Major Gifts Officer

Gods Pantry Food Bank•Lexington, KY

10d

About The Position

The Major Gifts Officer will identify, qualify, solicit, close, and steward major gifts ($5,000+) with a focus on high net-worth individuals. This position will create strategic requests and reports for donors by collaborating with the Marketing and Communications team to align with the department's overall goals and plans.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
Minimum of 5 years of successful portfolio management experience with a proven success record in major and/or planned gift fundraising
Strong critical thinking to align organizational needs and donor opportunities
Strong planning skills, including the ability to anticipate tasks, set priorities, meet deadlines, and function smoothly under shifting priorities
Given that God’s Pantry Food Bank is both a crisis response and an ongoing service agency, it is necessary that staff be adaptable and creative, able to deal with rapid change and unusual demands of time and effort. It is also imperative that excellent working relationships and a positive atmosphere be maintained with not only the staff, but with donors, volunteers, neighbors, and all others with whom the employee comes in contact while representing God’s Pantry Food Bank.
Experience writing solicitation letters, proposals, and stewardship materials
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to learn Raiser's Edge.

Responsibilities

Qualify, solicit, close, and steward major and planned gifts from high net-worth individuals as well as gifts from corporations and foundations through visits and other forms of direct personal contact
Execute moves management approach to the portfolio and a custom strategy for each donor to develop approaches to generate new and higher levels of giving
Enlist senior management, volunteers, and board members in the cultivation and solicitation of major donors and prospects that integrate into the overall department goals and plans
Coordinate cultivation, recognition, and stewardship activities, as needed, with other team members
Meet annual goals for personal visits, solicitation proposals, and planned gift asks
Monitor and report all relationship management activity using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge CRM
Assist in short- and long-range planning activities to support and implement fundraising goals and objectives
Assist with fundraising events and related volunteer opportunities, which occasionally fall on nights and weekends
Attend and participate in required educational programs and staff meetings
Remain knowledgeable of all God’s Pantry Food Bank’s programs, services, and events
May be asked to speaking to the public and make presentations on behalf of the organization
Perform other duties as assigned