Major Gifts Officer

The Organization :

Immerse Arkansas was founded in 2010 with the mission of transforming youth from crisis into overcomers. The nonprofit organization serves youth between the ages of 14 and 24, whose trauma, abuse, and neglect have wreaked havoc on their relationships, identity, and resilience, multiplying the challenges of transitioning to adulthood successfully. Immerse Arkansas builds a circle of unconditional support around each youth from crisis, investing the time and tools needed to co-create a pathway to adulthood.

Immerse is a community of redemptive leaders who are grateful for the kindness shown to them by God and others, who embrace the blending of faith and strategy, and believe that adolescence and young adulthood offer an unparalleled opportunity for life-change. We believe that no young person is "beyond hope" of healing and work to see each individual life restored. We reject the temptation to believe that we can rescue, save, fix, or manage youth from crisis, and we refuse to tell the "hero story" of helping. Rather, we embrace the messy and slow work of transformation, accepting the invitation that we ourselves will be transformed in the process.

The Position :

Reporting to the Director of Generosity, the Generosity Officer will play a key role in a growing donor-centric major gift program. This position involves close collaboration with the Executive Director to ensure that our major gift efforts are integrated with Immerse's existing development and outreach initiatives. We are seeking a passionate individual dedicated to enhancing donor relations and advancing major gift strategies.

Responsibilities :

All employees will be thoroughly committed to Immerse's mission. The ideal candidate will embrace Immerse's values of with, worship, and scrappy (visit our About Page to learn what this means!).

• Manage a portfolio of 100 major gift households
• Qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gift individuals through an average of 15 in-person visits or touch points each month
• Cultivate and expand relationships with current and planned giving donors
• Integrate planned gift objectives into major donor requests in collaboration with the development team
• Monitor data weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually to achieve major and planned gift commitment goals
• Initiate and manage prospect research using organizational files, giving records, and donor databases
• Collaborate with team members to ensure outreach aligns with brand messaging and strategy
• Accurately record and report all aspects of donor giving to maintain protocol consistency
• Participate as a member of the development team in selected program and internal meetings

Qualifications :

Salary : 54-59k, annually