"Senior Leadership Gifts Officer"

Senior Leadership Gifts Officer

Company: Connecticut College

Category: Development and Fundraising

Type: Adjunct/Part-Time

General Scope of Duties

The Senior Leadership Gift Officer is a vital member of the College's Leadership Giving team. This position, in conjunction with the Director of Leadership Gifts, helps design and implement overall strategy for their assigned area to include but not limited to donor specific events and staffing presidential visits. They are responsible for soliciting gifts of six and seven figures from alumni, parents and friends of the College. The Senior Leadership Gift Officer will identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward prospects in their portfolio of approximately 125 -200 leadership gift prospects in a region to be determined. Their work closely collaborates with and in support of volunteers, other Advancement staff, and other College representatives to cultivate and solicit donors for College-wide priorities. Must be a highly energetic professional with a track record of building donor relationships and closing gifts in the seven-figure range. This position will travel extensively alone as well as with the President and/or Senior Administrators on prospect calls and to events.

General Duties and Responsibilities

1. Manage a portfolio of leadership prospects in assigned territories.
2. Participate in all aspects of the gift cycle:
   • Initiate contacts with potential leadership gift donors
   • Develop appropriate cultivation strategies for them, including working with volunteers
   • Move potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure
   • Make solicitations when appropriate
   • Maintain stewardship contacts with donors; adhere to the highest ethical standards; demonstrate empathetic disposition and perseverance; reflect optimistic and positive attitude, and convey sensitivity to needs of the donors
3. Develop strong internal relationships within advancement as well as throughout the College in order to bring information and resources to cultivation and solicitation efforts. Offer prospect strategy counsel to the President, Vice President for College Advancement, and advancement staff who are managing other prospects. Be a resource for Advancement staff, from identifying potential volunteer connections to knowing about meeting and event spaces in key locations
4. Establish strong relationships with prospective donors with an eye toward meeting College and personal fundraising goals.
5. Attend regional engagement events for alumni and parents.
6. Staff the president and senior staff when in the region including events and personal visits
7. Create briefing materials for senior leadership including meeting details, strategy, and desired outcomes
8. Collaborate with colleagues across annual giving, gift planning, research, and donor relations to develop and implement integrated donor strategies
9. Secure planned gifts and blended gifts in partnership with the gift planning team
10. Perform other duties as assigned or as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits Eligible: Full Benefits

Salary Range: $100,000-$115,000

Application Accepted Through:

Open Until Filled: Yes

To apply, visit https://conncoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/1395

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