Major Gift Director - Higher Ed. jobs in Saint Louis, MO

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• Oversees portfolio of 150-200 donors and prospects and participates in each step of the donor pipeline including: identification; qualification through research; cultivation; briefing; request for support; and prompt follow up, stewardship, and recognition.
• Develops individual donor strategies, along with materials, to renew and upgrade donor gifts.
• Collaborates with the Development Team to enhance relationships and create greater fundraising and outreach possibilities.
• Participates in departmental portfolio review process and partners in maintaining an organized system for donor stewardship by updating constituent records, as appropriate.
• Responsible for major individual gift fundraising and cultivating and soliciting prospects capable of gifts at the $10K level.
• Utilizes broad knowledge of the principles of fundraising.  Participates in all aspects of the gift cycle: (1) initiates contacts with potential donors; (2) develops appropriate cultivation strategies for them; (3) moves potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure; (4) makes solicitations when appropriate; (5) maintains stewardship contacts with donors.
• Understands the needs and interest of major donors in order to develop relationships between them and the foundation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years’ experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

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