Major Gifts Officer

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use
law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online
activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to
ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and
healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped
write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws, including the
Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today,
our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy
advocates, communications experts, and others work across the
United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman,
Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica;
and Washington, D.C.

NRDC is seeking a Major Gifts Officer to work with the Western
Region Major Gifts team in our San Francisco office.

Position Summary

NRDC is currently seeking a skilled Major Gift Officer, Western
Region (MGO) to join NRDC’s Western Major Gifts team, comprised of
seven seasoned fundraisers – one Regional Director and six Major
Gifts Officers – in addition to one Development Manager, covering
the West Coast, Midwest and Southwest and an annual revenue goal of
approximately $20m. This full-time position will be affiliated with
NRDC’s San Francisco, CA office, and work within an in-office and
remote hybrid environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a
creative fundraising professional with experience in and appetite
for prospecting and cultivating new funding relationships while
encouraging higher levels of commitment from existing donors. This
person should have familiarity with philanthropic landscape in the
Bay Area to help NRDC advance our fundraising goals. Regular travel
across the Bay area is to be expected.  

The Major Gifts Officer is expected to execute prospecting and
renewal strategies for a portfolio of existing donors and potential
supporters who are capable of giving at the major gifts level
defined at $25K – $1M+. This position will pursue new and lapsed
donors and will take the lead on the relationships they are able to
cultivate and bring to solicitation. This MGO will work with a
diverse range of development and program staff, including
advocates, scientists and litigators, who work to fulfill NRDC’s
mission and strategic expansion in the Western Region. While this
is not a management position, the Western Region is highly
collaborative and values input and strategic contributions from all
team members.  

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a portfolio of approximately 120 individuals
  with the capacity to give at the five, six and seven figure
  levels. 
• Partner with Research and other fundraising colleagues to
  identify and develop a pipeline of new major gift
  prospects. 
• Establish donor specific strategies and timelines for the
  cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of gifts, including
  strategic in person and/or virtual donor engagement. 
• Contribute to the creation of fundraising materials and regular
  communications that will resonate with donors in the
  region.  
• Partner with and support NRDC’s leadership with respect to
  cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts, using their
  time and talents appropriately; ensure their effectiveness as
  representatives of NRDC.  
• Work with the Special Events, Planned Giving, Action Fund,
  E2 and Membership teams to plan events in the region that maximize
  donor and prospect cultivation opportunities.  
• Develop and maintain expert familiarity with programmatic
  needs, budgets, institutional priorities, and regional
  work.  
• Adeptly manage Salesforce and other processes such as tracking
  donor gift projections and list management for your
  portfolio. 
• Collaborate with NRDC’s Action Fund to deploy effective
  fundraising tactics to raise non-deductible 501c4
  funding. 

Qualifications

The Major Gifts Officer, Western Region must be a highly skilled
major gift fundraiser with a track record of successfully and
strategically identifying, cultivating, and stewarding donors from
$25k-$1M. Other desired skills and qualifications
include:  

• 5+ years of major gifts fundraising experience with a proven
  track record of successfully and strategically identifying,
  cultivating and stewarding major gift prospects and donors. 
   
• Eagerness to pursue new potential high net worth supporters
  with significant capacity.
• Strong writing skills to communicate in a regular, compelling
  manner with donors.
• Familiarity with philanthropic communities in Northern
  California. 
• Collaborative and inclusive approach to inter and intra
  departmental work.
• Professional demeanor when interfacing with NRDC donors and
  senior staff members. 
• Passion for the mission and goals of NRDC.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%. 
• Experience with advocacy or environmental groups a plus.
• Experience with political or 501c4 fundraising a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree and a commitment to Diversity, Equity and
  Inclusion required. 

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion,
both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating
and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential
to solving the planet’s most pressing environmental problems, and
we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have
been historically under-represented in the environmental
movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in
hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender,
gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation,
national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will
consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and
conviction records.

We offer competitive salaries, excellent
benefits (https://www.nrdc.org/careers#benefits),
and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a
nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience.
Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a
final offer. For this position, the salary range is $ 142,000 to $
157,000.

Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We
offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office
and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their
colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.

As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to
help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of
health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless
they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other
exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a
person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course
of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law,
new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to
do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other
exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all
vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state,
and federal laws.

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