Gift Officer

Denver Museum of Nature & Science • Denver, CO

3d • $75,000 - $80,000

About The Position

This position implements plans to initiate, develop, and maintain relationships with individual, corporate, and planned giving donors. The assigned portfolio of donors and prospects is actively maintained and emphasizes giving of $1,000-$25,000. The annual individual fundraising goal will start at $250,000+ for year one and increase annually. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
• 2 years’ experience in a fundraising or sales role.
• Ability to work some evening and weekends, as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Passionate about supporting the Denver Museum of Nature & Science's Mission and Vision.
• Have an outgoing personality and strong written and oral communication skills.
• Be capable and willing to work both independently and as part of a greater team.

Responsibilities

• Manages and grows portfolio of 125-175 donors and solicits gifts to operations, strategic initiatives and/or endowments.
• Achieves agreed upon performance metrics including but not limited to number of contacts, number of solicitations, number of gifts secured, dollars raised, as well as percent of donors retained and upgraded.
• Conducts a high volume of daily outreach attempts to cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts through phone calls, virtual meetings, emails/digital tools, and direct mail.
• Develops personalized communications, proposals, reports and other material to further relationships.
• In collaboration with supervisor, develops and implements new strategies to acquire, retain and upgrade donors.
• Collaborates with membership and philanthropic programs by referring potential prospects and accepting major giving referrals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level