Development Officer

Located in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Gilbert, the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, is a 198-bed, not-for profit hospital with more than 1,300 team members and almost 900 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. In 2014, Phoenix Children’s Hospital launched a 22-bed pediatric unit inside the hospital. Mercy Gilbert opened in 2006 and has been a vital part of the growing community. Today it is the fifth largest employer in Gilbert. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, Mercy Gilbert provided more than $24 million in community benefit. As a result of Dignity Health’s mission to deliver health care and partner with the community, more than 42,000 people in the East Valley were reached through community health services. For more information visit: https://www.dignityhealth.org/arizona/locations/mercygilbert.

Job Summary:

Primary responsibility of this position is to solicit annual and major gifts in support of identified priorities and goals of Dignity Health - East Valley Hospitals. The Gift Officer will be responsible for establishing close working relationships with prospects and donors as well as the members of the board of Dignity Health East Valley Foundation, the hospital's community board, senior management and physicians to meet annual fundraising goals.

Essential Functions:

• Manage and maintain an annual portfolio of 75-100 donors and prospects.
• Work with designated staff to identify new prospects through research and pipeline sources.
• Manage the qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of current donors and prospects.
• Work with Board members, physicians, volunteers and hospital staff to identify potential donors, secure gifts and pledges and to connect with identified grateful patients.
• Maintain frequent personal contact (in person, text and email) with a variety of constituents including donors and prospects.
• Learn and maintain an operational knowledge of Blackbaud CRM and utilize the system to accurately track prospect plans and activity.
• Attend Foundation, hospital, and community events as required or necessary - many of which might be outside of normal office hours.

Minimum:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors
• Masters Degree preferred
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in a professional fundraising role with a demonstrated ability to solicit and close gifts.
• Previous experience in healthcare fundraising preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to think strategically to plan, solicit, close and steward gifts at various levels.
• Ability to develop substantive relationships with prospects and donors.
• Demonstrated ability to work with board members and volunteers to raise gifts at various levels.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills,good oral and written communications skills and the ability to relate and form relationships with the hospital family donors and prospects
• The Gift Officer should exhibit a level of personal and professional sophistication and stylecommensurate with that of thedonor/prospect pool.