Leadership Gifts Officer

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

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About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. The Leadership Gifts Officer is responsible for the growth, outreach, engagement, and increased participation in the higher levels of the Annual Fund - consisting of donors and prospects with the capacity to make gifts of $1,000+ and more. The Leadership Gifts Officer will also serve as a conduit for building engagement and interest in supporting Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) Member Hospitals with prospective donors in support of divisional, institutional, and campaign priorities. The Officer will have measurable goals set annually related to the overall fundraising, number of discovery calls, and face-to-face meetings with the primary goal of building the pipeline.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1-3 years related work experience required.
• At least two years of direct fundraising/development experience preferred with a specific track record in individual gift solicitation, planned giving, and volunteer management.
• Ability to travel to meet donors.
• Experience working with donors in a front-line/fundraising capacity.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage a personal prospect pool of donors and securing annual or multi-year gifts.
• Qualify, cultivate and solicit annual donations at the leadership gifts level ($1,000+) working with department colleagues and volunteers where appropriate.
• Participate in prospect pool development and assignment strategies in conjunction with the Leadership Gifts and Prospect Management teams.
• Conduct discovery calls to those individuals who have a relationship with Member Hospitals and capacity to make a gift, with the purpose of engaging them and educating them about their impact of philanthropy.
• Complete face-to-face meetings with prospective and current prospects to educate, engage and cultivate them to consider giving or giving at increased levels to the hospital.
• Work closely with major gifts staff to further engage prospects to the many different centers of excellence with the goal to transition appropriate prospects for further cultivation and major gift level philanthropy.
• Participate in execution of events and programs in support of development activities.
• Engage key volunteers and effectively utilize events and other activities to move solicitations forward.
• Qualify prospects for potential major gift capacity and interest.
• Actively manage former major gift prospects toward their best levels of participation in leadership giving.
• Act as liaison between the Office of Philanthropy and various BILH divisions and units.
• Participate fully in all office and professional standards for metrics and reporting.
• Learn, assess and adapt/adopt best practices in the industry through relationships with colleagues at other institutions and organizations, fundraising trade information, books, and social media to improve results of the leadership gifts program.
• Assist in other development, stewardship and campaign activities that benefit leadership gifts and the development team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree