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Department Summary:

The Development Department supports NYAM’s mission by managing multiple revenue sources to meet annual fundraising targets.

Position Summary/Overview:

The newly created position of Major Gifts Officer is responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of 100+ donors and prospects with the potential to make five-figure-plus gifts and actively prospect and engage new donors. A major gift is defined as a donor who contributes $10K+ a year. The position reports to the Director of Development and will be part of NYAM’s dynamic development team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Create a robust donor pipeline by Identifying new prospects

• • Work with the Development Director, President, Development Committee, Trustees and others to identify donors; craft stewardship and solicitation strategies, and develop a system to track progress

• • Prepare the President, Trustees, Director of Development, and others by providing meeting memos, profiles and other materials for prospect and donor meetings

• • Carefully track all major gift work in Salesforce by entering details of donor meetings/calls in a timely manner and report on the status of prospects outreach weekly

• • Collaborate with the development team to execute an annual gala, cultivation events and stewardship opportunities and manage major gift follow up from these events

• • Work collaboratively with other NYAM departments to advance mutual goals by creating cultivation and solicitation materials (brochures, letters, proposals, etc.).

• • Identify planned giving prospects

• • Other duties as required

Qualifications:

• • 3-5 years major gift fundraising experience with a track record of success leading solicitation efforts and growing a donor pipeline

• • Excellent interpersonal, organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to meet deadlines

• • Ability to network and be persuasive

• • Strong written and verbal skills

• • Collaborative, team-oriented work style

• • Commitment to NYAM’s health equity mission and to advancing an antiracist culture

• • Proficiency in Salesforce

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Salary Range:

$80,000 – $85,000 annually

Work Environment:

There is a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place at NYAM. Currently, staff are working in a hybrid situation, however, this may change in accordance with organizational policies.

Please submit resume and cover letter for consideration.

The New York Academy of Medicine is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer