Leadership Gift Officer
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Bennington CollegeHigher education fundraising
This is a remote position requiring residence in the West Coast, Mountain West, or Pacific NorthwestFull-TimeMiddle
SalaryAt least 82,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in frontline fundraising, sales, account management, relationship management, business development, or a related field
- Required Skills
- Data AnalysisCRM
Requirements
- Hold a bachelor’s degree or have an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Have three to five years of progressively responsible experience in frontline fundraising, sales, account management, relationship management, business development, or a related field.
- Have experience in higher education advancement or nonprofit fundraising; this is preferred.
- Hold a valid, current driver’s license and be able to travel independently.
- Demonstrate the ability to establish and sustain meaningful relationships with a wide range of individuals.
- Be comfortable initiating conversations about philanthropy and making direct person-to-person solicitations.
- Have strong organizational and portfolio-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple relationships, priorities, and deadlines independently.
- Demonstrate initiative, follow-through, prioritization, and the ability to work toward measurable goals.
- Have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, as well as strong listening skills.
- Have experience using CRM or donor-management databases; familiarity with fundraising and moves-management systems is preferred.
- Be able to use data, research, and technology to inform portfolio strategy and fundraising activity.
- Be able to work independently in a remote environment and collaboratively as part of a distributed team.
- Exercise sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information and work respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Be willing and able to travel regularly throughout the Western United States and periodically to Bennington, Vermont, and other locations as needed.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement individualized qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned constituents.
- Personally solicit leadership annual gifts, focusing on renewing and increasing gifts in the $10,000–$100,000 range and securing multi-year commitments when appropriate.
- Conduct approximately 8–12 meaningful in-person or virtual donor and prospect visits each month.
- Build a pipeline of prospective donors through qualification, discovery, engagement, and solicitation.
- Identify individuals with major and planned gift potential and partner with senior development colleagues on next-step strategies and transitions.
- Use prospect research, data analysis, and portfolio management tools to evaluate, prioritize, and manage assigned relationships.
- Maintain timely records of donor interactions, strategies, proposals, contact reports, demographic updates, and moves-management activity in the College’s constituent database.
- Build relationships with alumni, parents, friends, trustees, and other constituents, and connect donor interests with opportunities to support the College.
- Collaborate with Institutional Advancement colleagues, College leadership, trustees, faculty, staff, and volunteers on coordinated donor strategies.
- Support regional cultivation, stewardship, and engagement opportunities and represent Bennington College at events and gatherings.
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