Director of Development - Ochsner Neuroscience Institute

Ochsner Clinic Foundation•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

The Director of Development coordinates and manages an effective, comprehensive, and ongoing development program for the Ochsner Neuroscience Institute. The role plans and directs fundraising and cultivation efforts benefiting the department, with an emphasis on major gifts, and engages physicians, nurses, department administrators, and key volunteers in these efforts. The position identifies and cultivates individual, foundation, and corporate donors; manages a donor portfolio; provides stewardship for assigned donors; and helps maintain prospect-tracking information in the appropriate software. As a member of the overall development team, the Director collaborates across disciplines on donor strategies and maintains physical and technology infrastructure. The role also performs related duties as required and keeps current with applicable laws, accreditation standards, and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with them and the employer’s Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct. This is described as sedentary work, involving sitting most of the time with occasional walking or standing, and occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds. The employee must be able to travel throughout and between facilities and as required by donor or prospect geography. The routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue and does not involve emergency care or first aid. The healthcare environment may present occupational risk of exposure to hazardous medications or waste, depending on job duties.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Six years of related fundraising or development experience.
Proficiency in computers, software, and web-based applications.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present information clearly and professionally to people at varying levels.
Thorough knowledge of comprehensive fundraising principles and methods.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish good working relationships with physicians, patients, donors, volunteers, businesses, and the general public, and to handle difficult situations.
Ability to travel as required by the geographic location of donors and prospects.
Good organizational and time-management skills.
Ability to travel throughout and between facilities.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage an effective, comprehensive, ongoing development program.
Plan and direct fundraising and cultivation efforts for the department, emphasizing major gifts.
Engage physicians, nurses, department administrators, and key volunteers in fundraising and cultivation efforts.
Identify and cultivate individual, foundation, and corporate donors.
Provide stewardship for assigned donors and help maintain prospect-tracking information in the appropriate software.
Manage a donor portfolio.
Collaborate with colleagues across disciplines on donor strategies as a member of the development team.
Maintain physical and technology infrastructure.
Remain knowledgeable about applicable federal, state, and local laws, accreditation standards, and regulatory requirements, and ensure compliance.
Perform other related duties as required.