The Senior Major Gifts Officer is a high-level, frontline fundraising role responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major gift prospects and donors, with a special focus on five- and six-figure or higher multi-year gifts supporting the Jewish Federation's Annual Campaign, special campaigns, new and existing endowments, planned giving and related programs. This position reports to the Senior Director of Philanthropy and has a significant and direct impact on the organization's success, sustainability and reputation across the community.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as relationship manager for a portfolio of approximately 150-200 key households and prospects at the Major Gifts level • Work closely with the Foundation to secure new and increased endowment gifts that grow financial sustainability • Develop multi-year fundraising and stewardship strategies for assigned relationships with specific metrics and goals • Work interdepartmentally to create communication and stewardship materials for assigned prospects • Oversee one or more special campaigns throughout the year as the lead staff person • Provide professional support and partnership to volunteer lay leadership involved in peer-to-peer cultivation and solicitation • Conduct ongoing portfolio analysis and accurately record donor and prospect interactions in the CRM database • Represent the Federation at local, national and international events, travel, conferences and meetings