Philanthropy Specialist

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

19h

About The Position

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day. Job Description: This position works collaboratively to build and grow philanthropy with the end goal of building an internal culture of philanthropy as well as developing a major gifts pipeline. In collaboration with colleagues across UofL Health, UofL School of Medicine, and UofL Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement, this position is responsible for strategic rollout and implementation of all programs, trainings, communication, and events focused on the program. All job functions must be performed with a high degree of professionalism, including responsibility, initiative, creativity, dependability, human relations, cooperation, courtesy, and confidentiality. The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation/public speaking skills, organizational skills, and be mission driven.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree, preferably in a health-related field
Five years of related experience

Responsibilities

Manage relationship with internal leadership of UofL Health as it related to the program.
Train cohorts of clinicians and other key staff to identify potential patient cues and next steps including the referral process.
Oversee the continued development and rollout of the program– in coordination with the UofL Health development team.
Build relationships with doctors, staff, and patients to collect stories for the program and impact reports.
Foster clinician champions in an effort toward furthering philanthropy.
Create and oversee an advisory board of the program, made up of patients and clinician champions to provide meaningful engagement opportunities and to build a culture of philanthropy at UofL Health.
In collaboration with UofL Health Philanthropy team, increase volunteer engagement for our annual day of giving.
Create a comprehensive program that includes multiple avenues for engagement, including volunteer opportunities, board participation, patient advocacy (in clinical research) and storytelling.
Identity leads who are major gift prospects and connect them with the respective philanthropy colleague.
Meet or exceed annual goals as defined each year by supervisor.
Build and manage a portfolio of approximately 50 clinicians.
Collaborate with event coordinator on planning of events related to the program.