Major Gift Officer, Principal & Major Gifts

The role

The Major Gifts Officer identifies, develops, and manages strategic relationships with a portfolio of approximately 150 major donors. This role involves creating solicitation plans, conducting donor outreach, and coordinating with MSF personnel to develop proposals for the West/Midwest regions.

What you will do

• Identify, develop, manage, and grow strategic relationships with existing major donors and prospects
• Execute individualized qualification and solicitation strategies for major donors
• Initiate and manage donor outreach
• Track engagement and interactions
• Maintain accurate records within the Salesforce CRM database
• Assist in the production of regional events
• Conduct preliminary research to support donor prospecting efforts
• Design and deliver the organization's account management strategy
• Develop and implement donor contact and engagement plans
• Provide timely updates, reports, and acknowledgments to major donors

Required qualifications

• Minimum three years of development experience
• Minimum three years of experience of portfolio management with high-value donors
• Experience with and knowledge of donor databases and contacts management
• Ability to travel extensively

Nice to have

• Experience in the areas of Major Gifts or high-value partnerships
• Knowledge of Salesforce NPSP
• Knowledge about the unique and region-specific philanthropic trends related to their portfolio
• Knowledge and interest in international affairs and humanitarian issues

About the company

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization that provides medical care to people in more than 70 countries. MSF USA is one of 24 sections supporting the global movement through staff recruitment, fundraising, advocacy, and communications.