Senior Director - Major Gifts

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Description

• To be considered for the Senior Director of Major Gifts position, you MUST submit a Cover Letter with your application. Please include the Cover Letter within your Resume attachment. • The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute seeks a collaborative and strategic professional to serve as Senior Director of Major Gifts (Major Gift Officer). • The Major Gift Officer will play a pivotal role in advancing the mission of the Meadows Institute by driving fundraising efforts for general operations as well as programmatic and regional initiatives. • Reporting to the Chief Impact Officer, the Major Gift Officer will also support the organization’s ambitious multi-year, $100 million growth capacity campaign and contribute to securing transformational funding from individuals, foundations and corporations. • The ideal candidate is a dynamic and results-oriented fundraiser with a passion for mental health policy and advocacy. • They will have exceptional relationship-building skills, experience managing complex fundraising initiatives, and the ability to work collaboratively with a growing team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree. • Seven to ten years of relevant fundraising and/or nonprofit communications experience. • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience writing persuasive proposals and donor materials. • Demonstrated history of building and maintaining long-term relationships with constituents including individual major donors, private foundations, and corporations. • Established record of securing new major gift funding (six figure gifts and higher). • Experience in donor database management and familiarity with CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge). • Ability to work both independently and autonomously and collaborate with colleagues, often in a virtual environment. • Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously while meeting competing deadlines. • Capacity to think strategically, critically, and respond analytically. • Ability to take initiative and be self-directed. • High degree of professionalism while maintaining confidentiality. • Ability to communicate with high profile and high net-worth donors and stakeholders. • Commitment to the mission, goals, programs, and future aspirations of the organization.