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Posted Job Title
Major Gifts Officer/Senior Major Gifts Officer

Job Profile Title
Major Gifts Officer

Job Description Summary

Penn Engineering’s world-acclaimed faculty, state-of-the-art research laboratories and highly interdisciplinary curricula offer an experience that is unparalleled. Innovation and technology drive every program and transform the fundamentals of what future engineers are learning. http://www.seas.upenn.edu/

Reporting to the Executive Director of Development in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Major Gifts Officer/Sr. Major Gifts Officer will identify, cultivate, solicit and steward individual prospects and donors (including alumni, parents, and friends) capable of making a major gift to the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Job Description

Reporting to the Executive Director of Development in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Major Gifts Officer/Sr. Major Gifts Officer will identify, cultivate, solicit and steward individual prospects and donors (including alumni, parents, and friends) capable of making a major gift to the School. This position will schedule and complete personal visits (120 each year); identify and research new prospects; develop individual cultivation and solicitation strategies for each major gift prospect; maintain personal portfolio of prospects, and prepare proposals and appropriate stewardship strategies. This position will work collaboratively with other members of the Engineering Development and Alumni Relations Office, the Engineering Dean, department chairs, faculty members, school leadership, and volunteers; will work with the Planned Giving Office to organize and promote marketing materials and schedule visits with planned giving prospects; and will plan and execute cultivation events for our Engineering alumni to more fully engage them with the Engineering School.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years of experience in institutional development or related work, preferably with emphasis on major gift solicitation, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; excellent verbal & written communication skills; must be an effective team worker; must hold a valid driver's license. Position involves travel and evening/weekend work.

Sr. Major Gifts Officer: same as above with a minimum of 5 years of experience in institutional development or related work.

Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School
Development and Alumni Relations

Pay Range
$50,684.00 - $91,232.00

Affirmative Action Statement

Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

Special Requirements

Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.