Senior Gift Officer Principal Gifts

With a legacy that spans over 150 years, Bon Secours is a network that is dedicated to providing excellent care through exceptional people. At every level, everyone on our teams have embraced the call to provide compassionate care. Here, you can work with others who share common values, and use your skills to help extend care to all of our communities.

SR GIFT OFFICER | HYBRID IN BALTIMORE

The Senior Gift Officer manages and solicits a portfolio of donor prospects with estimated philanthropic capacity of $50,000 or more. The Senior Gift Officer is also responsible for working with the Market President, Foundation, Foundation Board of Directors, and local Clinical and Executive Leadership to assist with cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of assigned major gift prospects. This position functions as a fundraising generalist, with particular emphasis given to securing major gifts to meet revenue goals.

Essential Job Functions

• Cultivate, solicit, and steward major and planned gift prospects supporting Bon Secours Mercy Health philanthropic efforts. This includes managing relationships and a portfolio of 125 prospects with the ability to give $50,000 or more.
• Develop personalized plans for each prospect to actively move the prospect along the fundraising continuum from Qualification to Cultivation to Solicitation to Stewardship.
• Provide personalized stewardship and impact reports to assigned donors.
• Working collaboratively with Foundation team, develop and submit major gift proposals to assigned prospects.
• Prepare briefing documents as appropriate for event preparation including profiles for donor prospects and follow-up, including research, discovery, cultivation and stewardship plan for attendees.
• Secure and enter information to update donor profiles and activity in Raiser’s Edge NXT or appropriate donor software.
• Contribute content ideas for regular Foundation communications, such as the Foundation newsletter, impact reports and fundraising materials.
• Participate in engagement and professional development activities for the Foundation team. Continue professional growth and development.
• Perform other duties as directed.
• This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s Degree IN Business, social sciences, or public health
• 3 - 5 years related experience is required. Experience in healthcare philanthropy is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a demonstrated ability to effectively represent the Foundation to external audiences.  Strong analytical skills with the ability to create clear and concise reports that can be easily understood by internal and external stakeholders. Creativity and demonstrated success in personally cultivating, soliciting, stewarding prospects and volunteers and ultimately closing gifts. Knowledge of planned gifts and strategies and the ability to identify planned giving opportunities among major gift prospects. Ability to set and manage multiple priorities. Requires strong proficiency with computers and software, including, but not limited to Raisers’ Edge and Microsoft Office.

Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:

Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
Prescription drug coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance w/AD&D
Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
Paid time off
Educational Assistance
And much more

*Benefits offerings vary according to employment status

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employers, please email recruitment@mercy.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com

Salary : $50,000