Senior Development Officer

Job Title:

Senior Development Officer

Department:

VP Development

Job Description:

Rhodes College is hiring a Senior Development Officer. The senior development officer is responsible for procuring annual, restricted, and deferred gifts to the College in accordance with the department's goals. This role has a specific emphasis on securing gifts and pledges primarily in the $1,000 - $1 million range.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree

• Four to six years of increasing development experience preferably at an educational institution or demonstrated knowledge in marketing, student recruitment and/or sales required.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities, to problem solve, and to demonstrate leadership skills is required.

• Ability to relate well to the public is a must.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office required.

Job Responsibilities:

• Cultivate prospects, solicit major and deferred gifts and leadership annual gifts, and provide stewardship for portfolio of donors. This requires intense focus on one-on-one visits with assigned prospects and donors, developing strategy, designing proposals and closing gifts. Extensive travel at times to make the visits is required, as well as occasional night/weekend availability.

• Maintains favorable relationships with a portfolio of major gift donors and prospects and works with them to make philanthropic investments at Rhodes.

• Meets annual donor visit, solicitation, proposals delivered and closed gift goals.

• Work with members of the division staff to broaden the base of gift prospects and to develop appropriate programs to meet the College's highest funding priorities.

• Included but not limited to run mini campaigns related to Annual Giving and Reunion fundraising

A complete application includes a cover letter and a resume.

Rhodes offers an excellent benefits package and a great working environment. We are an equal-opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity in the workforce.

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