Philanthropy Specialist, Major Gifts

Overview

Philanthropy Specialist, Major Gifts. The Individual Giving team is dedicated to securing philanthropic gifts in support of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's initiatives across all segments of individual donors. The team plans and implements investigation, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for all constituents and stakeholders to execute on those strategies with precision and excellence and thereby secure philanthropic gifts.

MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking a Philanthropy Specialist. As an integral member of the Philanthropy administrative support team, the Philanthropy Specialist provides high level administrative support and executes on various process-oriented tasks for a group of Philanthropy gift officers in a matrix management system. This role partners with the gift officers to ensure execution of tasks and assignments associated with specialized donor strategies.

The administrator balances simultaneous requests and projects for matrix managers, prioritizing and executing on a variety of administrative responsibilities and tasks related to fundraising portfolio management. Ability to manage tasks across multiple, competing projects for varied stakeholders and bring all work to resolution with timeliness and attention to detail is essential.

In addition to routine administrative tasks such as complex calendar management across multiple time zones, travel and expense preparation, telephone management, and mailings, the candidate will compose formal and informal correspondence, create and format presentations, and provide professional and supportive assistance to donors, patient referrals and other institutional stakeholders. Central to all activities is supporting the gift officer's donor engagement through facilitating internal and external meetings, site visit preparation and providing thorough follow-through on related follow-up deliverables.

The team member will leverage partnerships with division service lines in donor communications, donor relations and the Grateful Giving Program on gift officer related donor engagement tasks and projects, requiring comprehension of project content and ensuring documents and donor communications are appropriate and complete.

Salary Range:
Minimum $53,000 | Midpoint $66,000 | Maximum $79,000

• Paid employee medical benefits (zero premium) starting on first day for employees who work 30 or more hours per week
• Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and Disability coverage
• Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave accruals
• Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave, and other paid leave programs
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
• Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and two voluntary retirement plans
• Employer paid life, AD&D and an illness-related reduced salary pay program
• Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health programs and employee resource groups

• Support data integrity and data stewardship by recording all relevant correspondence, actions and tasks in the CRM in accordance with established processes.
• Review emails, call reports, strategy documents, donor correspondence and proposal documents to identify information for team support and data entry.
• Enable gift officers to operate efficiently by applying anticipatory and critical thinking, independent judgment and problem-solving skills.
• Handle materials and issues with urgency, confidentiality and prudence.

• Philanthropic Business Support (60%) — Support donor relationship development, tracking and delivery of strategy. Knowledge of fundraising operations, donor life cycle, moves management and engagement activities. Ability to anticipate next steps, communicate with stakeholders, and manage multiple priorities with strong writing and proofreading skills.
• Administrative Portfolio Support (20%) — Portfolio activity and donor outreach support (mass mailings with data entry and mail merge, individualized donor outreach, donor summary reports). Complete operations support requests…