Major Gifts Officer

Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation

Mountainside, NJ

Who We Are:

Children’s Specialized Hospital, a member of the RWJBH Healthcare System, is the nation’s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care for children from birth to 21 years of age facing special health challenges from chronic illnesses and complex physical disabilities like brain and spinal cord injuries, to developmental and behavioral issues like autism and mental health. Through our 16 New Jersey locations, our pediatric specialists’ partner with families to make our many innovative therapies and medical treatments more personalized and effective...so children can achieve more of their goals.

What You'll Do:

The Major Gifts Officer (MGO) cis responsible for driving the revenue growth of Major Gifts and works with the Director, Individual & Family Philanthropy to expand the Major Gift program by developing and implementing strategies to cultivate strong relationships and secure philanthropic gifts. Provides expertise and support prospecting, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors. The MGO will be responsible for implementing goals for long-term strategy that supports the Foundation Strategic Plan, Corporate Goals and the Department Annual Plan for program growth. The MGO shall further develop, implement, and maintain a positive and engaging fundraising relationships with constituents to meet financial and in-kind needs of Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation.

The MGO will be a passionate advocate for children’s healthcare and an ambassador for the values and story of Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) and Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation (CSF) for inside and outside the Foundation.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated creative fundraiser who excels at building and maintaining relationships, working collaboratively with others to achieve goals, inspiring and collaborating with a team of hard-working professionals, communicating with a diverse group of stakeholders, embracing growth and innovation, and above all, a commitment to the highest ethical standards in philanthropy.

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field required.
• Minimum of five years of progressive fundraising experience working with individuals and family foundations, and events.
• Experienced at effectively developing and stewarding long-term relationships with individual funders and internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated project management experience with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to make strong, credible presentations, communicate the ‘CSH story’ and demonstrate comprehensive writing skills.
• Excellent and passionate relationship builder.
• Demonstrated outstanding communication skills.
• The ability to network and be dynamic, persuasive and very comfortable interacting with major donors and high net worth individuals.
• Proven ability to identify new funding opportunities, build an expanding portfolio of individual donors.
• Proven ability to lead and execute site visits for current and potential funders.
• Impeccable writing and editing skills; ability to translate complex ideas into clear, concise, and compelling narratives
• Travel to hospital sites and visiting individual donors and prospects throughout NJ/NY metropolitan area.

What Do We Offer?

We offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous paid time off, flexible saving account, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, matched 403(b) retirement savings plan and more.