Senior Advancement Officer - Thornwell

Full job description

• Developing and managing a portfolio of leadership annual fund donors and prospects
• Conducting identification and qualification
• Crafting and executing strategic donor cultivation and solicitation plans.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with donors, volunteers, and internal partners

• Identify, assess, cultivate, solicit and close five, six and seven figure gifts from individuals.
• Develops cultivation and solicitation strategies for each individual.
• Establishes a program of face-to-face personal visits with past, current and prospective donors.
• Strategically move major gift prospects through the development cycle from qualification to cultivation to solicitation to closing to stewardship. Understands, identifies, suggests, and utilizes multiple giving vehicles for the donor.
• Uses Bloomerang systems to track progress and results.
• Meets monthly and yearly metrics with respect to prospect and donor visits, solicitations, and dollars raised.
• Coordinates donor interests with the priorities of the organization and develops funding proposals to match interests with needs.
• In close collaboration with the Advancement Operations team, helps coordinate stewardship reports to communicate with donors concerning the use of their gifts.

• College degree and/or 3-5 years of experience in successfully securing 5 figure annual gifts or major gifts with a commitment to serving children and families with a non-profit Christian ministry.
• Must have frontline fundraising experience.
• Preference to candidates in Upstate or Midlands of South Carolina.
• Must be available to work a flexible schedule that may include early mornings, evenings, and weekends as needed.
• Excels at portfolio and time management.
• Exemplifies integrity, reliability, accountability, confidentiality, resiliency, and strong ethics to foster trust with co-workers, donors, community and across the Thornwell networks.
• Acts with professional excellence and a positive attitude.
• Understands role in growing and protecting the Thornwell brand and reputation; respects and follows standards and safeguards that protect Thornwell's integrity.
• Excellent public speaking, organizational skills, attention to detail and sense of urgency with an emphasis on quality and accuracy of work.
• Ability to prioritize and shift between tasks to meet deadlines in a timely manner despite interruptions.
• Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks.

• Donor focus - Builds strong donor relationships and balances donor centric solutions with Thornwell needs.
• Drives engagement - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Possesses a passion for improving processes and the delivery of services with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and use of Internet for research purposes.
• Experience with donor relationship management software preferred; ability to learn current client relationship management (Bloomerang) software required.
• Must have valid driver's license and access to transportation throughout the workday.