Requisition ID: 24794

Location: Presence Covenant Medical Center

Location Address:
1400 West Park Street, Urbana, IL 61801

Daily Hours: 8
Standard Hours: 40
Employment Status: Full-time
Employment Type: Regular
Shift: Day
FLSA: E

This position will primarily serve Champaign and Danville, IL.

Summary

A Major Gifts Officer engages with previous donors, grateful patients, community leaders and philanthropists as a senior-level representative of the Presence Health Foundation. The priniplal work of a Major Gifts Officer is to recruit, coordinate and colllaborate with board members, key physcians, beneficiary executives and committed donors who then volunteer as community "Connectors" who identify and introduce potential major gift prospects through point-of-entry events, prospect identification activities and personal networking. A Major Gifts Officer also will works as the relationship manager for, and plans and particpates in solicitations of potential donors. Working within a team-based approach,and in conjunction with the System Director, Development, he or she will manage the progression of prospects through the Major Gift Core Process. He or she will intentionally move the prospect through the Identify, Engage, Cultivate and Solict stages of the Core Process by completing stage gate requirements. A Major Gifts Officer achieves development objectives through his or her own efforts and by engaging, organizing and working through volunteers, but is directly responsible for ensuring all activities are well-planned, timely and appropriate to the situation. He or she will lead solicitation teams that include Presence Health leadership or Presence Health Foundation board members. All members of the PHF team are expected to be high-performing team members that put relationships with their colleagues, peers and customers above all else.The team is built on a high level of trust, transperancy and communication that will be essential to any team members joining the Presence Health Foundation.

Essential duties:

Develops and manages strategies for high-level donors and prospective donors including timely and accurate documentation of conversations and contacts with donors, volunteers, board members, physicians and senior hospital management.

Manages prospective donors within a team-based approach and raises funds through managing multiple relationships with prospective donors through the defined Core Process.

Interacts with board members, volunteers, PH leadership and community members as sources of referrals for potential major donors. Attends Point of Entry events, meetings and other fundraising events to identify and cultivate relationships with board members and prospective donors.

Develops and maintains effective working relationships with key volunteers, prospects and donors; identifies or creates meaningful organizational volunteer opportunities for major gift donors and prospects.

Focuses on placing a high priority on serving internal and external contacts in a timely, courteous manner; follows up until needs are met

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and experience:

• Must have or be working toward bachelor's degree. Ten or more years work experience required in either fund development, health care or other industries with transferrable skills.
• Not-for-profit organization or health care experience is preferred.
• Collegial, collaborative style.
• Demonstrated success in major gift fundraising and working with volunteer boards or transferrable skills
• Willing to travel frequently and some evenings and weekends
• Self-motivated, results oriented, and able to set priorities and work on numerous projects simultaneously.
• Excellent collaborative, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,knowldege of PREZI and ability to work with a database is necessary.
• Knowledge of Raiser's Edge or other fundraising database tool.
• Good decision-making skills, tactful, good listener, willingness to search out answers, ability to recognize when others need to be involved in activities or decisions.
• Able to ensure goals are on-track according to the annual plan.
• Able to attend events to cultivate relationships with members of the community.
• Interact with board members, campaign volunteers and community members as sources of referrals for potential major donors.
• Hold board members accountable to fundraising expectations through the formulated metrics and designed accountabilities.
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Business Unit: Resurrection Foundation

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

EOE of Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability