VHC Health Foundation, Annual Giving & Communications Officer

VHC Health•Arlington, VA

6d•$96,491 - $181,438

About The Position

The Annual Giving and Communications Officer is responsible for the day-to-day implementation, coordination, and performance tracking of a comprehensive annual giving program for gifts under $25,000, including donor acquisition, retention, recapture, and cultivation. This role serves as the Foundation’s annual giving operations lead and coordinates communications, translating strategy into campaign calendars, segmented audiences, production timelines, content assets, vendor deliverables, deployment plans and post-campaign reporting. This position is directly accountable for annual philanthropic revenue, donor pipeline growth, and system wide employee giving. The position directly partners with the VHC Health Communications and Marketing Lead and Foundation vendors to ensure Foundation communications, events, and outreach are coordinated, mission-centered, and aligned with approved VHC Health priorities and assets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum four (4) years fundraising, annual giving, campaign operations, development communications or related experience.
Proven experience implementing multi-channel direct response fundraising, digital giving, employee giving or donor engagement campaigns.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with marketing, communications, stewardship, development services, clinical, and operational partners.
Strong project management, segmentation, data analysis, reporting and campaign optimization skills; data-informed decision making required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare or health system foundation experience strongly preferred.
Experience with CRM systems, appeal coding, source tracking, list management, giving pages and campaign dashboards preferred.
Experience with Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge is preferred.
Familiarity with planned giving vehicles and donor pipeline development preferred.

Responsibilities

Day-to-day implementation, coordination, and performance tracking of a comprehensive annual giving program for gifts under $25,000.
Donor acquisition, retention, recapture, and cultivation.
Serve as the Foundation’s annual giving operations lead.
Coordinate communications, translating strategy into campaign calendars, segmented audiences, production timelines, content assets, vendor deliverables, deployment plans and post-campaign reporting.
Directly accountable for annual philanthropic revenue, donor pipeline growth, and system wide employee giving.
Directly partner with the VHC Health Communications and Marketing Lead and Foundation vendors to ensure Foundation communications, events, and outreach are coordinated, mission-centered, and aligned with approved VHC Health priorities and assets.