Development Officer

4 weeks ago


Stanford, California, United States Stanford University Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Development Officer to join our team at Stanford Medicine. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting and enhancing the success of our Major Gifts development efforts, as well as overall Stanford Medicine priorities and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with gift officers to provide project and programmatic support, and develop strategies for prospect identification, solicitation, and proposal development.
  • Operate independently in the coordination of internal support with colleagues, volunteers, and other university staff to assist in establishing and maintaining relationships with all university constituencies.
  • Conduct prospect discovery work by sourcing prospects through reporting, data analysis, qualification, and research primarily for their personal portfolio.
  • Establish ongoing relationships with individual prospects through personal visits, phone calls, and ongoing cultivation and engagement activities based on their interests to maximize their support for Stanford University.
  • Prepare faculty agendas and subsequent data components, including prospect lists to review and any indications of prospect inclination or interests.
  • Work in partnership with faculty and gift officers to develop strategies for solicitation.
Reporting and Data Analytics

The Development Officer will utilize reporting and MCD databases to conduct data analysis projects, with the aim of sourcing major gift level prospects for aligned gift officer's portfolios.

Manage grateful patient data and reporting; pull grateful patient lists and conduct data analysis to identify major rated prospects; submit and track on referrals within the grateful patient program database.

Work as the main liaison between partner teams, including the reporting and research teams, to coordinate projects, requests and deliverables for the aligned gift officers.

Prepare for individual meetings with faculty and summarize data to proactively report back on the status of referrals and assignments; Work as the data partner for select events, creating the invitation list, navigating review process, obtaining necessary internal approvals, tracking on responses and conducting any ROI analysis if necessary.

Support 3 major gift officers in the preparation of draft briefing materials, letters, faculty spotlights, gift opportunities, priorities and overviews and other communication for faculty, donors or volunteers.

Coordinates with the appropriate Medical Center Development teams and ensures the projects are on track and consistent with the developed strategy and MCD guidelines.

With the Development Coordinator, attends meetings to capture notes, next steps and supports the active follow-up.

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
  • Three years of project management or program management experience desired.
  • Fundraising experience desired, especially building relationships with donors, soliciting and closing gifts.
  • Experience managing and coordinating complex projects that have multiple tasks with competing deadlines; set priorities and schedules and meet deadlines with a minimum of supervision.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Expertise in Excel, Word, web resources, and donor management databases.
  • Experience using Stanford's information systems such as Salesforce is a plus but not required.
  • Ability to follow through on projects with minimal supervision.
  • Strong attention to details and the ability to quickly understand and remember details about donors and projects to which they are assigned.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a proven ability to work patiently, persuasively and effectively with a wide variety of people, including students, faculty, staff, donors and alumni.
  • Demonstrated sound judgment in situations requiring independent decision-making and in handling confidential and sensitive material.
  • An understanding of the development and alumni enterprise—particularly within an academic setting—and the ability to work within that framework is desirable.
About Stanford University

Stanford University is one of the world's premier academic and research institutions, devoting tremendous intellectual and physical resources toward the betterment of humanity.

We believe Stanford's future success will be shaped by the diverse perspectives, unique experiences, and inclusive culture of its community.

Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff.

We understand the importance of your personal and family time and provide you access to wellness programs, child-care resources, parent education and consultation, elder care, and caregiving support.

We make wellness a priority by providing access to world-class exercise facilities.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


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