Jobs : Major Gifts Officer

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas offers comprehensive reproductive healthcare services. We are here to educate and care for healthy communities. We believe the needs of our community are greater than they’ve ever been. And that drives us to work harder, aim higher, and expect more from one another. Here, you'll be empowered to make an immediate impact for our organization and clients.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package:

• Excellent Medical and Dental Benefit Plans
• Retirement plan and employer match
• Generous Paid Time Off. 
• Plus Additional Benefits.

Title: Major Gifts Officer

Location: Dallas, TX

Reports To: Senior Director of Major Gifts

Supervises: Volunteers

Employment Status: Full-time, Exempt 

Summary:  The Major Gifts Officer is responsible for overseeing fundraising programs within a designated region, including major gifts, special campaigns, planned giving, and fundraising for statewide advocacy efforts.  Additional key responsibilities include:  (1) fundraising and relationship-building activities with individual donors, and (2) identifies, cultivates, and stewards major gifts.  Ensures productivity expectations and compliance standards are maintained. Abides by the organization’s mission in performing job duties.  Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to quality health care and excellent customer service.

Essential Job Functions & Expectations:

• Manages the Major Gifts program and conducts fundraising activities for designated region.

• Makes face-to-face solicitations for both major and planned gifts and provides staff support for solicitations in coordination with executive leadership and leadership volunteers.
• Develops and implements a coordinated, year-round Major Gifts plan and timetable, including setting target goals and monitoring results. 
• Manages major gift solicitations, solicitation procedures and cultivation of donors from the earliest planning stages through implementation and follow-up within designated region.
• Manages the mentoring of solicitors within designated region to assure their success in fundraising.
• Develops and implements plan to strategically build and maintain donor base, including setting target goals and monitoring results.
• Works with the development team to engage in systematic research on prospective donors to identify sources of support and to supply solicitors with prospect information.
• Builds effective and trustworthy relationships with major donors, board members, foundation trustees, staff and community leaders.
• Provides exceptional customer service to all donors within designated region.
• Manages planning giving solicitations, solicitation procedures and cultivation of donors from the earliest planning stages through implementation and follow-up.
• Manages Major Gifts fundraising for statewide advocacy efforts.
• Develops and implements a coordinated, year-round plan and timetable for statewide advocacy fundraising, including setting target goals and monitoring results.
• Manages statewide advocacy fundraising solicitations, solicitation procedures and cultivation of donors from the earliest planning stages through implementation and follow-up.
• Attends meetings for statewide advocacy efforts and works collaboratively with staff from other organizations.
• Participates in Development staff meetings. 
• In conjunction with the Senior Vice President of Development, Senior Director of Major Gifts, and other senior leadership, develops effective strategies and leads efforts to achieve the fundraising and outreach goals for area of responsibility.
• Partners with the leadership team to enhance community visibility, establish donor relations, etc.
• Keeps current on changing trends in philanthropy and adjusts programs and strategies as needed.
• Assures compliance with the Board of Director’s governance policies on development as well as the standards established by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
• Assures that all fundraising materials and any communication with the public maintain the highest standards of integrity and honesty.
• Serves as a role model for staff in quality of work, competence, standards of behavior, initiative, teamwork, and compliance with organization policies.
• Manages volunteer committees that support major gifts, planned giving, and special campaigns.
• Accepts public speaking engagements as appropriate.
• In conjunction with other appropriate staff, develops printed materials needed for fundraising (e.g. instructional materials, pledge cards, brochures, envelopes, mailing pieces).
• Promotes and facilitates integration, collaboration and teamwork between all departments throughout the organization to advance the overall plans and initiatives. 
• Provides input relating to Development work plan, policies, systems, and procedures. 
• Produces timely and accurate reports to Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and regulatory agencies as requested.
• Maintains knowledge of abortion and family planning regulations and implements changes as necessary.
• Represents the organization at meetings, community events, conferences, and fundraising events, as appropriate.
• Has restricted access to client private health information and has no reason to view protected health information (PHI).   May have access to data that is not considered PHI, such as aggregate numbers.
• Ensures achievement of agency goals, vision and mission. 
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. 

