Gift Officer

Gift Officer

**Classification**

Exempt, Full-Time, 12-month

**Department/Division**

Institutional Advancement (IA)/Institutional Advancement

**Reports To**

Sr. Director of Development

**About King’s**

King's College is a Catholic institution of higher education animated and guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross. King's pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship through a rigorous core curriculum, major programs across the liberal arts and sciences, nationally accredited professional programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and personal attention to student formation in a nurturing community. We offer competitive total rewards, tuition remission for employees and their dependents, 403(b) plans, and generous paid-time-off and holidays. Our culture is driven by our commitment to our mission, our community and our friendly, knowledgeable faculty and staff.

**EEO Statement**

**Institutional Advancement Opportunity**

King’s is at an exciting moment in its history. The College is in a place of strategic growth, and incredible opportunity as we recently completed the $56M _Send Us Forth Campaign_. The College seeks a Gift Officer (GO) who will work with the front-line development team within the Institutional Advancement (IA) Department. The Gift Officer (GO) is a priority role for King's requiring a motivated self-starter who will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while building mutually supportive relationships with alumni, staff, faculty, and volunteers. The position requires an individual who values and exhibits teamwork, perseverance, optimism, and can think strategically and creatively. The position also requires data analysis and the ability to make data-driven decisions. The GO manages a pool of approximately 150 prospects and the qualification of prospects at the $10,000 - $25,000 level. As part of their 120 - 140 annual visits, the GO will solicit their prospect pool for annual and leadership gifts and strive to recruit new 1946 Society members (planned gift closures). The GO will also work with the Alumni Engagement team to support regional alumni groups and events. Other responsibilities include effective collaboration and partnership with colleagues and peers in the IA Division and across the College, staffing College administrators on development visits with prospects and donors; and recording activities, contacts, proposals, and strategic plans in the donor database.

**Essential Elements**

1. Identify, qualify, cultivate, and solicit prospects with the capacity to make gifts ranging between $10,000 and $25,000.

2. Actively participate in the identification and solicitation of annual giving leadership and major gift prospects.

3. Work as a member of the Development Team to establish and track the giving strategy for individual prospects.

4. Inform and cultivate prospects’ interest in King’s College.

5. Convey priorities of the College through written and oral communications.

6. Match prospects’ interests and values to institutional needs.

7. Involve appropriate volunteers and staff members with cultivation and solicitation process, as needed.

8. Provide stewardship after a gift is made.
- Utilize the CRM (Blackbaud RE/NXT) for daily reporting, logging interactions with constituents, and managing a portfolio strategically and efficiently.

10. Ensure open communication with colleagues across the IA Division.

11. Perform other duties as requested by the leaders of the IA Division.

**Required Skills, Training, and Experience**
- Bachelor's degree.
- Demonstrate the highest ethical standards.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including relationship management.
- Have a high motivation for success, coupled with diplomacy, tact, and consistent follow through.
- Employ excellent relationship-building skills.
- Time management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Success as an innovator and creative problem-solver.
- Excellent written communications and public speaking skills.
- Experience with analyzing data and making data-driven decisions.
- Experience in personal gift solicitation or sales.
- Willingness and ability to work weekends and evenings as required.
- Moderate travel required. Must possess a valid driver’s license.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Operate with an optimistic and a positive attitude and have a good sense of humor.
- Possess excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Utilize excellent management and organizational skills.
- Can work independently and satisfy defined metrics for success, but also work collaboratively with members of the IA team as well as other departments across the institution including volunteers, members of the Board of Directors, the President’s Council, and similar entities.
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with individuals of diverse backgrounds, personalities, and life experiences.
- Show proven effectiveness in one-on-one qualificati