Description:
This position is responsible for raising funds through major gifts generated from individuals, corporations, and foundations for a designated geographical area of a Salvation Army Division.
Key Responsibilities:
- Raise funds to enable the Mission of The Salvation Army by aggressively developing and nurturing current and prospective donors including individuals, foundations and corporations.
- Respond to inquiries and communicate with donors, advisory organization members, Salvation Army staff and Officers.
- Be responsible for designing, revising, and implementing a giving plan for every donor in their portfolio in order to reach an annual production goal.
- Travels often to meet with donors throughout the assigned territory of southern Alabama and Mississippi region (Laurel, Hattiesburg, MS Gulf Coast Area Command, Coastal Alabama Area Command (Mobile), Dothan, Montgomery).Ideal candidate to reside in Mobile, however, MS Gulf Coast is acceptable.
You are an ideal match for the role if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required preferably in a related field And Three years’ experience performing related fundraising, marketing and/or sales work is required with major gift fund-raising experience preferred. Ability to research, solicit, and secure funds from individual, corporate, and foundation relationships
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience developing relationships with the expressed purpose of causing a prescribed action outcome.
- Ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records (salesforce, donor perfect or any CRM).