The Major Gifts Officer will provide strategic advice to Executive and Senior Leadership, including goal setting, benchmarking, and integrating with current fundraising efforts. S/he will build and manage a robust donor/prospect portfolio of individuals committed to ensuring women's reproductive health and rights through their philanthropy.
Deadline: Open until filled
Location: Ipas Headquarters or an East Coast or Mid-Atlantic telecommuting location
Organization: Ipas
Overview:
Ipas is an international organization that works around the world to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. The Major Gifts Officer (Manager III, Development) is a new position reporting to the Director of Development. The Major Gifts Officer (MGO) will provide strategic leadership for a new individual donor program. The Major Gift initiative will complement our busy and highly successful institutional fundraising (we've been at it for 40+ years; our annual budget is approximately $60 million). The MGO will be based in either Ipas Headquarters or an East Coast or Mid-Atlantic telecommuting location. Responsibilities:The Major Gifts Officer will provide strategic advice to Executive and Senior Leadership, including goal setting, benchmarking, and integrating with current fundraising efforts. S/he will build and manage a robust donor/prospect portfolio of individuals committed to ensuring women's reproductive health and rights through their philanthropy. The Officer will be responsible for the solicitation of major gifts from individuals across a wide geographic area at the $10,000 level and above. S/he will facilitate appropriate donor interaction with senior and executive management. The position includes significant travel.Requirements:
Ipas is an international organization that works around the world to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. The Major Gifts Officer (Manager III, Development) is a new position reporting to the Director of Development. The Major Gifts Officer (MGO) will provide strategic leadership for a new individual donor program. The Major Gift initiative will complement our busy and highly successful institutional fundraising (we've been at it for 40+ years; our annual budget is approximately $60 million). The MGO will be based in either Ipas Headquarters or an East Coast or Mid-Atlantic telecommuting location. Responsibilities:The Major Gifts Officer will provide strategic advice to Executive and Senior Leadership, including goal setting, benchmarking, and integrating with current fundraising efforts. S/he will build and manage a robust donor/prospect portfolio of individuals committed to ensuring women's reproductive health and rights through their philanthropy. The Officer will be responsible for the solicitation of major gifts from individuals across a wide geographic area at the $10,000 level and above. S/he will facilitate appropriate donor interaction with senior and executive management. The position includes significant travel.Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred. CFRE credential preferred.
- 7+ years' experience and demonstrated success cultivating and soliciting major gifts.
- Supervisory experience.
- Strong skill base in training staff and volunteer leadership teams.
- Exceptional oral & written communication skills with demonstrated experience developing successful fundraising campaigns and related messaging.
- Excellent organizational, project management and time management skills.
- Able to work independently and take full ownership of assignments.
- Excellent collaborator and team member, able to work well with individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Strong commitment to Ipas mission and knowledge of reproductive health programming; ability to involve technical staff and others in cultivation strategies.
- Ability to travel at least 25% or more as needed.
- Knowledge of prospect tracking systems and donor databases.
Relocation allowance is available. To apply, please visit our career center at www.ipas.org to complete all fields in the application form. Please submit a cover letter describing your working style and what you can bring to this job, a resume and writing sample edited only by the applicant. The writing sample should be attached as part of your cover letter and should be no more than 2 pages. Please upload all documents as Word documents so formatting will be preserved.To apply, please click here