To view the full job description and apply, please visit: www.ppgreatertx.org

Minimum Education:  Bachelor’s degree.  

Minimum Experience:  5 years of professional fundraising experience.

Required Licenses/Certifications:  CFRE preferred

Agency Standards:  Must have excellent computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet. Must have the willingness and ability to adapt to change including advances or new technology. Must have excellent customer service skills and be committed to providing the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Must be able to travel within and outside organization region as job dictates.
• Ability to effectively perform a variety of development functions including annual campaigns, major gifts, events, planned giving, and special campaigns.
• Recognized excellence in interpersonal and relationship-building skills, project management skills; ability to motivate and work collaboratively with staff throughout the agency, and effect change.
• Demonstrated appreciation for the level of detail, discretion and good judgment necessary for effective solicitation and cultivation of donors and supporters.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity, high energy, positive attitude and diplomatic.
• Ability to effectively prepare written acknowledgement letters, contracts, reports and proposals.
• Ability to earn the confidence of a wide range of internal and external constituents.
• Ability to think strategically and achieve organization’s goals relating to position.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Ability to manage details and complexity, to handle a variety of tasks simultaneously and to work under pressure.
• Comfortable and knowledgeable with discussing topics relating to sexual and reproductive health.
• Skilled in verbal and written communications.
• Must be able to speak effectively in a public or group setting.
• Requires an understanding of and commitment to quality healthcare and excellent customer service.
• Be discrete and safe guard confidential information.
• Possess integrity and compliance – can be relied upon to act ethically.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Ability to lead, manage, direct, and motivate diverse groups of people and possess the skills to delegate and supervise volunteers.
• Affiliate Knowledge:   Understands the mission and structure of the affiliate and exhibits agency’s core values. 
• Attention to Detail: Demonstrates thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small.
• Tenacity: Keeps working systematically and tirelessly to meet or exceed stated goals or until the goal is no longer reasonably attainable.
• Work Management:  Effectively manages time as a resource; establishes realistic priorities; schedules own time and activities effectively; gives balanced focus and attention to appropriate long- and short-term priorities.  Develops action plans and budgets; leverages technology; anticipates obstacles; establishes check points and monitors progress.
• Recovery Skills:   Responds effectively and acknowledges responsibilities when clients (internal or external) experience problems or mistakes; rectifies the situation to restore client satisfaction; seeks information and collaborates with others to take action to implement permanent fixes. Maintains stable performance and emotions when faced with opposition, pressure, and or stressful conditions.
• Interpersonal Sensitivity: Acts in a way that indicates understanding and accurate interpretation of others’ concerns, feelings, strengths and limitations. Uses interpersonal understanding to shape one’s own response.
• Impact & Influence: Develops and uses effective strategies to influence others or to gain their support.
• Advocacy: Supports others and actively contributes to Planned Parenthood’s success; celebrates others’ successes; collaborates across functions and departments to meet internal and external client needs.
• Adaptability or Flexibility:  Responds with flexibility to shifting priorities and changing work situations; recovers quickly from problems and setbacks; develops new skills to remain competitive. Adapts easily to change, sees the merits of differing positions, and adapts own positions and strategies in response to new information or changes to a situation.
• Coping with Demands of the Position: Uses effective problem solving while working under stress, high volume of work demands and/or time demands; regularly meets deadlines.
• Celebrates and exemplifies the core values of our organization:  Cooperative and Courteous; Honesty, Integrity & Straightforwardness; Inclusive; Quality Service; and Creativity within the context of Best Practices.

 Diversity creates a healthier environment: equal opportunity employer. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination of any kind, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, past, present or prospective military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, socio-economic circumstances, language spoken, or any other characteristics protected by law (“Protected Characteristics”). We maintain a drug-free workplace. Should be pleasant, neat, and well-groomed in representing the agency to the general public.