Senior Major Gifts Officer

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JR100136

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Senior Director of Individual Giving Department:
Philanthropy Status:  Full-Time, Exempt
** About Central Park and the Central Park Conservancy
** Central Park is one of the world's most famous and beloved public spaces. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1858, the 843-acre Park was the country's first purpose-built public park and is a National Historic Landmark and a New York Scenic Landmark. The Central Park Conservancy, a private, not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1980 to rescue the Park, which had fallen into serious disrepair.

Since then, the Conservancy has overseen the investment of approximately $2 billion in the restoration of the Park, which now hosts over 40 million visitors a year.

The Conservancy is one of the largest and most successful public private partnerships in New York City and is considered a major civic institution given its impact on the health and vibrancy of both the Park and the City.  The Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and celebrate Central Park as a sanctuary from urban life. The City of New York has formally entrusted the care of the Park to the Conservancy which is responsible for every aspect of its care, including landscape maintenance, capital improvements, and the visitor experience.

The Conservancy employs over 400 people and has an annual operating budget of $120 million the majority of which comes from individual philanthropists. Unlike similarly scaled institutions the Park does not have a “gate” and as a result no earned revenue. We have been honored to have a strong base of friends and neighbors who believe in our mission.

As the Conservancy prepares to celebrate its 45th anniversary and decades of restoration and repair, we are embarking on an exciting new phase of the organization’s history as we set out to secure the Park for generations to come. We are privileged to have developed a skilled and strategic organization rooted in excellence through years of expertise, and we look forward to further strengthening our future expertise and growth with a heartier endowment to preserve a fragile landscape that requires daily care.
** Job Summary
** The Central Park Conservancy seeks a Senior Major Gifts Officer to help support the growth of the Chairman’s Circle, the Conservancy’s major donor membership program responsible for raising close to $10 million annually. This individual will have a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects and partner with subject matter experts across the organization to support a donor-centric strategy and vision for major gift fundraising growth at the Conservancy.

The Senior Major Gifts Officer will work closely with the prospect management team to identify, and help qualify, cultivate, steward, and solicit prospects with the capacity to make annual gifts of **$25,000+ and capital gifts of $1,000,000+**. Reporting to the Senior Director of Individual Giving, the Senior Major Gifts Officer (Senior MGO) will manage and build relationships with existing donors and known prospects, as well as discover and qualify new prospects to increase annual revenue for the institution vis-à-vis the Chairman’s Circle program and restricted programs and projects, leveraging the organizational expertise to support revenue growth.

We are looking for someone with a strong knowledge of New York City’s philanthropic landscape, a natural ability to connect with donors, and a collaborative, creative mindset. The ideal candidate will think strategically, to not only contribute meaningfully to the goals of the Individual Giving team but surpass them and effectively communicate our mission and priorities to inspire support.
** Summary of Essential Job Functions
*** Maintain and cultivate a portfolio of approximately 150 households capable of making annual gifts of $1M+ over 5 years, focusing on qualifying, cultivating, and stewarding new donors at the Conservancy’s Chairman’s Circle level, as well as prospects for seven-figure, multi-year restricted…