Major Gifts Officer at Wild Animal Initiative

 

See full description at our website - https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/major-gifts-officer

Job title: Major Gifts Officer

Department: Development

Application deadline: 9 am ET Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Application materials:

Please submit an application using this form. You are welcome to preview all questions before beginning. We estimate that completing the application form will take you no longer than 1 hour, but there is no time limit. 

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The form will ask you to provide the following: 

Answers to multiple choice and restricted answer questions regarding your skills.

Short answer replies relating to your previous work experience and interests related to the qualifications listed for this role.

Application process timeline:

Phone screening: early to mid-June 2024

Skills assessment: mid-June 2024

Video interview: late June 2024

Target start date: July 2024

Responsibilities

Position mission statement:

As Wild Animal Initiative’s first Major Gifts Officer, you will lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives to nurture current donors, identify prospective major donors, foster relationships, and drive fundraising efforts. You will join a growing Development team and be our first staff member dedicated to personally cultivating relationships with new and current donors to solicit the gifts that make our work possible.

You will use a donor-centric and moves-management approach to set a major gifts strategy and meet annual and long-term fundraising goals. This means that you will focus on perceiving our donors' needs, interests, and motivations and strategically guide them through various stages of engagement and solicitation. The ultimate goal is to increase funding by carefully nurturing connections and aligning donor interests with the goals of Wild Animal Initiative (WAI).

You will develop and implement strategies that foster strong donor relations and ensure that our supporters feel valued, engaged, and connected to what we're doing. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other Wild Animal Initiative departments, using your communication skills to cultivate partnerships and drive support. 

You should consider applying for this role if you are a proven, clear, and compelling communicator with a passion for our mission of understanding and improving the lives of wild animals, and a demonstrated ability to pursue and nurture relationships with donors.