Major Gift Officer

Description

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Overseeing a pool of 100-150 major gift prospects.   Expectations include the qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of assigned prospects.
• Traveling regularly for individual visits and Brewster events with a focus on identifying and cultivating new and existing donor prospects.  
• Staffing campus events and regularly attending Academy gatherings and functions.
• Applying Moves Management techniques to successfully deliver high-value interactions with constituents, including face-to-face or online meetings, phone calls, and other cultivation and stewardship touches. 
• Building and advancing strong relationships with alumni, parents, and friends of Brewster that result in philanthropic contributions.
• Working independently and creatively to match donor interests with Academy priorities, develop proposals, and negotiate complex gifts
• Preparing stewardship plans, letters, pledge agreements, and other correspondence as required.
• Soliciting annual fund gifts for each assigned prospect, either through a personal visit, solicitation by a volunteer, or through Brewster Annual Giving programs and appeals (e.g., Fall Family Challenge, Day of Giving/Bobcat Challenge, etc.)
• Soliciting gifts for capital and endowment priorities, planned giving commitments
• Recruiting and supporting volunteers for Brewster’s Parent Committee.
• Ensuring the timely capture and recording of prospect data in Brewster’s CRM system.
• Maintaining in-depth knowledge of Brewster’s campaign priorities, academic and extracurricular programs, and key faculty and administrators.
• Collaborating with colleagues on fundraising projects, communications, and events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree required
• 2-3 years of fundraising experience preferred, with demonstrated results closing gifts 
• Willingness to work independently, cooperatively, and accept direction from supervisors.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and properly steward donors.
• Must be willing/able to maintain a significant travel schedule, as well as occasional evening and weekend work
• Proficiency using Google Suite tools.  Experience with Fundraising CRM tools is essential, and knowledge of Veracross Development 3.0 is a plus
• Excellent writing and verbal skills 
• Ability to motivate and collaborate with staff and volunteers
• Ability to handle confidential materials with discretion  

Employment Notes:

• Hybrid employees may be required to file taxes in their states of residence
• Brewster Academy is located in NH, and its benefits and policies comply with New Hampshire and federal employment laws.