What are the responsibilities and job description for the Major Gift Officer position at Suburban Cook County Online Application Consortium?
Position Type :
Development / Major Gifts Officer
Date Posted : 12 / 2 / 2024
Location :
Saint Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, Illinois
Date Available : Immediately
Closing Date : When Filled
District :
Saint Ignatius College Prep
Saint Ignatius College Prep
Job Description
Job Title : Major Gift Officer
Status : Exempt-Full Time
Reports To : Kevin Golden, Chief Development Officer
Summary : The Major Gifts Officer is responsible for the identification, qualification, cultivation and solicitation of major gifts ($50k over a 5 year period) from alumni, parents, and friends of the school in the Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin areas. The Major Gift Officer represents the Mission Statement of Saint Ignatius College Prep and its Jesuit Catholic values.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following :
- Identification, cultivation and solicitation that joins together the philanthropic interests of donors with the priorities and needs of Saint Ignatius College Prep.
- Identifies, qualifies, cultivates and solicits major gift prospects, frequently visiting constituents at the school, or in their local communities or places of employment. Initiate personal outreach with an assigned portfolio of approximately 150-175 Saint Ignatius College Prep alumni, family, and friends. Primary role is to maintain this portfolio through strategic qualification, finding new prospects, and referring other prospects down to the Director of Alumni Relations.
- Develop significant long-term relationships with current and future benefactors whose resources will be integral to supporting the mission of Saint Ignatius.
- Establish and maintain a rapport with each benefactor and encourage, support and sustain the benefactor's philanthropic relationship with Saint Ignatius.
- Attend a significant number of regional and campus events as a representative of the school. Travel, evenings, and weekend activity is routine.
- Cultivates new, existing, and established donors by purposefully using primary and secondary Saint Ignatius engagement opportunities (i.e. class reunions, Gloriam, Society events, President's and Chairman's Dinner, athletic competitions, theatrical performances, and society events) to develop individual-and continual-solicitation strategies.
- Promote teamwork across the Development Department, working as a true partner to match each donor's vision with the needs of Saint Ignatius.
- Regularly update Activity, Opportunity, and Meeting reports in Raiser's Edge NXT to log activity and progress with an assigned portfolio.
- Works closely with the Chief Development Officer (CDO). Brings potentially impactful prospects up for additional research and proactively utilizes Saint Ignatius Leadership and other influential members of the community to develop, deliver, and present holistic proposals based on a donor's ability to give.
- Reports, on a timely basis, on all progress towards accomplishing weekly, monthly, and annual objectives.
- Develops working and sustaining relationships internally with faculty, coaches, department heads or chairs, and other strategic partners to use in solicitations for academic, athletic, or programmatic priorities that evolve over time.
- By partnering with CDO and Leadership in key solicitations, raises in excess of ten times annual salary and benefits each year after 18 months in the role.
- Participate in Adult Formation Cohort with Faith and Ministry effort, developing a full understanding of Jesuit education, history, and community values.
- Attends to other duties as assigned by the Chief Development Officer
Qualifications :
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.
NOTE : This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, Administration reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel workload, or technological developments. Salaried employees are expected to work 40-55 hours weekly with a typical work schedule and events).
Salary : $50,000
