Apply on Employer Site

Hartford HealthCare · 3 days ago

Director of Major Gifts / Fund Development General

Bridgeport, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, and they are seeking a Director of Major Gifts to lead major gift fundraising efforts. This role focuses on enhancing donor engagement and driving revenue growth while managing relationships with major gift prospects and overseeing fundraising initiatives.

Health CareHealth DiagnosticsHospitalOncologyPharmaceuticalRehabilitation

Responsibilities

Fundraising and Portfolio Management

Will independently perform identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major gifts prospects of $10,000+ to include 6-7 figure gifts

Build a portfolio of 100+ prospects and strategically manage relationships to close major gift solicitations, annual giving and planned giving

Responsible to lead initiative to grow the Grateful Patient Program and Planned Giving Program by overseeing the partnering efforts and success of Philanthropy with Medical Staff, encouraging and tracking Medical Staff efforts to identify and help introduce prospective donors of major gifts and by involving the President and CEO, the Vice President, Philanthropy and other Administration / Medical Staff leaders

Identify, cultivate, solicit and steward prospects that align with the strategic needs and priorities of SVMC

Proactively engage leadership to identify needs and priorities

Cultivate relationships with Medical Staff, working alongside the VP to raise awareness on requesting funds

Write gift proposals to high-net-worth individuals, corporations and foundations for multi-year pledges with specific requests for supporting strategic priorities & programs

Leadership & Strategic Initiatives

Responsible for staff management; directly supervises and ensures the best success of the Associate Director of Corporate & Community Relations. Includes all goal setting and strategic planning, quarterly goals meetings, performance evaluations and coaching/mentoring

In partnership with the VP, track and report fundraising progress in team meetings and as needed for leadership to ensure fundraising success

Collaborate with staff to facilitate the identification and design of funding opportunities

Develop annual and individual strategic plan including goals and objectives

Strategy & Planning

Work closely with VP and leadership to help develop strategy for the foundations next fundraising campaign

Collaborates with management on identification of fundraising goals. Develop and implement plans for capital and major fundraising activities

Cultivate and build relationships with prospects (including high net worth individuals, philanthropic foundations and corporations) and make requests for major gifts

Perform other duties and special projects as assigned such as event support

Qualification

FundraisingProject ManagementRaiser’s EdgeSupervisory ExperienceFundraising PrinciplesMS OfficeInterpersonal SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum of 5 years of experience in fundraising, project management, or comparable fields

Supervisory experience

Knowledge of fundraising principles, methods and standards

Ability to support through example, H3W leadership behavior

Ability to successfully raise significant charitable gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations

Excellent interpersonal skills, and superb oral and written communication skills

Must be an outstanding communicator and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills; interpersonal skills; and the ability to work collegially and interact effectively with a diverse constituency

Proficiency in MS Office

Fundraising software experience