Development Gift Officer II

Company: Albertina Kerr Centers
Location: Portland
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Albertina Kerr empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health challenges, and other social barriers to lead self-determined lives and reach their full potential.
We're seeking a Development Gift Officer to join our team! You'll contribute to fundraising efforts by cultivating, soliciting, securing, and stewarding major, planned, special and annual gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations. You'll promote our culture of philanthropy and advance our mission by supporting a diversity of development initiatives.
While much of the work is done independently, you'll have ample opportunity to collaborate with a delightful team and a leader committed to removing barriers to empower your work. You can expect transparency and support for your work and professional development. This is a hybrid position that will work three days per week from Kerr Administrative Center.
Essential Duties

• Employ moves management strategies to advance relationships with a portfolio of individuals, corporate, and foundation donor prospects
• Develop solicitation materials and prepare gift agreements
• Work collaboratively to understand organizational priorities, and cultivation, solicitation and stewardship efforts
• Take leadership for Development team activities in areas assigned
• Support strong data management of constituent records and information management of shared materials
• Prioritize professional learning to build skills around best and promising practices
• Work closely with development and marketing teams to incorporate giving opportunity and event content into communications
  Benefits
  • Paid medical, dental, and vision employee benefits
  • Paid basic life & accident insurance and short- & long-term disability
  • Paid holidays and generous time off
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • And more!
    All Kerr employees are required to be fully vaccinated or meet the requirements for a medical or religious exception prior to beginning work.
    • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
    • At least five years of non-profit development experience with demonstrated track record of major gift solicitation success
    • Experience with donor portfolio management preferred
    • Excellent written, verbal (including public speaking) and interpersonal communications skills with the ability to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds
    • Possess independent and mature judgment and demonstrate effective critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills
    • A team player, willing to jump in when needed and support work of development team colleagues
    • Ability to be entrepreneurial in nature: self-starter; action- and results-oriented
    • Ability to organize time effectively, establish priorities, meet deadlines, and manage many tasks simultaneously
    • Ability to use Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, Outlook, and donor databases
    • Sufficient physical dexterity to retrieve, manipulate, insert documents into or retrieve documents from files stored in standard filing cabinets, with or without reasonable accommodation

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