Description
Siena College is seeking a top frontline fundraiser in the role of Major Gift Officer to engage alumni, parents and friends as partners in supporting the mission of Siena College.
This administrator will join a successful team of development professionals who are focused on building the prospect pipeline, building excitement and support for Siena's next Comprehensive Campaign.
This is a fully remote position.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage an assigned portfolio of 150 major gift prospects; develop ongoing relationships with these prospects and donors throughout the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship process with the goal of soliciting and closing gifts of $25,000+
- Travel to conduct 8 - 10 face-to-face meetings per month with those in assigned portfolio
- Record all interactions and plans in the donor data base, ensuring a high level of accuracy and integrity
- Participate at and assist where needed with cultivation events
- Utilize prospect research and other strategies to determine giving capacity and identify areas of philanthropic interest of assigned prospects
- Build effective and substantive relationships with alumni, parents, friends, administration, faculty, coaches and other constituents to foster engagement, participation and support for Siena College
Annual salary for this position : $66,400.00 to $69,720.00
The hiring salary above represent the College's good faith estimate at the time of posting in compliance with the Albany County Salary Transparency Law.
Requirements :
- Bachelor's degree
- Three years of successful frontline fundraising experience, or a demonstrated comparably successful track record in a related career
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and peers within the university leadership, as well as external partners and volunteers
- Ability to work remotely
- Possess strong technical skills which include proficiency with Windows, the Microsoft Suite, Google and Banner or comparable constituent / donor database.
- Must have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Affinity with the overall mission of Siena College
- Must have flexibility to work evenings and weekends
- Travel is expected to be 40% of the year. Travel will be US domestic but not limited to a single territory
- Candidates must possess a valid driver's license at the time of appointment and must maintain such license throughout the tenure of employment.
- A background screening will be required
30+ days ago