Director, Donor 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 450 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.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Manage a 4 to 6-person team; identify develop and retain the next generation of leaders within the department:
oDevelop timely and tailored performance reviews for direct reports.
oMaintain up-to-date job descriptions and recruit new staff.
oProvide mentoring coaching and career advice to staff as appropriate.
oServe as an ardent and visible advocate for the team and as a key partner in fundraising efforts building strong relationships with Development and hospital colleagues.
Lead MGB system-wide integration efforts for programs under management including creating new naming and funding levels along with the associated policies processes procedures guiding principles and reporting needs; educate Development colleagues on new processes to ensure efficient workflow across the board.
Oversee the Associate and Assistant Directors in their responsibilities to manage the comprehensive inventory of naming and funding opportunities across the MGB system including signage installations; advise Philanthropic Relations teams; identify define and categorize legacy and new capital opportunity opportunities including working closely with leadership on pricing approvals; work closely with the campus Facilities and Real Estate teams on matters relating to capital projects donor-named space renovations and relocations and signage.
Strategically partner with frontline staff regarding Ragon Building and Cancer Institute capital naming opportunities manage a comprehensive menu of opportunities and resources; oversee data maintenance of Ragon Building spaces in Giftmap.
Manage the inventory and development of programmatic naming opportunities across the MGB system working closely with frontline staff and hospital administrators as needed.
Oversee the Associate Director in their responsibility to manage all components of endowed named positions including chairs professorships scholars etc.; partner with MGB department administrators and leadership to ensure nomination guidelines and processes are adhered to; and their role as the liaison with Harvard Medical School.
Collaborate with the Development Events staff on celebrations for new space dedications endowed chairs HMS professorships and society events
Oversee the production updates and accuracy of donor recognition signage on campus as well as a targeted number of donor recognition listings; assist with recognition and announcement plans for donors who make gifts of $10M; develop strategies for ongoing recognition impacted by integration.
In consultation with Donor Relations leadership evaluate policies and procedures to ensure alignment with our strategy and Development Office goals and identify the need for and operationalize new policies and tools that make our processes more effective and efficient.
In coordination with Information Systems ensure that all applicable data is entered into the Atlas CRM database.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree required and 8-10 years of donor relations or related addition the ideal candidate will possess the following skills abilities and competencies:
- Superior people management and project management experience
- Strong organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities with competing due dates while maintaining a strategic vision for the teams work
- Comprehensive knowledge of donor relations and stewardship principles and practices understanding of healthcare and complex healthcare systems
- Strong commitment to customer service exceptional quality standards and adopting best practices and efficiencies
- A collaborative approach to setting priorities and managing expectations staying flexible with navigating change and being open to new ideas
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively effectively and politely with diverse audiences and stakeholders
- Ability to analyze systems and to identify and propose effective process improvements to stewardship operations
- Strong written verbal and presentation skills
- Strategic thinking entrepreneurship intellectual depth and curiosity and the ability to evaluate problems and demonstrate sound judgment
- Familiarity with privacy-related rules and regulations including HIPAA and the ability and interest to operate in an environment with strict privacy and confidentiality rules
- Creative honest and considerate with a high level of energy and enthusiasm
- Proficient in Blackbaud CRM or experience with other sophisticated relationship management database(s)/CRM
- Strong command of Microsoft Office applications
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$99465.60 - $144643.20/AnnualGrade
8EEO Statement:
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.