Remote Major Gifts Officer

Summary

The Major Gifts Officer will play a leading role in shaping and executing strategies for growing Equality Now's major gifts portfolio. This includes identifying and cultivating donor prospects, managing solicitations, sponsor relations, and coordinating the annual gala. The position reports to the Global Director of Development and oversees a Development Officer. The salary range is $75,000-$100,000.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible fundraising experience, with at least 4 years of experience in a proactive, frontline fundraising role
• Demonstrated ability to independently engage and develop relationships with high-net-worth donors and close 5-7 figure gifts
• Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, demonstrating a level of professionalism and polish in engaging internal and external stakeholders
• Experience in event fundraising and execution
• Strong experience prepping organizational leaders and program staff for donor meetings and working with colleagues to produce compelling funding proposals and reports
• Knowledge of basic principles and best-practices in prospect identification, donor cultivation and stewardship
• Highly sociable, emotionally intelligent and motivated to meet new people, build relationships and spark engaging cause-focused conversations
• Ability to work effectively and respectfully in a fast-paced environment with diverse, international co-workers and executive leadership
• Experience using donor databases to track moves management and key metrics
• Ability to travel when needed

Responsibilities

• Manage and help grow Equality Now’s major donor portfolio to meet annual fundraising goals of $2.5-$3.5 million in major gifts, grants and gala sponsorship
• Independently and proactively forge strong relationships with major donors and prospects to understand their interests, develop strategic touchpoints, and create engagement and recognition opportunities
• Solicit existing and prospective major donors and family foundations capable of giving $5,000 to $250,000
• Partner with and ‘manage up’ to the Global Director of Development and Global Executive Director to ensure proper moves management and tracking of the leadership portfolio
• Contribute to the success of Equality Now’s annual gala by managing solicitations, sponsor relations, seating and other benefits, and supporting gala marketing, communications and production as needed
• Become an expert in Equality Now’s Theory of Change, work and impact to write inspirational and highly-polished letters of inquiry, program overviews, proposals, reports and impact updates
• Coordinate Advisory Board meetings and activations, support members’ engagement in fundraising and event planning and help to ensure Equality Now is fully leveraging their time, talents and networks in service of our mission
• Help create annual goals and budgets, and strengthen development team functioning to support frontline fundraising and ensure timely gift processing, documentation and acknowledgement of major gifts/sponsorships

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior knowledge and professional experience in women’s rights, human rights or social justice movements strongly preferred
• Management and mentorship experience
• Working knowledge of Raiser’s Edge/NXT
• Cross-cultural/international experience
• Master’s Degree and/or CFRE