Major Gift Officer

Lexington Medical Center

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About The Position

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.Job SummaryAreas of responsibility will include individual donors, corporate donors, event fundraising, and external grants. Will designate, develop and autonomously manage a portfolio of current and potential supporters, working with them to strategically achieve both the Foundation’s and their personal fund-raising goals. Responsible for the identifying, engaging and cultivating donors of $5,000 or more, with a special focus upon building relationships with corporate donors and community partners. Working with the senior leadership of the Foundation, members of the Foundation Board, volunteers and hospital employees, will forge and foster relationships for the advancement of the Foundation’s and hospital’s missions.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Management, Public Health, Non Profit Management, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of progressively responsible experience in philanthropic development or a related field.
• Must have demonstrated success in fundraising strategy, event planning donor development or business/corporate relations;
• Excellent written and verbal skills and the ability to communicate ideas in a clear and organized manner to internal team and external constituents required; Comfortable with using social media platforms;
• Must be proficient with Raiser's Edge or other fundraising database systems.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Foundation development colleagues, physicians, senior administrators and volunteers to develop and implement strategies to secure financial support for approved fundraising initiatives including identification, cultivation and primarily, solicitation of major donors and prospects (i.e. corporations, foundations, individuals) of $5,000 or more, to include gifts of assets and external grants.
• In addition to soliciting event sponsorships, will ensure benefit fulfillment and stewardship for sponsors, and support event management details as needed.
• Manage a prospect pool of 75-100 donors and prospects ensuring that solicitations and/or meaningful stewardship contacts are undertaken with all donors and prospects on an annual basis and achieve 150+ donor moves annually.
• Write and/or refine case statements and requests for support to meet donor interests and track all contacts with assigned donors in Raisers Edge.
• Support the work of identifying cultivation strategies for specific donors, including assisting Board Members and other senior volunteers in playing an effective role in donor cultivation and solicitation.
• Maintain and further cultivate effective interpersonal relationships with major donors and prospects, representing the Foundation in a highly ethical and confidential manner.
• Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures related to programs and internal processes related to major giving, fund development and donor relations.
• Assist with speaking at donor related events and develop and maintain working relationships with other community organizations in related fields and enthusiastically represent the Foundation at outreach events.
• Emulate best practices in the field and pursue continuing professional development.
• Develop a sound knowledge of the Lexington Medical Center, its programs, achievements and history.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees