Major Gift Officer - Wilkes-Barre, PA

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JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Major Gift Officer

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

DEPARTMENT: Institutional Advancement

POSITION REPORTS TO: TBD – Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement or designee

ABOUT KING’S COLLEGE

A Catholic institution of higher education animated and guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross, King’s pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship through a rigorous core curriculum, major programs across the liberal arts and sciences, nationally-accredited professional programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and personal attention to student formation in a nurturing community. The College is in downtown Wilkes-Barre, on the edge of the Pocono Mountains. King’s is committed to recruiting a diverse faculty and student body and welcomes applications from persons of traditionally under-represented groups. Further information about King’s can be found at www.kings.edu.

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY

King’s is at an exciting moment in its history. The College is in a place of strategic growth and is currently raising funds towards its largest comprehensive campaign to-date. The successful candidate will join a team of energetic and enthusiastic professionals committed to the King’s mission and mindful that the better our team performs, the greater the impact on our students’ opportunities and experiences. Identifying the right candidate to assume this important role is a key priority.

King’s College is searching for a responsible, energetic, and goals-driven professional to join its progressive Institutional Advancement team as a Major Gifts Officer (“MGO”).

JOB FUNCTIONS

The successful candidate will secure pledges and gifts that contribute to the advancement of the College’s mission and achievement of its strategic goals. The MGO plays a role in all aspects of the gift cycle: actively identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift prospects, including alumni, parents, and friends of the College. This new team member will develop, implement, and execute effective cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans. The MGO will work with IA team members, administrators, faculty, staff, volunteers, and other constituencies as needed to engage prospects.

The MGO reports to the Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement or an identified designee.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

  1. Manage a portfolio of major giving prospects made up of alumni and friends.
  2. Visit and otherwise communicate with alumni and friends of King’s College who are major gift prospects. The purpose of the visits and communications can be for qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
  3. Be active with a range of constituents and seek to secure financial support at different levels in accordance with where prospects and donors stand within the cultivation continuum.
  4. Develop customized strategies of prospect and donor engagement.
  5. Craft effective and brand-consistent written proposals and collateral materials.
  6. Follow moves management protocol, including timely submission of weekly progress reports and call reports, and adherence to gift-related policies.
  7. Derive a deep satisfaction from working collaboratively and contributing to the overall success of the Advancement team and the College.
  8. Ability to quickly learn and adapt to the donor database (Raiser's Edge NXT) and utilize it for daily reporting and call entry
  9. Maintain a public presence in local communities through personal service.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong candidates will have earned a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and will possess a minimum of 5 years of development/fundraising experience preferably in (but not limited to) higher education. Significant experience in qualifying and cultivating prospects, making personal solicitations, and closing gifts is required. Other qualifications include:

  1. Highest ethical standards.
  2. Optimistic and a positive attitude.
  3. Excellent relationship skills.
  4. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
  5. Excellent management and organizational skills.
  6. Ability to work independently and satisfy defined metrics for success.
  7. Ability to work with volunteers, including the Board of Directors, the President’s Council, and similar entities.
  8. Ability to work effectively with individuals of diverse backgrounds, personalities, and life experiences.
  9. Proven effectiveness in one-on-one qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
  10. Strong excel skills and previous knowledge with donor database or CRM system (Raiser's Edge NXT)
  11. Willingness and ability to travel.
  12. Willingness and ability to work weekends and evenings as required.
  13. Possess a valid driver’s license.
  14. High energy.
  15. Sense of humor.
  16. Team player.

To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to:

King's College
Human Resources Department
133 N. River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Fax: 570-208-5967
Email: HRjobs@kings.edu

For more information call (570) 208-5925

King's College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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