Senior Major Gifts Officer

American Museum Of Natural History Senior Major Gifts Officer

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. The Advancement department is seeking a full‑time Senior Major Gifts Officer to secure five‑ and six‑figure gifts from individual donors and prospects to support the broad scope of the institution’s work in science and education.

• Build and manage a portfolio of 125-150 major gift donors and prospects to deepen their engagement and relationships with the Museum and increase their giving, aligned with the Museum’s fundraising priorities.
• Create customized short‑, intermediate‑, and long‑term strategies for the existing donor/prospect portfolio.
• Conceptualize and implement strategies to engage new prospects, including identifying and researching prospective donors where appropriate.
• Proactively maintain awareness of the Museum’s needs within areas of responsibility and identify prospective donors for those needs.
• Craft effective proposals, reports, acknowledgments, and other related communications in partnership with the Donor Relations and Donor Communications teams.
• Plan, manage, and host various cultivation and stewardship activities, including one‑on‑one and volunteer council meetings, tours, and other small gatherings.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Museum colleagues, including Museum leadership, fellow Advancement staff, scientists, educators, and exhibition specialists.
• Maintain current and accurate records in the Raiser's Edge database.
• Manage and motivate two Gift Officers, providing guidance and coaching to ensure individual targets are met; partner with them to develop customized portfolio strategies to deepen ties and grow revenue, focusing on unrestricted and restricted support that responds directly to the Museum’s needs. Foster a results‑oriented out-the-door fundraising approach that effectively moves prospects through the development cycle, identifies new prospects, re‑engages lapsed prospects, and advances and grows fundraising opportunity and results.
  
  Support the Gifts Officers’ career growth paths and professional development opportunities.
• Manage a schedule that includes local travel and occasional evening and weekend work.

Expected salary range: $135,000 to $150,000 per year. AMNH offers an extensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of our dedicated and diverse community.

• Supervisory experience and demonstrated success managing others.
• Volunteer management skills and experience.
• Knowledge of and experience with Raiser's Edge.

American Museum of Natural History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Museum does not discriminate with respect to employment, or admission or access to Museum facilities, programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, current or former participation in the uniformed services, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin, or on account of any other basis prohibited by applicable City, State, or Federal law.

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