Senior Philanthropy Officer

Position Summary

Reporting to the CDO of The Miriam Hospital and working in collaboration with the development team and hospital and volunteer leadership, the Senior Philanthropy Officer (SPO) supports the fundraising program through successful stewardship, cultivation, and solicitation of a donors managed in a major gift portfolio. The SPO builds effective relationships with physicians, patients, grateful families, administration, trustees, and volunteers to advance the mission of the institution through philanthropy. This individual works collaboratively with peers at the hospital and across Lifespan and its central services in coordination of front-line fundraising activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and provide stewardship for major gifts of $10,000+, managing a portfolio of 80-100 active major donors/prospects and creating cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for each.

• Participate in ambitious “moves management” program with a focus on cultivating, rating, soliciting, and stewarding six-figure gifts, working with hospital and system development staff to ensure collaboration among affiliates and disciplines, maximizing opportunities for the cultivation of major, principal, planned, foundation, and corporate gifts.

• Partner with CDO to identify major gift prospects and develop strategies for elevating donor commitment, and to recruit, organize, train, and direct volunteers, advising on effective major gift fundraising methods.

• Participate as a member of the major gift team to develop and implement individual donor strategies for cultivation and solicitation, during meetings and as system-wide fundraising opportunities are developed.

• Maintain effective and timely communication with senior management and physicians to discern organizational goals and to incorporate funding priorities in donor cultivation and solicitation strategies.

• Implement major gift fundraising strategies consistent with hospital and system missions, and work closely with appropriate Lifespan departments to both leverage resources and maintain unified messaging.

• Document all cultivation and solicitation activities with prospects/donors and cooperate with established prospect clearance policies and procedures, working with appropriate Lifespan development staff to ensure that gifts are recorded, acknowledged, and recognized in keeping with the best practices in recognition and stewardship.

• Maintain high visibility within the community and be accessible to community members, participating in various community groups as necessary to heighten awareness of the hospital and the system and its subsidiaries.

• Consistently apply the corporate values of respect, honesty, and fairness, and the constant pursuit of excellence in improving the health status of the people of the region through the provision of customer-friendly, geographically accessible, and high-value services within the environment of a comprehensive integrated academic health system.