Director of Development, Mass Eye and Ear
$99,466–$144,643 year
HybridBoston, Massachusetts, United States or Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Build and actively manage a portfolio of prospects and donors while meeting annual fundraising targets from new and existing sources. Conduct donor meetings and prospect qualifications through proactive and reactive identification, then successfully solicit gifts by collaborating with faculty, volunteers, and administrative staff. Formulate and execute prospect and donor moves management strategies, fully documenting all work in the Blackbaud CRM. Collaborate with colleagues across fundraising teams to achieve overall Development Office goals, create case statements and proposals, and strengthen relationships with hospital and institutional partners.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 8-10 years of fundraising or related experience
Desired Qualifications
- Experience devising and implementing cultivation and solicitation strategies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong work ethic
- Strategic thinking skills
- Proficiency in data entry, data management and reporting
- Ability to motivate, engage, influence and work collaboratively with diverse internal and external audiences in a variety of situations
- Entrepreneurial, conscientious and results-oriented work style
- Motivation to learn
- Display flexibility in a changing environment
- Experience with Blackbaud CRM (or Raiser's Edge)
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Video conferencing platforms (Zoom and Teams)
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