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About the Role
The AMNH Advancement team seeks a full-time Senior Major Gifts Officer to secure five- and six-figure gifts from individual donors and prospects, supporting the institution's science and education initiatives. This role involves managing a portfolio, cultivating donors, and leading a team, with the goal of building the mid-level individual giving pipeline.
Responsibilities
- Manage and strengthen a portfolio of 125-150 major gift donors and prospects with the capacity to make 5-6 figure gifts.
- Create customized short-, intermediate-, and long-term strategies for the donor/prospect portfolio.
- Partner with Gift Officers on mid-level giving to develop customized portfolio strategies.
- Maintain current and accurate records in Raiser's Edge.
- Conceptualize and implement strategies to engage new prospects.
- Identify and research prospective donors.
- Craft effective proposals, reports, acknowledgments, and other related communications.
- Plan, manage, and host cultivation and stewardship activities, including meetings, tours, and small gatherings.
- Manage a schedule that includes local travel and occasional evening and weekend work.
- Manage two Gift Officers, providing guidance, coaching, and professional development.
- Foster a results-oriented fundraising culture.
- Coordinate and collaborate with Museum colleagues, including leadership, Advancement staff, scientists, educators, and exhibition teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Minimum of seven years of professional experience in fundraising.
- At least four years in a major donor-facing role in a nonprofit development context.
- Demonstrated success leading and managing a team.
- Demonstrated success personally soliciting and closing complex gifts at the major gift level (five- and six-figure gifts required).
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, internet applications, and fundraising databases.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and decision-making skills.
- Volunteer management skills and experience.
- Knowledge of and experience with Raiser’s Edge.
- Three years of supervisory experience preferred.
Skills
- Fundraising
- Major Donor Management
- Prospect Research
- Proposal Writing
- Communication
- Presentation
- Decision-making
- Volunteer Management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Raiser's Edge
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 7+ years fundraising experience
- 4+ years major donor experience
- 3+ years supervisory experience preferred
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $135,000-150,000
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- PTO
About the Company
- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), founded in 1869, is a leading scientific, educational, and cultural institution with a dual mission of research and education.
- The Museum features over 40 exhibition halls, galleries, the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and the Richard Gilder Center.
- AMNH scientists utilize a collection of over 30 million specimens and objects and one of the world's largest natural history libraries.
- The Museum offers unique degree-granting programs through its Richard Gilder Graduate School.
- Orr Group is a strategic partner to nonprofit organizations, providing fundraising and executive recruitment support.