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Manager, Major Gifts

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Denver, CO, USA
Full-time

This position is responsible for directing donor cultivation, education, solicitation, stewardship, and prospecting of major gifts ($10k+) in support of Mile High United Way's fundraising efforts.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Develops, cultivates and maintains major gift donor relationships within the assigned portfolio of donors. The average portfolio size of donors and prospects is 200.
  • Builds strong, authentic relationships and creates a donor cultivation strategy for all current donors in assigned portfolio.
  • Implements annual and long-range plans for donors within portfolio.
  • Personally identifies and cultivates prospective donors within industry alignment/prospect portfolio. Additionally, works with team members and volunteer ambassadors to identify prospects through various channels
  • Helps to recruit volunteer Tocqueville Society Ambassadors.
  • Works with volunteer ambassadors to execute fundraising plans, as needed. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: provides Salesforce meeting reports and meeting preparation reports, follows up with ambassador for results of their involvement, and tracks ambassadors' help in Salesforce.
  • Attends all Tocqueville Society networking and volunteer events and actively participates in all relevant external-facing events hosted by our organization.
  • Collaborates with Corporate Relations team members to identify and cultivate donors within our corporate partnership accounts.
  • Supervise and mentor fundraising staff at the leadership level.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Maintains security and confidentiality of all division documents and files.
  • Maintains a positive image of Mile High United Way.
  • Provides support to other department and corporate priorities, as needed (e.g. strategic plan, annual budget, special initiatives, etc.).
  • Develops and maintains strong working relationships with other departments.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor's Degree in business, finance, humanities, or equivalent experience.
Skills/Experience: 
  • 3 -5 years successful experience in fundraising, portfolio management, and one-on-one solicitation. Proven solicitation experience of gifts $10,000 and higher and experience closing multi-year gifts preferred.
  • 3-5 years of demonstrated excellent relationship management and customer service with donors, volunteers, and/or accounts.
  • Additional successful experience in funds development including, proposal writing, prospect research, volunteer management, annual individual giving campaigns, capital campaigns, and donor cultivation and recognition.

Special Skills & Knowledge

  • Excellent relationship building and fundraising skills
  • Ability to self-manage multiple priorities effectively
  • High level of professionalism
  • Passionate about creating long-lasting, collaborative community change
  • Ability to set and achieve short and long-term goals
  • Highly committed to excellent customer service and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage and motivate executive level volunteers to achieve fundraising and organizational goals
  • High degree of personal responsibility and integrity
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Positive, collaborative team player
  • Must work well under pressure, be flexible, creative, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable of the community

Computer Skills

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • CRM/database experience-Salesforce preferred

Organization Info

United Way Worldwide

Overview
Headquarters: 
Alexandria, VA, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1934
About Us
Mission: 

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. We win by living United. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems. By mobilizing the best resources. And by inspiring individuals to join the fight against their community's most daunting social crises.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jul 18 2019
Active Until: 
Aug 18 2019
Hiring Organization: 
United Way Worldwide
industry: 
Nonprofit