Mid-Rising Gift Officer

We are seeking a Mid-Rising Gift Officer to join our development team. As a Mid-Rising Gift Officer, qualifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards donors and donor prospects capable of making commitments in the assigned region for all ministries and programs of Buckner International. Join our team and shine hope in the lives of others!

What You'll Do
As a member of our team you will have an impact on our clients through accomplishment of the following responsibilities:

• Provide project leadership for the Gift Officer I team initiatives, including planning, managing, and executing special projects as assigned by the Vice President of Donor Engagement.
• Lead weekly meetings for Gift Officer I team members to encourage, inform, and plan activities related to philanthropy.
• Support the Vice President of Donor Engagement in the budgeting and management of expenses from the Gift Officer I team.
• Support the Vice President in the calendaring and planning of donor-related activities.
• Guide the Gift Officer I team in refreshing and updating the prospect management cycle for each team member.
• Manage a donor development portfolio of individuals, churches, foundations, and other organizations, both donor and donor prospects, with the rated ability to make gifts.
• Develop and implement an annual development plan for donors and donor prospects assigned to the Gift Officer portfolio to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward.
• Support the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors for capital fund drives and other organizational campaigns as assigned.
• Fully utilize tools and resources of Buckner to establish cultivation strategies and conduct calls and visits with individuals, foundations, churches and corporations, with Buckner staff or individually, to promote Buckner and its program needs.
• Make qualification calls and visits to individuals, corporations, churches, foundations, and other organizations for the purpose of identifying and then cultivating relationships that could lead to donations to Buckner Ministries.
• Prepare written proposals to support direct solicitations.
• Support Buckner events and activities in assigned geographical areas and travel to visit donors and prospects as necessary
• Utilize, as appropriate, program staff and Executive Directors in the identification, cultivation and solicitation of prospects/donors.
• Utilize Buckner International Board Members and Buckner Development Council Members and other volunteers in the cultivation and solicitation of donors and donor prospects.
• Championing a greater understanding and awareness of Buckner's mission and ministry among donors/prospects by intentionally managing relationships internally and externally

What You'll Bring to the Team
To be successful in this role and a great addition to our team we need you to come with the following:

• Requires the ability to successfully identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and donor prospects in the assigned area for all Buckner ministries and programs.
• A bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• A minimum of 1-3 years of prior related experience is required in building and sustaining relationships with constituents engaged with an organization. Prior experience leading teams or managing projects preferred.
• Requires prior related experience working with necessary parties to develop and refine content for solicitations.
• Requires proven successful experience in identifying, cultivating, and sustaining relationships that lead to financial or other contributions to an organization.
• Current certification as a Certified Fundraising Executive is preferred.
• Requires proficient working knowledge and experience in proposal writing, as well as knowledge of foundation grant writing processes.
• Proficient working knowledge of donor development, fundraising, and public relations laws and regulations governing agencies and employees is required.
• Requires proficient ability to speak, read, and write English.
• Requires the ability to provide strategic and logistical planning, as well as facilitate meetings. Requires ability to organize complex tasks and plans and to be detail-oriented.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.