Leadership Gifts Officer

About the role

Reporting to the Director of Leadership Gifts, the Leadership Gifts Officer creates and implements strategies that strengthen relationships with Deerfield alumni and parents, and cultivates, solicits and closes gifts and commitments of $100,000 or more.

Responsibilities

• Manage portfolio of 200 alumni and parent prospects within assigned regions
• Cultivate, solicit, and close capital and planned gifts of $100,000 or more
• Collaborate with DeerfieldFund colleagues to develop and implement strategies for high-end Deerfield Fund gifts
• Track and report on all prospect activity; update contact and biographical information; submit contact reports on a timely basis
• Provide ongoing stewardship of all major gifts
• Coordinate and staff cultivation and solicitation visits for Head of School in assigned regions
• Support and staff Trustees and campaign volunteers on cultivation visits and work with them to curate small donor events in assigned regions
• Organize and conduct successful cultivation events to engage major donors
• Attend regular prospect review sessions and frontline fundraiser meetings
• Participate in weekend and evening activities, including alumni relations events, both on campus and within assigned geographic regions
• Travel 70 to 80 days per year; conduct approximately 150 visits per year
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3 to 5 years of experience in development, or a related field especially closing 6-figure gifts, preferably in an academic setting
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse constituencies