POSITION VACANCY

 

POSITION TITLE:                                         Major Gift Officer     

CLASSIFICATION:                                      Exempt

DEPARTMENT:                                           Institutional Advancement

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

 

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 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. 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. Willingness and ability to travel.
  11. Willingness and ability to work weekends and evenings as required.
  12. Possess a valid driver’s license.
  13. High energy.
  14. Sense of humor.
  15. Team player.

 

09/16

 

INTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD COMPLETE RESUME AND COVER LETTER AND EMAIL IT TO hrjobs@kings.edu.