Philanthropy Officer, DCC & UCARE Community Fundraising (Miami)

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Core Job Summary The Philanthropy Officer works to fulfill the goals of the assigned unit / s by developing and executing strategies to secure major gifts from donors and prospects. Core Job Functions

• Identifies prospective donors and funding sources, in conjunction with faculty and staff, and develops cultivation and solicitation plans, involving the aforementioned groups and volunteers, as appropriate.
• Ensures regular communications and stewardship with donors, including re-solicitations, proper acknowledgement of gifts and pledge payments, reporting, visiting, and providing regular information on the progress of the departments.
• Assists donors, prospects and other select individuals with appointments, scheduling and other necessary facilitation through clinical encounters.
• Maintains communication with colleagues in medical departments, other schools and central development to ensure effective collaborations and synergy in achieving the university's key fundraising goals and objectives.
• Develops and maintains in-depth knowledge of the assigned department's needs, both general and specific to various programs and departments.
• Documents all contacts, communications, visits, and proposals in Raiser's Edge and other appropriate donor files.
• Demonstrates significant and continuous progress toward campaign or multi-year project goals.
• Reaches departmental yearly cash fundraising goals (team goal).
• Makes an appropriate amount of substantive cultivation and solicitation actions toward closing gifts.
• Reaches individual yearly goals for number and amounts solicited and number and amounts funded. Reaches additional goals as acting as a collaborator.
• Manages an appropriate number of active prospects and active proposals.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core Qualifications Education : Bachelor's degree in relevant field required Experience : Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required Certification and Licensing : Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.

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