Gift Officer

• Manage and grow an assigned portfolio of approximately 150 donors and prospects, each giving $10,000 or more
• Build individualized engagement strategies and meaningful touchpoint plans, including visits, calls, and other meaningful contacts
• Conduct discovery and qualification conversations to understand donor interests and capacity
• Collaborate with internal partners to align donor passions with mission priorities
• Track portfolio performance using moves management and pipeline metrics, including qualifications, proposals, and closes
• Maintain focus on retention and upgrades, ensuring donors feel valued, informed, and connected to impact over time
• Create and execute solicitation strategies aligned with donor intent and organizational goals
• Use a permission-based approach to determine when and how to invite support
• Prepare proposals and present giving opportunities in a clear, donor-centered way
• Provide strong stewardship and personalized recognition
• Ensure donors receive timely impact updates and meaningful reporting
• Coordinate donor communications, meetings, and follow-ups with care and consistency
• Maintain accurate donor records and contact reports in Salesforce
• Track activity, relationship progress, and next steps consistently
• Use data to monitor engagement, pipeline movement, and portfolio health

• Minimum of 5 years of fundraising experience
• Experience in major gifts development (preferred) though will consider general fundraising or relationship-based revenue work
• Skilled at listening, asking thoughtful questions, and building trust
• Enjoys strategy, follow-through, and managing multiple donor relationships
• Comfortable working toward goals and using data to stay organized
• Believes stewardship is central to long-term donor engagement

Experience in major gifts development

• Generous paid time off including vacation, personal, sick, and holiday time
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 403b plan with company match
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and access to other free health programs
• Community volunteer opportunities
• Professional development and training opportunities