Sr Gift Officer Organizational Giving

Bon Secours Mercy Health • Suffolk, VA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Gift Officer manages and solicits a portfolio of major gift prospects with estimated philanthropic capacity of $50,000 or more. Working with the Market President, Foundation, Foundation Board of Directors, and local clinical and executive leadership, the role supports cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of assigned prospects. This fundraising generalist role places particular emphasis on securing major gifts to meet revenue goals.

The position is with the Maryview Foundation at Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk, Virginia, and is scheduled for 40 hours per week on the day shift. The role also contributes to Foundation communications and team engagement and professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, social sciences, or public health.
• Three to five years of related experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to represent the Foundation effectively to external audiences.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to create clear, concise reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Creativity and demonstrated success personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding prospects and volunteers, and closing gifts.
• Knowledge of planned gifts and strategies, and ability to identify planned giving opportunities among major gift prospects.
• Ability to set and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong proficiency with computers and software, including Raiser’s Edge and Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare philanthropy is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate, solicit, and steward major and planned gift prospects supporting Bon Secours Mercy Health philanthropic efforts, including managing relationships with a portfolio of 125 prospects able to give $50,000 or more.
• Develop personalized plans to move each prospect through qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Provide personalized stewardship and impact reports to assigned donors.
• Collaborate with the Foundation team to develop and submit major gift proposals to assigned prospects.
• Prepare event briefing documents, including donor prospect profiles and follow-up, research, discovery, cultivation, and stewardship plans for attendees.
• Gather and enter information to update donor profiles and activity in Raiser’s Edge NXT or other appropriate donor software.
• Contribute content ideas for Foundation communications, including newsletters, impact reports, and fundraising materials.
• Participate in engagement and professional development activities for the Foundation team and continue professional growth and development.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and a 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; HSA/FSA options; life insurance; mental health resources; and discounts.
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, and backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior