Individual Giving Officer

General Function: Under general supervision, develops, executes, and leads a strategic, comprehensive individual giving program to grow major giving, annual appeals, and planned giving.

 Essential Functions:

• Manages a portfolio of 100 - 125 high-capacity and mid-level donors and prospects
• Builds a major gift pipeline for the development and leadership teams and populates portfolios with individuals that have the capacity to increase giving to the Center

• Develops and implements appropriate cultivation and moves management strategies for prospects and donors 
• Contributes to the development of major gift proposals
• Creates prospect strategy plans for major gift donors and prospects
• Creates basic research profiles and meeting briefs for all prospects as needed
• Strengthens engagement with annual donors; ensures proper donor recognition and stewardship
• Develops and implements a planned giving strategy aligned with individual giving programs
• Collaborates with development team to establish and meet annual goals including, dollars raised, renewal percentages, and donor pipeline development for individual donor portfolio
• Supports Campaign Development Committee members to build, manage, and execute donor portfolios
• Collaborates with development team to craft, test, and revise messaging that advances the culture of philanthropy within the Center’s donor, volunteer, and certificant base
• Performs comprehensive ongoing data analysis and evaluation related to all aspects of the Center’s individual giving programs 
• Ensures individual giving fundraising activity and interactions are accurately and regularly stored in donor databases, and acknowledgement letters are generated in a timely matter 
• Collaborates with the marketing and communications teams to develop comprehensive, multi-channel communications plans
• Prepares monthly reports on progress toward goals to date
• Contributes to special campaigns to meet development goals as appropriate
• Performs other duties as assigned

 Background/Skills/Abilities Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree required. Graduate degree in a related field preferred
• Minimum 5 years’ nonprofit major gift, annual giving and resource development experience
• Proven track record in initiating, stewarding and moving individual gifts to higher levels of support
• Experience managing and being accountable for fundraising targets and donor relationships
• Excellent oral and public speaking skills
• Demonstrated ability to write and edit persuasive materials including successful appeals, stewardship materials and other collateral across a variety of platforms and constituencies
• Prior experience working with and assisting volunteer leaders in development
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• High-level database management and fundraising software experience required; experience with NetForum and Salesforce preferred
• An energetic, well-organized, and detailed individual who has a strong record of leadership, teamwork, and success
• A strategic thinker with an innovative mindset and strengths in efficiency, timeliness, multi-tasking, and attention to detail.
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Travel required

This position is based in the Washington D.C. office and works a hybrid schedule which could be changed at any time.

To apply, submit your resume and one-page letter summarizing your interest, qualifications, and salary expectations. 

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