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Position: Major Gift Officer
Hours/Week: 15-20
Compensation range: $42-$48/hour
Reports to: Chief Development Officer
Direct Report(s): None
Posted date: 6.21.2024
Internal Job Code: EXEC-MGO
✨ Are you passionate about your community? ✨
Do you want to eliminate racism, empower women, and ensure everyone enjoys peace, justice, and dignity? Are you committed to supporting families and helping children access trauma-informed education? Do you have a heart for maintaining shelters for those experiencing violence?
If you're an experienced fundraiser and friend-raiser, familiar with Salt Lake's philanthropic community, we want you! Join YWCA Utah's Development Team as a Major Gifts Officer (20 hours a week). Contribute your talents to support thousands and help the next generation thrive.
Be the change. Apply today! 🌟
Organization Overview
Since 1906 YWCA Utah has been a voice for women, a force for change, and a place for hope. Our enduring belief is that better lives for women – all women – will lead to stronger families and communities. YWCA is Utah’s most comprehensive provider of family violence services; our programs include walk-in services and a crisis line, emergency shelter, transitional housing, children’s programs, and a vast array of supportive services.
Mission: YWCA Utah is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women,
and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
YWCA Utah is an equal employment opportunity employer and values a diverse workplace.
Benefits
In addition to being a part of an organization dedicated to race & gender equity in Utah and supporting survivors of domestic violence, benefits of working at YWCA include:
Position Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, seasoned fundraising professional with demonstrated success in and an appetite for prospecting and cultivating new funding relationships while encouraging higher levels of commitment from existing donors. This person must have familiarity with philanthropic landscape in the Salt Lake City area to help YWCA advance our fundraising goals.
The Major Gift Officer is a critical part of YWCA Utah’s Development Team, focused on 5-7 figure gifts within an existing portfolio of major donors and key prospects.
The Major Gift Officer is expected to execute prospecting and retention strategies for a portfolio of existing donors and potential supporters who are capable of giving at the major gifts level defined at $10K – $1M . This MGO will work with a diverse range of development and leadership staff.
Essential Job functions
Competencies & Essential Skills:
Qualifications
Physical/Sensory Demands
Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: sit for long periods of time; use computer to enter data; use telephone to converse with customers and employees; walk and stand for long periods of time; perform repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement. Travel to attend conferences, training, outreach and other events occurs routinely. Rarely required to lift up to 30 lbs.
Equal Opportunity Employer
YWCA Utah is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process due to disability, it is available upon request. No applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
Part Time
$87k-112k (estimate)
06/23/2024
08/22/2024
ywcautah.org
Salt Lake City, UT
50 - 100
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The Major Gifts Officer will also be responsible for leading appeal campaigns and formalizing and growing the organization’s first planned giving program.
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Communicate with portfolio through face to face cultivation, solicitation and stewardship meetings, and written strategies; ensure that each major donor and prospect has a clear strategy and timeline for cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
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Use email templates and samples to follow-up with potential major donors after one-on-one conversations.
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Understand the organization’s vision and funding needs.
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Go where the major gift donors are.
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