proposes strategies for solicitation acquisition of major gifts including determining the appropriate amount of interaction and ongoing relationships with a prospect/donor; recommending specific purposes and levels of gifts; identifying those who should be involved in that donor relationship and cultivation; and assuring that relationships progress to solicitation in a timely manner.
• Drafts and executes communications with donors through cultivation letters solicitation letters thank you notes proposals case statements phone calls and meetings for the purpose of strategically communicating and informing donors.
• Collaborates with the executive and event committees to plan and orchestrate special fundraising events.

• Assists with building and maintaining a development program and supporting database of prospective donor names and related information (including tracking and recording donor activity in a donor management system) and accurately reporting achievement of established charitable fundraising goals.

• Add and update constituent records as needed with clean up incorrect or duplicate data; analyze information and populate all appropriate data fields.
• Contact donors as needed to clarify gift intentions answer questions and to collect missing information.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional travelling to offsite locations occasional bending occasional lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds occasional crouching/stooping occasional driving occasional kneeling occasional reaching constant sitting occasional standing and frequent walking (occasional-up to 20% frequent-from 21% to 50% constant-51% or more).

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