Leadership Gift Officer

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🍁 Vermont – Remote

🍁 Vermont – Remote

💵 $82k / year

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Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College

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1 - 10 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

The Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College is dedicated to educating students in the realm of public action. It serves as a catalyst, convener, and creative space aimed at fostering social change, reflecting its commitment to engaging with communities and promoting civic involvement.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement individualized qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned constituents • Personally solicit leadership annual gifts, focusing on renewing and increasing gifts in the $10,000–$100,000 range and securing multi-year commitments • Conduct approximately 8–12 meaningful in-person or virtual donor and prospect visits each month • Build a consistent pipeline of prospective donors through qualification, discovery, engagement, and solicitation • Identify individuals with major and planned gift potential and partner with senior development colleagues on next-step strategies and transitions • Meet or exceed annual goals for fundraising revenue, donor visits, qualifications, solicitations, renewals, upgrades, and other KPIs • Use prospect research, data analysis, and portfolio management tools to evaluate and prioritize relationships • Maintain accurate records of donor interactions, strategies, proposals, contact reports, demographic updates, and moves-management activity in the constituent database • Build sustained relationships with alumni, parents, friends, trustees, and other constituents • Represent Bennington College within the Western United States • Connect donor interests with opportunities to support the College • Communicate Bennington College’s mission, academic programs, student experience, institutional priorities, and philanthropic opportunities • Prepare personalized donor correspondence, proposals, gift documentation, briefing materials, and other communications • Steward donors in partnership with Donor Relations and Institutional Advancement colleagues • Identify donor engagement opportunities through College events, regional gatherings, campus programs, and volunteer opportunities • Collaborate across Institutional Advancement, Major Gifts, Annual Giving, Alumni and Constituent Engagement, Donor Relations, Special Events, Advancement Services, and Institutional and Academic Grants • Partner with College leadership, trustees, faculty, staff, and volunteers to advance constituent relationships and philanthropic opportunities • Identify emerging donor interests, philanthropic trends, and engagement opportunities • Share donor insights with colleagues to ensure coordinated relationship management • Contribute to a collaborative, flexible, and goal-oriented Advancement team culture • Support planning and execution of cultivation, stewardship, and engagement opportunities in the Western United States • Attend and staff select College and Advancement events • Represent Bennington College professionally at regional events and gatherings

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience • Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in frontline fundraising, sales, account management, relationship management, business development, or a related field • Experience in higher education advancement or nonprofit fundraising is preferred • Valid/current driver’s license and ability to travel independently • Ability to establish and sustain meaningful relationships with a wide range of individuals • Comfort and effectiveness initiating conversations about philanthropy and making direct person-to-person solicitations • Strong organizational and portfolio-management skills • Ability to manage multiple relationships, priorities, and deadlines independently • Ability to set priorities, take initiative, follow through consistently, and work toward measurable goals • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills • Strong listening skills and ability to translate constituent interests into meaningful engagement and philanthropic opportunities • Experience using CRM or donor-management databases • Familiarity with fundraising and moves-management systems is preferred • Comfort using data, research, and technology to inform portfolio strategy and fundraising activity • Ability to work independently in a remote environment and collaboratively as part of a distributed team • Professional interaction with donors and colleagues • Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information • Ability to work respectfully and effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives • Willingness and ability to travel regularly throughout the Western United States and periodically to Bennington, Vermont, and other locations as needed • Successful completion of a background check

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Life insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Retirement benefits • Tuition benefits, including Tuition Exchange scholarships • On-site fitness center • Generous time off benefits • Fully remote work arrangement