Gift Officer

Gift Officer

Company:
Eastern New Mexico University

Job Location:
Portales, 88130

Category:
Development and Fundraising

Type:
Full-Time

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Location: Main Campus - Portales, NM

Job Type: Full time permanent

Job Number: 2026-00068

Department: Advancement and Public Relations

Division:
ENMU Foundation

Opening Date:
04/30/2026

Position Overview

Position Summary:

In preparation for ENMU's first-ever comprehensive campaign, the Gift Officer will play a pivotal role in helping develop a pipeline of annual, major, and planned giving constituents. Reporting to the Vice President of Advancement and Public Relations and working closely with the Executive Director of the ENMU Foundation, the Gift Officer will identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward, leadership annual, major and planned gifts. This position will also work collaboratively with the Annual Giving and Engagement Director to help grow, retain and upgrade leadership annual constituents as part of One Roo for ENMU, Eastern's university-wide annual giving program.

The Gift Officer will develop personalized engagement and solicitation strategies in collaboration with Advancement leadership, meeting activity metrics for constituent meetings, and documenting contact and stage development of relationships and proposals in the donor database.

The Gift Officer will play a significant role helping to build a pipeline of major, planned and principal gift constituents and work collaboratively to increase engagement, and will manage a portfolio of 80-120 constituents located throughout the state of New Mexico and the nation. With an emphasis on relationship building, the Gift Officer will work to identify and assess constituent's capacity and affinity to become engaged with ENMU through our philanthropic programs and/or our engagement programs. Additionally, this position will be an active partner across our advancement team, playing a critical role helping to plan and facilitate high-impact stewardship, cultivation and all-call events.

Extensive travel and some evening/weekend work will be required.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies, qualifies, cultivates, and solicits alumni, parents, and friends capable of making annual, major, or planned gifts.
• Meet a set number of annual fundraising and activity metrics, including but not limited to qualifications, visits, and solicitations, as well as overall dollars solicited and closed.
• Assist, where needed, in regional events, homecoming, and other important university-wide special events focused on deepening relationships with ENMU alumni, donors, and friends.
• Collaborate with colleagues in Advancement and in Academic and Athletic Units to ensure effective, efficient, and coordinated fundraising and engagement strategies to align constituents' interests with various priorities across campus.
• Utilizes the Ellucian database to track and record moves, asks, and outcomes, including contact reports, proposals, and gift commitments.
• Regular and predictable attendance required
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, liberal arts, communications, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in advancement, demonstrating a successful track record of relationship building between constituents and institutions.
• Must have a valid and current Driver's License

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Track record in qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, closing, and stewarding annual and major gifts.
• Strategic thinker with an ability to balance the art of long-term relationship building with the science of meeting and exceeding dynamic activity metrics and fundraising goals.
• Ability to inspire and generate excitement, shared purpose, and action; excellent written and interpersonal communication; high level of emotional IQ and listening skills.
• Positive and creative manner of approaching challenges; strong analytical skills and professional judgment; personal comportment consistent with ENMU's core values
• A strong commitment to and connection with our vision and mission at ENMU.
• Willing to travel and work evenings, as needed.

Working Conditions

Physical Demand and Working Conditions:
* Work is performed during normal hours but may include evening and weekend hours
* Work is sedentary in nature that at times requires exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or a consistent amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Essential Functions: [As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, these include the aforementioned duties and responsibilities, minimum job requirements, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as physical demands and working conditions. This is not necessarily an all-inclusive listing.]

Additional Information

Application Review Date:

Condition of Employment: Must pass a pre-employment background check.

Electronic Application Instructions: Electronic applications should be submitted through the "Apply" link at the top of this page. Please attach the following required documents to your electronic application:

Required Documents:

Please ensure that you attach all required documents, even if you have applied for other positions at ENMU, as the committee does not have access to those records.

Letter of interest
Resume
Contact information for three references (blind or off-list reference checks may be conducted on finalists)
Transcripts (unofficial for application purposes)

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