Assistant Director Development - Philanthropy, Comprehensive Cancer Center

About the role

The Assistant Director of Development - Philanthropy, Comprehensive Cancer Center serves as the philanthropic leader for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. The position reports to the Director of Major Gifts and maintains a close working relationship with the Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director of the Cancer Clinical Service Line and section heads for Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Surgical Oncology (or their equivalents), as well as other faculty across departments engaged with the treatment and research of cancer.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, and solicit individuals for major gifts ($50K+) and leadership gifts ($1M+) to the Center.
• Build and maintain a portfolio high-profile prospects who have the capacity to support the mission of the Cancer Center with substantial gifts.
• Develop strategies for solicitations, utilizing institutional leadership and volunteers appropriate to the level of solicitation.
• Work with research, annual funds, events, and special gifts teams to establish and implement strategies for identifying and qualifying major gifts prospects.
• Meet regularly with Cancer Center leadership to review philanthropic priorities, to discuss prospect strategies, and to review progress toward fundraising goals.
• Provide active leadership in coordinating the assignment of cancer prospects and projects with faculty and institution leaders.
• Identify new high-potential donors through various means—visit, qualify, and develop prospect cultivation plans.
• Follow established procedures for tracking and qualifying prospects and for recording and reporting gifts.
• Develop, review, and edit gift proposals. Track progress of proposal; strategize follow-up and intermediate moves between submission and decision.
• Actively work with cancer team to promote formal and informal training in order to understand and respond to philanthropic opportunities.
• Demonstrate attentiveness to required standards for rapid response to referrals, qualification of prospects, and development of cultivation and solicitation plans for patients and families.
• Communicate regularly with cancer team regarding progress with referred prospects.
• Lead and manage the Cancer Philanthropy Board of Advisors, a non-fiduciary group supporting the Center’s philanthropic goals.
• Engage members as advocates, ambassadors, connectors, and donors.
• Encourage annual gifts of at least $5,000 and active participation in Board meetings and fundraising events.
• Facilitate introductions, recruit new members, and support succession planning.
• Ensure members are informed and motivated to advance the Center’s mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; five years of fundraising experience, including major gifts;
• Experience leading volunteer fundraising boards.

Preferred

• Advanced degree;
• Experience leading a fundraising team;
• Experience in a capital campaign.

Physical Requirements

• Standing: 35%
• Walking: 35%
• Sitting: 65%
• Bending: 65%
• Reaching with arms: 100%
• Finger and hand dexterity: 100%
• Talking: 100%
• Hearing: 100%
• Seeing: 100%
• Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling: 20 lbs. maximum