Major Gifts Officer
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse the posting. Job title: Major Gifts Officer Status: Full-time Division: Fund Development Location: Santa Clara, CA We should not repeat job title as heading. We can include metadata like status, division, location in a short
. The role overview is prose. We need sections: About the role (role overview). Responsibilities (essential duties). Qualifications (Qualifications And Competencies). Possibly Skills (some of the competencies could be skills). But we must not create thin sections. We can combine qualifications and skills maybe. But we have to follow headings list: we can use only those headings that have real content. We have no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule info. So we should not create those sections. We have "Qualifications And Competencies" which includes both qualifications and skills. Could split into Qualifications and Skills sections if there is enough content. Let's see: qualifications list includes Bachelor's degree required; CFRE preferred; 5 years experience; must excel in working with high net-worth individuals; demonstrated experience; strong ability to communicate; ability to lead meetings; experience writing proposals; strong collaborative skills; confident technical proficiency in Google Workspace; familiarity with ClickUp; strong organizational and project-management skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively; understanding of key international events; strong research skills; proficiency in database and membership management; experience using Salesforce; ability to travel; availability to work evenings/weekends; must be eligible to work in US. That's a mix of qualifications and skills. Could create two sections: Qualifications (education, experience, eligibility) and Skills (communication, technical, etc.). But we need to ensure we have substantive content for each. We could do:
About the role
... role overview ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; CFRE certification preferred
- 5 years successful fundraising experience for nonprofit organization(s)
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
Skills
- Ability to work with high net‑worth individuals, families and businesses
- Prospect identification, relationship building, donor solicitation, portfolio management, stewardship
- Strong written and oral communication, persuasive and strategic
- Experience writing effective proposals, summaries, reports
- Strong collaborative and team‑oriented skills
- Technical proficiency in Google Workspace; familiarity with ClickUp or similar platforms
- Strong organizational and project‑management skills
- Understanding of key international and national current events affecting humanitarian aid
- Strong research skills and proficiency in database/membership management
- Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM
- Ability to travel independently within region and occasionally nationally
- Availability to work evenings, weekends, extended hours during events
- ...
for metadata: Status: Full-time; Division: Fund Development; Location: Santa Clara, CA. We can combine:
Status: Full‑time · Division: Fund Development · Location: Santa Clara, CA
Then About the role:About the role
... role overview ...
Role overview text: "The Major Gifts Officer manages relationships with current and prospective major donors to generate revenue and deepen support for IDEA’s mission. Reporting to the Regional Manager, the Major Gifts Officer identifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards donors through personalized engagement strategies, meetings, proposals, and other meaningful outreach. The role works closely with regional staff, organizational leadership, volunteers, and cross-functional departments to grow the major-gifts pipeline, strengthen donor relationships, and advance IDEA’s fundraising and community-development goals." We'll put that in a. Then Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- with each duty.
We'll need to ensure we don't miss any.
Let's craft list items:
- Manages and grows relationships with a portfolio of major donors and qualified prospects.
- Develops and implements strategies for identifying new donors and for cultivating and stewarding current donors through personalized outreach initiatives.
- Implements fundraising strategies from individuals via major gift campaigns, personal cultivation/solicitation, planned giving vehicles, and special events designed for individual donors.
- Contributes to major‑gifts strategy and creates individualized engagement plans for assigned donors and prospects in coordination with the Regional Manager and Fund Development leadership.
- Develops and manages the major gifts annual operational and revenue plans in conjunction with the regional team’s annual plan.
- Coordinates and liaises with other Fund Development team members, executive management, and relevant departments regarding relationship building and donor cultivation events (briefings, private/public presentations, special events) to provide targeted funding.
- Contacts and meets with prospective and current donors through personal or virtual visits, spending approximately 50% of time with active and prospective donors.
- Participates in and assists with regional development strategy and community outreach; liaises with consultants and external contacts to advance corporate giving and similar strategies.
- Works with executive management and fund development staff to ensure major donors are acknowledged personally and promptly, receiving appropriate stewardship and impact reporting.
- Writes and/or edits proposals, reports, acknowledgements, briefings, letters to donors and prospects, pledge reminders, and related documents.
- Maintains accurate records of all donor‑related activities, engagement strategies, opportunities, and personalized notes.
- Maintains familiarity with IDEA’s current campaigns, programs, projects, talking points, and relevant humanitarian and development issues; serves as an informed representative and advocate for IDEA at donor meetings, community events, fundraising activities, masajid, and other regional activities as assigned.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
Now Qualifications
Qualifications
- with items:
- Bachelor’s degree required; CFRE certification preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of successful fundraising experience for nonprofit organization(s).
- Must be eligible to work in the United States.
But we also have other qualifications like "Must excel in working with high net-worth individuals...". That seems more skill. We'll decide to put those under Skills.
Thus Qualifications only include education, experience, eligibility. That seems reasonable.
Now Skills
Skills
- with rest:
- Ability to work effectively with high net‑worth individuals, families, and businesses; ability to compel investment in IDEA’s mission.
- Demonstrated success in prospect identification, relationship building, donor solicitation, portfolio management, and stewardship.
- Strong written and oral communication skills; persuasive and strategic messaging with tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to lead face‑to‑face meetings and confidently solicit funding using appropriate language