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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