Major Gift Officer - California - 2025722

World Relief•Sacramento, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

World Relief California seeks a Major Gifts Officer to manage a portfolio of approximately 100 to 125+ major gift donors and prospects. This person will be responsible for identifying strategic opportunities, developing and implementing initiatives to identify, cultivate and solicit prospects with significant philanthropic capacity to ensure a strong base of financial support. The Major Gifts Officer will work with World Relief California’s Advancement Department in building a strong portfolio of prospects and successfully engage prospects via the World Relief sales or moves management process.

Requirements

Mature and personal Christian faith
Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs , Statement of Faith , Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
At least 8-10 years of experience in fundraising, with 3-5 years of specific experience in cultivating individual gifts.
Strong oral and written communication skills with proven track record of preaching that moves to action
Willingness to work with a wide variety of church denominations and theological positions
Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office 365 suite, databases and report generation
Travel up to 25%

Nice To Haves

Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
Strong planning skills and the ability to multi-task
Outstanding human relations and managerial skills
Demonstrative initiative; the ability to work with minimal supervision.
A working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Raiser’s Edge or other fundraising database.
Valid driver's license and ability to pass a MVR

Responsibilities

Design and implement innovative strategies to identify, cultivate and solicit high-capacity donors and prospects for major gifts ($10K and above).
Effectively prepares meeting materials, stewardship reports and major gift solicitations including, but not limited to high-quality solicitation materials, proposals and investment decks.
Manage communication and partner interactions with World Relief California’s executive and programmatic leadership.
Make direct, face-to-face solicitations.
Work with World Relief’s legacy giving strategies to secure planned giving opportunities with long-term partners.
In collaboration with the local advancement team, provide portfolio development support, strategic counsel, and help with partner communications.
Analyzes prospect research with a keen understanding of moves management to steward donors towards major gifts.
Utilize the donor database CRM to track and manage donor/prospect portfolio and monitor individual results toward fundraising goals; adhere to timely reporting of results to ensure accuracy of the fundraising pipeline and year-end projection forecasts.
Provides stewardship to existing and future individual major partners.
Maintains current and accurate files on all individual partners.