Major Gifts Officer (2 roles)

Title: Major Gifts Officer  

Location: Midtown  

Org Unit: Individual Giving 

Work Days: Monday-Friday 

Exemption Status: Exempt

Salary
Range: $116,200.00 – $130,100.00  

*As required under NYC Human Rights Law Int 1208-2018 – Salary
range for this role when Hired for NYC Offices 

Position Summary

Undertakes campaign and departmental fundraising activities in
support of Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM). Working with department
chairmen, faculty, senior administrators, and volunteers, the Major
Gift Officer is responsible for identifying, cultivating,
soliciting, and stewarding prospects and donors at the level of
$100,000 and above.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains current knowledge of funding needs within the scope
  of responsibility; identifies prospective donors for those
  needs.
• Plans strategies from cultivation activity to gift closure, and
  implements that strategy in coordination with appropriate persons;
  reports progress toward achievement.
• Participates in face‐to‐face briefings, solicitations, and gift
  negotiations in partnership with the Dean of WCM, dept. chairs,
  faculty, volunteers, etc.
• Ensures the proper acknowledgment and recognition for assigned
  donors. Monitors stewardship activities, implements reporting
  schedules, coordinates recognition events, etc.
• Works with donor recognition staff to coordinate, devise, and
  obtain approval for recognition plans and designs.
• Staffs volunteer committees, serving as the committee members’
  primary liaison to the institution; plans and leads committee
  meetings; facilitates the successful realization of a committee’s
  goals.
• Communicates with faculty about campaign priorities and
  departmental needs. Conveys departmental needs by way of proposals,
  briefings, and other written materials. Serves as primary point
  person for physicians in donor relations.
• Actively works to upgrade major gift donors to the principal
  gifts ($1 million+) level.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Experience

• Approximately 3-5 years of direct fundraising experience,
  preferably in an academic/medical setting or comparable
  environment.
• Experience with fundraising database programs such as BBEC,
  Raiser’s Edge and BENefactor highly desired.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Flexibility and skill in working with physicians, colleagues,
  and donors in a complex organization.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong grasp of fundraising concepts.
• Fundraising experience in an academic medical setting.

Licenses and Certifications Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Some evening and weekend work.
• Significant travel within NYC and some out-of-town travel.

Weill Cornell Medicine is a comprehensive academic medical
center that is committed to excellence in patient care, scientific
discovery, and the education of future physicians and scientists in
New York City and around the world. Our doctors and scientists –
faculty from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate
School of Medical Sciences, and the Weill Cornell Physician
Organization – are engaged in world-class clinical care and
cutting-edge research that connect patients to the latest treatment
innovations and prevention strategies. Located in the heart of the
Upper East Side’s scientific corridor, Weill Cornell Medicine’s
powerful network of collaborators extends to its parent university
Cornell University; to Qatar, where an international campus offers
a U.S. medical degree; and to programs in Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil,
Austria and Turkey. Our medical practices serve communities
throughout New York City, and our faculty provide comprehensive
care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center,
NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Westchester Behavioral Health Center, and
NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. At Weill Cornell Medicine, we work
together to treat each individual, not just their conditions or
illnesses, as we strive to deliver the finest possible care for our
patients – the center of everything we do. Weill Cornell Medicine
is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Weill Cornell Medicine
provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants
without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or
disability status, or genetic information.