Gift Officer

Glenwood Springs
Valley View Hospital
1906 Blake Ave.
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, USA

• Pay or shift range: $73,528 USD to $ USD. The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Valley View seeks an experienced development professional to support and grow the philanthropic impact of the Valley View Foundation as our Gift Officer. Through its decades-long partnerships with donors, the Foundation has enabled Valley View to provide specialty care usually only found in major metropolitan areas. Join this team to help Valley View continue to challenge what is possible for rural independent healthcare.

Valley View is an independent, nonprofit health system in Western Colorado. Its 78-bed hospital is in Glenwood Springs, home to world-famous hot springs and abundant, year-round outdoor opportunities. Glenwood Springs is ideally located one hour from both Aspen and Vail. Denver is conveniently 2.5 hours away.

Please upload a 1–2-page original writing sample (PDF or Word), in addition to your resume.

The Gifts Officer will be responsible for qualifying, cultivating and stewarding current and prospective donors to Valley View Foundation, with the objective of growing philanthropic support.

• Secures gifts up to $25,000 and grow the number of major gifts to Valley View Foundation.
• Identify prospects and solicit gifts by bequests, trusts, charitable gift annuities and other planned giving vehicles.
• Partners with donors and prospective donors to realize their philanthropic ambitions while advancing the objectives of the Valley View Foundation and strategic priorities of Valley View.

• Collaborate with internal and external constituencies to support a comprehensive fundraising program to align with Foundation strategy and in support of the overall goals of Valley View
• Identify, research and qualify prospective individual donors and coordinate with board members, staff and volunteers to leverage new networks for donor opportunities
• Collaborate with Executive Director and Annual Giving Associate to create moves management plans for cultivation and stewardship
• Ensure timely and meaningful stewardship of gifts, to include acknowledgement letters and donor impact reports
• Proactively and strategically manages a portfolio of at least 100, to include grateful patients
• Plan and execute a variety of tactics, such as donor meetings, tours, communications, gift proposals and events, to advance major and planned giving.
• Work effectively with staff and Foundation volunteers to prioritize, organize and execute cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities and events
• Effectively manage data by maintaining accurate and up-to-date donor records on gift activity, cultivation and stewardship activities using the foundation donor database
• Participate in campaign development, budget creation and management
• Upholds professional fundraising standards and ethics
• Serves as a representative and ambassador of Valley View and the Valley View Foundation.
• Participates in continuing education and in-service training to maintain professional and personal growth.
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Education:

Experience:

• 3-6 years of fundraising experience, healthcare experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience soliciting and closing five-figure gifts from individuals.
• Ability to work with and develop long-term relationships with diverse constituencies and deliver results.
• Ability to develop and manage a portfolio of donors.
• Prior experience with Grateful Patient programs preferred

• Superb networking and relationship-building skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the role and importance of major gifts in a comprehensive fundraising program
• Self-starter and results driven
• Analytic and strategic thinking skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications and donor databases
• Exceptional organizational skills, self-directed, able to work independently as well as part of a team.

Requires travel in Valley View service area approximately 30-50% of the time,…