Major Gifts Officer

Title:

Major Gifts Officer

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary: $71,550.36 - $82,925.50

This position is Open Until Filled – Applications will be first reviewed on 12/12/2025 and after that as they are received.

The Major Gifts Officer raises funds for Marion Polk Food Share’s mission by soliciting leadership-level support from a portfolio of assigned major donors. Through donor-centered relationship building, the Major Gifts Officer creates individual donor plans for each donor that include personalized cultivation, solicitation and stewardship outreach and activities.

An effective collaborator: You have worked with diverse groups and dispersed teams, and you can operate in complex situations. You can quickly engage and gain trust from colleagues and partners and are known for being supportive.

An exceptional communicator: You have the ability to manage challenging conversations in a professional and respectful manner with co-workers, stakeholders, community members, public officials, and other partners. You have excellent writing skills and an ability to independently create original content and deliver information in multiple settings.

Organized with an eye for details: You might be known as a people person, but you also understand the value of good systems and processes. You are committed to keeping your work organized and on time. You believe the details matter and take the time to make sure the end results of your work are effective and high quality.

A self-starter who is also a team player: You enjoy collaborating with others, but you also thrive when working independently. You enjoy organizing your own work but also the opportunity to work with your colleagues to accomplish goals or solve problems.

A Customer Oriented Professional: You have strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy. You enjoy working in a collaborative environment. You can maintain composure, flexibility, and a sense of humor.

A caring community member: You want to help end hunger for your neighbors and make a difference in your community.

• Maintaining a portfolio of 150 Marion Polk Food Share donors who are giving leadership-level gifts.
• Developing and maintaining written personalized donor plans for each qualified donor in portfolio that includes cultivation, solicitation and stewardship outreach and activities.
• Engaging with qualified donors to deepen their connection to the work of the Food Share that they support through correspondence, emails, phone calls and in-person meetings.
• Developing personalized gift proposals, involving Food Share leadership as needed, to solicit donors for leadership-level gifts.
• Setting giving goals for each donor and monitoring progress toward goals throughout the year.
• Ensuring donors are receiving prompt acknowledgement and meaningful information about their support.
• Engaging Food Share leadership in donor relationships as needed.
• Qualifying donors for portfolio as needed.
• Meeting with the Director of Major Gifts weekly to review donor strategies and track progress.
• Ensuring donor interactions and information is kept updated in Food Share’s donor database.
• Attending all Food Share donor events.
• During capital projects and/or special fundraising initiatives, collaborating with development leadership and/or counsel to engage assigned donors as appropriate to each donor’s plan.
• Working collaboratively with members of the development team to support other development activities and achieve team goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Marion Polk Food Share is the regional food bank serving Marion and Polk counties. Support from our local community makes it possible for the Food Share to collect and distribute nutritious food for children, adults, and seniors through more than 70 partner programs, including food pantries, meal sites and home-delivered meals and to carry out programs to address the root causes of hunger.

“to bring people together to end hunger and its root causes.”

• Treat all people as our neighbor.
• Encourage…