Assistant Director, Philanthropic Relations
Somerville, NJ - USA
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
The Mass General Brigham Development Office represents a team of 400 vibrant collaborative skilled fundraising professionals. We are dedicated to inspiring visionary philanthropy that advances caring and curing for patients in Boston and around the world. Philanthropy enables Mass General Brigham to deliver the highest quality patient care pursue the most innovative and promising research train the brightest minds to become the next generation of healthcare leaders and expand and improve our world-class facilities. Join us in our mission to transform the future of medicine. The Mass General Brigham Development Office offers excellent benefits competitive salaries and a hybrid flexible work schedule.To Apply:
Applications must include a current resume and a cover letter detailing applicable experience and accomplishments.
The Assistant Director of Development plays an integral role in strengthening the Mass General Brigham philanthropic program. Working in close collaboration with colleagues physicians and other faculty the Assistant Director is an individual contributor responsible for the strategic identification cultivation solicitation and stewardship of prospects and donors for assigned fundraising areas.
The Assistant Director will manage a portfolio of prospects and donors and meet annual fundraising and performance metrics as established by the department.
Essential Functions (Key Roles & Responsibilities)
Build and actively manage a portfolio of prospects and donors including:
oSuccessfully solicit and close gifts ranging from outright life income bequests and gifts of assets with appropriate guidance from supervisor.
oMeet annual fundraising targets from new and existing donors.
oConduct donor meetings and prospect qualifications through both proactive and reactive donor identification and engagement
oSuccessfully solicit gifts working with other faculty volunteers and administrative staff as appropriate.
oFormulate document and execute prospect and donor moves management strategies.
oFully document work in the donor database Blackbaud CRM.
oWork with prospects to develop and enhance the relationship to and connection with the hospital ultimately leveraging that relationship to maximize philanthropic giving.
Collaborate with colleagues across fundraising teams to achieve team and overall Development Office fundraising goals
Create maintain and strengthen collaborative relationships with hospital and institutional partners meeting with them regularly to encourage and support their engagement in philanthropic efforts and provide progress updates.
Develop an understanding of the research clinical teaching and community missions at Mass General Brigham and of all giving opportunities (including planned gifts and unrestricted) and cross-team disciplines and collaborate with colleagues across the department to produce case statements and proposals.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree required and 3-5 years of related addition the ideal candidate will possess the following skills abilities and competencies:
- Experience devising and implementing cultivation and solicitation strategies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills attention to detail strong work ethic and strategic thinking skills
- Proficiency in data entry data management and reporting
- Ability to motivate engage influence and work collaboratively with diverse internal and external audiences in a variety of situations
- Entrepreneurial conscientious and results-oriented work style with motivation to learn and display flexibility in a changing environment
- Experience with Blackbaud CRM (or Raisers Edge) Microsoft Office Suite and video conferencing platforms (Zoom and Teams) preferred
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Pay Range
$63648.00 - $90750.40/AnnualGrade
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Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
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About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.