Director Philanthropy - Alaska

Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a philanthropy leader who excels in major gifts, planned giving, donor engagement, and fundraising strategy? Do you thrive in environments where relationship building, leadership development, volunteer engagement, and mission-driven philanthropy come together to support meaningful healthcare initiatives? If so, we invite you to explore this leadership opportunity with Providence.

Under the direction of the Region Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Director of Philanthropy directs the major gift (including planned gift) programs across all Alaskan ministries. Develops and manages activities across all Alaskan ministries that will directly result in prospect identification, engagement, and successful solicitations.

The Director guides major giving donor engagement strategies and maintains a portfolio of donors. The Director participates in the management of relevant board committees involving caregivers and volunteer leaders as appropriate. The Director cultivates caregiver and volunteer leadership support and utilizes their expertise to increase major giving to the Region.

• Under the direction of the Region Chief Philanthropy Officer, provides strategic leadership of major and planned gifts programs for the Region.
• With support from the Region Chief Philanthropy Officer, develops single and multi-year fundraising targets.
• Prepares an annual major gift plan to achieve revenue targets in consultation with Foundation colleagues, with an emphasis on increasing major giving to the Foundation and ensures the quality and quantity of major gift activity in the Region.
• Using sophisticated fundraising methodologies, reports and measurements, ensures that prospects capable of major gifts are cultivated, solicited and stewarded in a meaningful, appropriate, and deliberate manner.
• Provides support and leadership to ensure the highest level of productivity for philanthropy officers, including recruitment, hiring, evaluating, training, and coaching, and providing a structure for collaborative, consistent, and supportive donor development as a team.
• Ensures that all major gift materials, proposals and applications are of the highest quality, effective, share a consistent message, and appropriate to the donor or funder.
• Responsible for documentation and up to date procedures for major gift processes.
• Builds and manages structures that ensure individualized, meaningful and appropriate stewardship for major donors.
• Monitors and maximizes major donor retention.
• Uses appropriate interpersonal skills to guide others to accomplish objectives, facilitates teamwork, participation and cooperation.
• Develops and manages a portfolio of major gift prospects with emphasis on prospects who require a multi-discipline approach.
• Assures timely performance evaluations that reflect validated competence and quality standards.
• Develops and promotes talents of the team and succession planning.
• Counsels staff appropriately and is competent in conflict management.
• Maintains discretion and confidentiality as professionalism and common sense dictate to accomplish the Providence Mission.
• Implement care/services that recognize age/diversity specific needs/issues of customers served.
• Performs competencies as identified by the competency focused system process.

• Communicates and fosters an atmosphere of open communication to achieve focused goals within the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of Providence.
• Communications are designed, implemented and effective to ensure workflow processes and procedures are centralized.
• Embraces team-based culture.
• Functions in highly-matrix organizational culture.
• Capable of leading through influence.
• Understanding and flexibility of unique dynamics.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Nonprofit, or other related major; or equivalent education/experience.
• Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Nonprofit, or other related major (preferred).
• Coursework/Training: CFRE (preferred).

• 10 years of demonstrated experience in this specific work.
• 7 years of fundraising development work experience which includes successful major gift and/or grants experience, successfully securing and managing individual gifts and grants of $1 million plus.
• 5 years of employee management experience including success leading professionals, support staff, and volunteers to achieve short and long term professional goals, preferably in a healthcare…