Vice President, Creative
Future
Associate Vice President, Planned Giving
Connecticut Children's
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- The Assistant/Associate Vice President of Development will be responsible for identifying, cultivating and soliciting individuals capable of making major gifts to support assigned departments and Medical Center investment priorities.
- Identify, cultivate and solicit prospects capable of making major gifts ($25,000+) to Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
- Develop and maintain a portfolio of 125-150 high-quality, long-term relationships with past and potential donors that maximize their capacity to provide financial support to Connecticut Children's.
- Create and maintain relationships with key members of assigned Medical Center departments to maximize grateful patient family referrals, engagement, and philanthropy. Stay up-to-date on department developments and needs. Planned assigned departments include hematology/oncology, cardiology, glycogen storage disease, and otolaryngology.
- Achieve annual activity and outcome goals, including set number of personal visits, major gift proposals submitted, major gifts closed, and dollars raised.
- Engage and support Board Members, Executive Management Team members, and Faculty leaders when appropriate in developing donor relationships.
- Through personal contact and donor research, identify and analyze both the capacity and inclination of these relationships to provide financial support and determine areas of interest that would inspire them to make major gifts to the Medical Center. Determine areas of donor interest and develop and implement written strategies that lead to major gift closure.
- Keep detailed records of the strategies, steps, and progress of every relationship using the Raiser's Edge database.
- Work with Donor Relations team to facilitate appropriate acknowledgement, recognition and stewardship of major gift commitments.
- Actively participate and engage in a variety of cultivation, solicitation and recognition events as appropriate.
- Perform additional activities related to development efforts as required.
Requirements
- Education Required: Bachelor's Degree required
- Education Preferred: Advanced degree in business or nonprofit management preferred.
- Experience Required: Five to seven years of a successful track record in fundraising, including at least three years of experience in major gifts.
- Experience Preferred: Direct experience in fundraising for a children's hospital or academic medical center preferred.
- Driver's license and motor vehicle to be able to attend relationship meetings throughout the New England region
