The posting
Job Description
We are searching for a Major Gift Officer II – someone who is a relationship-focused, highly organized fundraising professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can help grow meaningful philanthropic relationships. In this role, you’ll manage a portfolio of qualified prospects and donors with the goal of securing at least $3 million in philanthropic support, while strengthening the pipeline and increasing donor retention, engagement, and giving over time.
With 3–5 years of fundraising experience, you’ll identify and qualify new prospects, convert event participants into active donor relationships, and cultivate, retain, and upgrade donors giving $10,000 or more. Success in this role requires strong relationship-building skills, excellent follow-through, comfort managing a high-volume portfolio, and the ability to use data and donor insights to prioritize opportunities and move donors from initial engagement through meaningful philanthropic investment.
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Responsibilities
Responsibility A: Raise $3 million annually in gifts and commitments
- Manage the health, composition and ongoing activity of the portfolio of assigned qualified major gift prospects/donors
- Create and execute cultivation and solicitation strategies for portfolio prospects
- Create and execute stewardship strategies for portfolio donors
- Develop strong engagement strategies for fundraising volunteers in order to secure donor funds
Responsibility B: Cultivate relationships with assigned priority areas
- Grow the major gift pipeline through strategic prospect identification and qualification, transitioning high-potential prospects to Major Gift Officers for continued cultivation and solicitation when appropriate.
- Identify and build relationships with clinical and administrative leaders for assigned areas
- Help identify and communicate fundraising needs for assigned areas internally to the team
- Help drive fundraising strategies for key service lines
Responsibility C: Collaboration
- Participate in strategy sessions with colleagues on key major gift prospects
- Help drive response for Office of Philanthropy priority events and initiatives
- Participate in the creation of and help execute communication and fundraising tactics
Responsibility D: Documentation
- Record and manage donor/prospect data, activity, management and movement in the fundraising technology system
- Help maintain the integrity of data in the fundraising technology system
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- Required 3 years of fundraising, donor relations, sponsorships, philanthropy, events, grant development, or relationship building leading to partnerships resulting in revenue, profit, or donated funds experience
- 3 years' experience preferred direct Individual fundraising with specific track record in major gifts.
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, the ability to work with a wide variety of personalities, and the ability to effectively plan, set goals, execute tactics and drive for results to meet goals.
- Must also be a strong, positive communicator, both verbally and written, with a creative approach to building relationships. Must be a team player and collaborative contributor.
About Us
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.
Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.
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Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
