Gift Officer, Corporate & Foundation Relations

YSM C&F Gift Officer

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Reporting to the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) Director of Corporate & Foundation (C&F) Relations and working in close collaboration with university leadership, faculty and other colleagues, the YSM C&F Gift Officer is charged with helping to secure foundation and corporate support in the form of research and programmatic gifts and grants for the priorities of YSM and its associated institutes, centers, and units. C&F Gift Officer responsibilities include :

• Work with YSM and C&F colleagues to identify, cultivate, solicit, and secure foundation and corporate support for YSM priorities.
• Manage and steward the University's relationship with key C&F funders to ensure strong ties and increasing support.
• Build partnerships that benefit priority areas for YSM.
• Assist in developing and implementing prospect cultivation strategies, including effectively coordinating activities such as campus visits, site visits, and relevant travel.
• Work with university leadership, faculty, and staff to communicate and engage with foundations and corporations around fundraising priorities and academic initiatives best aligned with the funders' priorities.
• In consultation and coordination with the C&F Director, develop and maintain effective partnerships across the campus, including in academic and financial administration, faculty leaders, and other campus partners.
• Meet as needed with key administrative and academic leaders to ensure communication and coordination.
• Work with other university colleagues on a range of issues such as building prospecting procedures and identifying potential foundation and corporate prospects and donors; and serving as an effective partner in support of university development communications that help to engage and retain foundation and corporate partners.

Job title and level will be commensurate with experience.

Required Skills and Abilities

Preferred Skills and Abilities

Preferred Education and Experience

Minimum of four years' experience in work relevant to advancing support for the sciences, including communications and writing proposals, and / or experience in academic medicine or health science fundraising and advanced degree in biosciences or related fields.

Principal Responsibilities

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor's Degree required, two-eight years of fundraising experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Job title and level will be commensurate with experience.

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