Major Gifts Manager

Hourly Pay Range:

Position Highlights:

• Position: Major Gift Manager
• Location: Elmhurst, IL
• Full Time
• Hours: Monday-Friday, [hours and flexible work schedules]

Position Summary:

The Major Gifts Manager is responsible for cultivating relationships with major donors and prospective major donors and generating philanthropic gifts for the Foundation.This position reports to the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation Executive Director and works closely with the Foundation Board of Trustees and appropriate committees as assigned.

What you will do:

• Develops major gift strategies based on Foundation annual and special fundraising goals and maintains accountability for their timely execution.
• Works closely with foundation and operational colleagues and volunteers to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward restricted and unrestricted major gifts - proactively advancing a robust moves management program.
• Executes timely and effective cultivation and solicitation activity to secure major and planned gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations - with a strong focus on face-to-face interactions.
• Embraces discovering new potential major gift donors independently and in collaboration with physician partners, volunteers, and other foundation team members. Provides robust support to physicians and volunteers to optimize grateful patient fundraising and peer solicitation.
• Records accurate and current documentation on all touches and moves for assigned prospects and donors in the Foundation's donor database.
• Drafts prospect profiles, proposals, request scripts, gifts agreements, and other materials as needed.
• Coordinates outreach related to Foundation philanthropic initiatives.
• Maintains professional client/employee/vendor relationships with a strong commitment to client service.
• Reaches for ambitious metrics and goals and is adept at deploying data and analytics to prioritize donors and prospects and tailor personalized approaches.

What you will need:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree required
• Experience: Minimum five years of progressive experience in major gift fundraising. Working knowledge of blended gifts, including planned giving options. Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with demonstrated ability to create, implement and monitor complex annual and special project fundraising plans. Demonstrated capacity to develop and nurture relationships culminating in major gift fundraising success

Benefits:

• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking at designated locations
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to "help everyone in our communities be their best".

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Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

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