Leadership Annual Giving Specialist
3 weeks ago
**Our Mission**:Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, our organization has aimed to connect people to the natural environment and human history.
**Duties and Responsibilities**:
- In partnership with the Annual Fund Coordinator, manage and implement solicitation calendar for unrestricted donors giving up to $10,000 or more, including data requests/review, writing and design of appeal communications, and coordination of out-of-house implementation
- Support the Director in the administration of the Trustees’ Annual Fund solicitation and stewardship, coordinating with the Women’s Board and Major Gifts teams to ensure the implementation of cohesive solicitation messaging
- Carefully manage details of custom proposals and personalized solicitation strategies for nuanced requests, as well as proposals for high-capacity donors and prospects
- Manage the fulfillment of donor society benefits, including regularly updating donor concierge service resources for Individual and Major Giving team
- Utilize Raiser’s Edge database to generate regular reports and analyses on progress toward department fundraising goals, import data to update proposal and constituent records, and pull data queries and exports for the team
- Lead gift officers and advancement team members through the annual Proposal Management process, coordinate data segmentation and database tracking, and facilitate regular updates to proposal strategies throughout the year
- Benchmark best practices across peer institutions
- Other duties as assigned
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of education and experience
- 2-3 years in an Annual Giving environment in a cultural institution
- Microsoft Office Suite required, including Excel experience
- Google Business Suite, InDesign, and PowerPoint preferred
- Prior fundraising database experience is required, Raiser’s Edge preferred
- Excellent writing and storytelling skills
- Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfort managing and working with data
- Strong organizational skills, able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to exercise tact and discretion in handling highly confidential information and interacting with Museum donors and prospective donors
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for events and donor visits
- Energetic and patient team player with a proactive "can do" attitude
- Collaborative, team-oriented nature and comfort working within the structure of a large institution
- Ability to identify priority projects and self-direct work as needed
- Comfort with identifying department needs and establishing new procedures
- Genuine interest in the Museum, fundraising, and event planning
- A passion for science, natural history, and public engagement
**Important Note**:In order to protect the health and safety of our employees, guests and their families, the Field Museum is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Requests for exemptions from the vaccine will not be considered as given the nature of this position, we are unable to provide an accommodation for anyone who has not been vaccinated.
The Field Museum is an equal opportunity workplace and employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other protected class. We strive to create a working environment that is free of all forms of discrimination and one that promotes human dignity and mutual respect among all staff. We believe every member of our organization enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, to identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions.
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