Associate Major Gifts Officer

4 weeks ago


Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full time

UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation is embarking on its first comprehensive campaign, "This Moment". With a focus on raising philanthropic dollars to support the people and programs of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, the Foundation is looking for a new team member to join the Development team.

The Associate Gifts Officer position is a front-line fundraising role focused primarily on individuals, families, and family foundations with the capacity to make contributions at the $10,000 to $500,000 level through major gifts, and planned gift intentions. This position will be responsible for building a portfolio (approximately 120 to 150 potential donors) and for forging strong working partnerships with medical and nursing staff, and research faculty to identify prospects.

Reporting to Director, Development within the Development team at UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation, the Assoc. Gifts Officer will develop cultivation and solicitation strategies with the goal of soliciting prospects for commitments at the $10,000 level and above within 18 months of identification. On an annual basis, this position will raise over $1M, while also working with planned giving donors to secure intentions. This position will work strategically to coordinate prospect and donor contacts as appropriate with the Foundation President, Vice President of Development, Director, Development, and other senior staff, volunteers and Hospital leadership and senior medical, nursing and research faculty.

The Associate Major Gifts officer will represent the UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation in building relationships with individuals and families that will generate significant philanthropic support for strategic initiatives to advance the Hospital's mission.

Build a portfolio of both major and planned giving prospects through initial discovery outreach.

Personally contact, develop, assist, and steward prospects to develop individualized giving plans that maximize tax savings, personal philanthropic objectives, and gifts to the Foundation.

Assist prospective donors and their advisors in clarifying philanthropic and personal objectives, recording, and retaining that information.

Support donor retention efforts through daily thank you calls.

Follow up on warm leads from those who self-identify as having planned gift interest.

Complete proper and appropriate estate plan, endowment, and other gift planning agreements.

Develop strong working relationships of trust and confidence with clinical and research faculty.

Log all relationship information in the Raisers Edge database in compliance with the Hospital's HIPPA policies.

Assure the prompt gift acceptance, deposit, acknowledgement and recognition of gifts.

Demonstrate through behavior hospital's core values of integrity, care, balance, excellence, stewardship, and teamwork.

Travel on as an as needed basis for personal solicitation, qualification, and stewardship. Engage and steward donors through personal face to face visits. Some evening phone calling necessary.

*Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

*Performs other duties as assigned.

**The person in this role will work at the Foundation headquarters at 105 40th Street, Tech Mill Building**

+ Bachelor's degree in Communications, marketing, sales, business or related field required.

+ 4 - 6 years of experience in a non-profit setting preferred; or experience in sales, marketing and communication in the for-profit environment.

+ Experience in a health care setting preferred; experience in an academic medical center desired.

+ A track record of securing major and planned gifts from identification through cultivation and solicitation preferred.

+ Knowledge of Raiser's Edge donor tracking software preferred.

**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**

+ Act 31 Clearance with renewal

+ Act 33 Clearance with renewal

+ Act 34 Clearance with renewal

+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran



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