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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Five years of experience in development, communications, media relations, marketing, business, or a related field, including two years in project management, coordination, or event planning.
• Houston Methodist employees may be considered with four years of experience if they demonstrate progressive responsibilities.
• Knowledge of editing and/or familiarity with AP style guidelines.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and follow through to meet expectations of multiple constituencies.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to critically evaluate issues, options, and quantitative and qualitative performance results.
• Ability to manage relationships across all organizational levels, internally and externally.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member, accept responsibility, and be accountable for projects.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and meet deadlines in a time-sensitive, fast-paced environment with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong personal work ethic; self-motivated and results-oriented.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint and Excel.
• English speaking, reading, and writing proficiency sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to communicate with patients, physicians, family members, and coworkers in a manner consistent with customer service and positive language principles.
• Ability to perform assigned work safely, as assessed through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare fundraising or development.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with Foundation and hospital staff and, when applicable, prospective donors, donors, and key volunteers; lead regular planning and debriefings to gather feedback and identify next steps.
• Maintain familiarity with the work of clinical staff, physicians, and administration to identify appropriate contacts for data collection.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to support collaboration and communicate project initiatives, timelines, and change-management activities.
• Independently manage complex projects and coordinate with stakeholders to meet departmental timelines, deliverables, and budgets.
• Use technology resources to conduct research for assigned projects.
• Participate in assigned internal committees and task forces, explaining objectives and ensuring action items are completed.
• Produce correspondence, documents, talking points, meeting agendas, presentations, and reports for Foundation staff and activities.
• Facilitate internal and external meetings and site visits as needed.
• Work with fundraisers and Foundation staff to support strategic moves management for contributor and prospective contributor engagement.
• Support management with analysis and performance metrics to inform assessments and identify areas for improvement.
• Establish methods to track event, project, and initiative success and gather feedback for future use.
• Monitor and improve established workflows, collaborate on solutions, and apply lean principles to process improvement.
• Resolve information discrepancies in the fundraising database/customer relationship management (CRM) system and other Foundation systems; assist with data cleanup, archiving, and analysis as appropriate.
• Use resources cost-effectively, manage time and priorities, submit invoices on time, and track and adhere to project budgets as applicable.
• Pursue self-development, maintain a My Development Plan, build healthcare fundraising knowledge, and stay current with industry best practices.