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Major Gift Officer
Staff / Full-Time
The Rivers School, Weston, MA
Job Title: Major Gift Officer
Classification: Exempt, Full-Time
Reports to: Director of Leadership and Planned Giving
Position Purpose:
The Rivers School is seeking a full-time Major Gift Officer, who will be responsible for developing strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward long-term relationships with key donor prospects within an assigned pool of approximately 150 prospects who have the capacity to give $50,000 or more.
Through face-to-face solicitations, the frontline fundraiser will be responsible for generating revenue in the form of annual, major, and planned gifts.
Essential Job Functions:
- Identify, cultivate, and solicit annual, major, and planned giving prospects, as well as meet departmental metrics, including 125 annual meetings with prospects.
- Participate in the development of overall fundraising strategies, as well as prepare written and oral presentations and proposals.
- Participate and manage all aspects of building donor relations and solicitation of gifts.
- Assist the Director of Leadership and Planned Giving in managing the planned giving program with annual goals for growing the number of members in The Nonesuch Society.
- Collaborate with the Director of Annual Giving to solicit top annual fund gifts.
- Ensure donors are appropriately thanked and stewarded by the office.
- Establish and build relationships with the professional community to better represent the school.
- Other duties as assigned with night and weekend work on occasion.
Qualifications:
- Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree and have at least three to five years of fundraising or transferable experience, preferably in an educational setting. An understanding and appreciation of independent schools is preferred.
- Must have a demonstrated record of fundraising success.
Required Skills:
- Must have exceptional writing and communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
- High level of fluency with Raiser’s Edge NXT, Google Suite, and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work, multi-task, and work with many people on different projects—from administrators, professional community members, volunteers, parents, and alumni.
- Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
- Must be a collegial, flexible, and collaborative team player.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
The Rivers School
Weston, MA
Middle School, High School
Day
All Gender