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Major Gifts Officer

Job Locations US-NY-Valhalla
Requisition ID
2024-11129
Position Type
Full-Time
Schedule Shift
1
Hours Per Week
35
Travel
10%
Category
Administration
FLSA Status
Exempt

Overview

Reporting directly to the Chief Development Officer & Ex, the Major Gifts Officer is responsible for cultivating and soliciting leadership major gifts from alumni and individual prospects for New York Medical College’s 3 schools:  School of Medicine, School of Health Sciences and Practice, and the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences.  The Major Gift Officer will be responsible for cultivating, soliciting and closing gifts for his/her own portfolio of individual donors.  The successful candidate will bring energy, creativity, and a commitment to teamwork to the position, and to our Development efforts.

 

The Major Gifts Officer will be responsible for:

 

  • The planning, execution, and follow-up of major donor cultivation events
  • Managing a personal portfolio of major gift prospects.
  • Finding and cultivating new prospects.

 

Ability to work with minimal supervision required. Must be able to accurately handle a large volume of detailed work. Candidates must have excellent computer skills and competency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).  

Responsibilities

Front line fundraising responsibilities – 65%

  • Performance would be based upon mutually agreed upon metrics including fundraising events tally and personal portfolio of donors.

. Strategic planning – 35%

  • Create successful fundraisers and “friend raisers” that will grow donor pipeline.
  • Provide direction to execute strategic events such as the Founder’s Dinner
  • Prospect management – identify strategies to move annual fund donors to major gifts.

Qualifications

Education requirement: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited 4-year institution.

 

Technical/computer skills:

 

Microsoft Office Suite

Raiser’s Edge or other comparable fundraising software

 

Prior experience:

5+ years experience in fundraising, preferably higher education

Direct solicitation of 5-6 figure major gifts

Minimum Salary

USD $95,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary

USD $105,000.00/Yr.

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New York Medical College offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees* which includes:

  • Full range of Health Plans
    • Medical Plans (choice of EPO, PPO, High Deductible HSA)
    • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) 
    • Dental Plans (PPO & HMO) and Vision Plan
  • Dependent Care and Transit Programs
  • Life Insurance, AD&D and Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance  
  • Short-term and Long-term disability programs 
  • Retirement Plan (403b) - matching contribution up to 5% for eligible/enrolled employees following one year of employment (may make own pre-tax contributions immediately following employment)
  • New York Medical College Tuition Exemption Program for eligible employees, their spouse and dependent children
  • Legal plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Early-Release Fridays (October - March)
  • Generous Paid Time Off
    • Vacation, Sick Leave, Personal Leave
    • Annual Holiday Schedule


    *Members of the 1199 SEIU and 32BJ unions may participate in some of NYMC’s voluntary benefits, but they participate in separate Health and Welfare benefit programs.

    New York Medical College (NYMC), a member of Touro University, is a health sciences College whose purpose is to educate clinical and public health professionals as well as researchers, to conduct biomedical and population-based research. Through its faculty and affiliated partners, the College engenders a diverse and inclusive community that promotes an atmosphere of excellence, scholarship and professionalism.

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