Philanthropy Specialist, Major Gifts

About the role

The Individual Giving team is dedicated to securing philanthropic gifts in support of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's initiatives across all segments of individual donors supporting the institution. An integral part of the Individual Giving Team business model is planning and implementing investigation, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for all constituents and stakeholders (new and established) for the purpose of executing on those strategies with precision and excellence thereby securing philanthropic gifts.

Responsibilities

• Provides high level administrative support and executes on various process-oriented tasks for a group of Philanthropy gift officers in a matrix management system.
• Partners with the gift officer to ensure execution of tasks and assignments associated with specialized donor strategies.
• Utilizes self-direction and strategic thinking to balance simultaneous requests and projects for matrix managers, prioritizing and executing in appropriate sequence on a variety of administrative responsibilities and tasks associated with fundraising portfolio management.
• Manages tasks switching across multiple, competing projects for varied stakeholders and brings all work to resolution with timeliness and a keen attention to detail and completeness.
• Composes formal and informal correspondence, creates and formats presentations, and provides professional and supportive assistance to donors, patient referrals and other institutional stakeholders.
• Supports the gift officer's donor engagement activities through facilitating internal and external meetings, site visit preparation, and providing thorough follow-up on all related follow-up deliverables for the assigned gift officers.
• Leverages partnerships with division service lines in donor communications, donor relations, and the Grateful Giving Program on gift officer related donor engagement tasks and projects, requiring the comprehension of project content and deliverables and ensuring appropriateness and completeness of associated documents and donor communications.

Qualifications

• One year Clerical, office, administrative, organizational, or related support experience or May substitute required Bachelor's degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis.
• Preferred: Fundraising/non-profit, government agency, marketing, advertising, or public relations, law, healthcare or related industry.

Benefits

• Paid employee medical benefits (zero premium)
• Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and Disability coverage
• Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave accruals
• Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave, and other paid leave programs
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
• Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and two voluntary retirement plans
• Employer paid life, AD&D and an illness-related reduced salary pay program
• Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health programs and employee resource groups.

Pay

Salary Range: Minimum $53,000 | Midpoint $66,000 | Maximum $79,000

Schedule

This is a hybrid position and days located in Houston, TX

Job Specific Competencies

• Philanthropic Business Support (60%): Supports donor relationship development activities, tracking and delivery of strategy. Requires knowledge of fundraising operations, donor stages and life cycle, moves management and engagement activities.
• Administrative Portfolio Support (20%): Portfolio activity and donor outreach support (portfolio mass mailings with correlating data entry and mail merge, individualized donor outreach by portfolio [birthday cards, donor anniversaries and other milestones, donor summary reports, etc.], CRM updates. Readily completes Philanthropy Operations support request according to portfolio activity need [research, prospect management, business solutions requests, gift designation account changes) across multiple gift officers).
• Administrative Support (20%): Donor moves management administrative support, patient schedule monitoring and lookup, calendar and meeting schedule management (external and internal stakeholders) across multiple gift officers or professional staff.

Education

• Required: Bachelor's Degree
• May substitute required Bachelor's degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis.
• Preferred: Fundraising/non-profit, government agency, marketing, advertising, or public relations, law, healthcare or related industry.

Additional Information

Requisition ID: 180867
Employment Status: Full-Time Employee Status: Regular
Work Week: Days
Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 53,000
Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 66,000
Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 79,000
FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
Fund Type: Hard Work
Location: Hybrid Onsite/Remote
Pivotal Position: No
Referral Bonus Available?: No
Relocation Assistance Available?: No