Major Gifts Officer

Come join the team at the Smithsonian American Women’s History
Museum! We’re working to expand the story of America through the
often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women individually and
collectively—to better understand our past and inspire our future.
We’re looking for dedicated individuals to help us create space for
women’s history on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., deepen
our nation’s stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and
change.

 Key Responsibilities

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum seeks an
experienced and dynamic gift officer. This is an exceptional
opportunity for an energetic professional with strong corporate and
foundation frontline fundraising skills to play an important role
in building private support for public programs, exhibitions,
educational, and outreach activities, research, and endowment needs
of the Museum. The incumbent will assist the Smithsonian American
Women’s History Museum with corporate and foundation prospect
identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
activities. The Gift Officer will work creatively to match donor
interest with unit priorities, develop funding proposals and
negotiate complex gifts.

 Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

The successful candidate will possess strong leadership and
communications skills, and a track record in building philanthropic
relationships with individual, corporate and foundation prospects
and donors to achieve aggressive fundraising goals. Progressive
fundraising experience, experience with diverse constituents, a
drive to succeed, and ability to close major gifts should be
demonstrated in your application. Applicants must have strong
organizational and communication skills, and the initiative and
ability to work independently. Experience working in a complex
higher education, or a large cultural organization is preferred.
Interest and passion for museums, history, and identity and gender
issues desired.

 Applicants who wish to qualify based on education
completed outside the United States, must be deemed equivalent to
higher education programs of U.S. Institutions by an organization
that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational
credentials. This documentation is the responsibility of the
applicant and should be included as part of your application
package.

 Any false statement in your application may result in your
application being rejected and may also result in termination after
employment begins.

 Application
Instructions

The Smithsonian Institution values and seeks a diverse
workforce. Join us in “Inspiring Generations through Knowledge and
Discovery.” Interested candidates should submit their resumes using
this
link by February 29, 2024. Resumes should include a description
of your paid and non-paid work experience that is related to this
job; starting and ending dates of job (month and year); and average
number of hours worked per week. Relocation expenses are not
paid.

 What To Expect Next: Once the vacancy announcement closes,
a review of your resume will be compared against the qualification
and experience requirements related to this job. After review of
applicant resumes is complete, qualified candidates will be
referred to the hiring manager.

 Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion

The Smithsonian Institution provides reasonable accommodation to
applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants
requiring reasonable accommodation should contact [email protected]. 
Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be
made on a case-by-case basis.  To learn more, please review
the Smithsonian’s Accommodation
Procedures.

 The Smithsonian Institution is an Equal
Opportunity Employer. We believe that a workforce
comprising a variety of educational, cultural, and experiential
backgrounds support and enhance our daily work life and contribute
to the richness of our exhibitions and programs. See Smithsonian
EEO program information: www.si.edu/oeema.