Senior Officer, Foundations Relations

82326BRJob Posting Title:Senior Officer, Foundations RelationsDepartment:Children's Hospital Trust AutoReqId:82326BRStatus:Full-TimeStandard Hours per Week:40 Job Posting Category:Development/Fundraising Job Posting Description: Position Summary/ Department Summary: The Senior Officer, Foundation Relations works as part of the Foundation Relations team within the larger Strategic Giving team to identify prospects, develop cultivation and solicitation strategies, and solicit, close and steward gifts at the $100k+ level from local, national and international foundations. The incumbent actively looks for new opportunities to bring funding to the hospital, develops and executes strategies to secure gifts and assures appropriate and timely cultivation and stewardship. The Senior Officer collaborates closely with volunteers, senior administration, leading benefactors, chiefs of service, physicians and researchers, and designs strategies to engage faculty and staff to partner with the Trust. Based on performance, the Senior Officer assumes increasing levels of responsibility and independence. Key Responsibilities: u00b7 Conducts regular faculty and prospect visits to ensure that goals are met, manages and initiates all activity related to prospects consistent with moves management principles, and creatively and persistently seeks connections to new prospects to qualify interest, shape funding opportunities, and to build pipeline. u00b7 Develops annual operating plan forecasting solicitations, revenue, and visits, in consultation with the Director, Foundation Relations, the Associate Vice President for Foundation Relations, and VP, Strategic Giving. u00b7 Builds and nurtures effective working relationships with senior management, department chiefs, physician-scientists, researchers and volunteer leadership to identify funding needs, prepare the case for support, cultivate, solicit and steward foundation donors, locally and nationally. u00b7 Writes, drafts, edits and submits letters, proposals, reports, acknowledgments, case materials, briefings and donor correspondence when appropriate for hospital and lay leadership. Translates complex, rigorous content into compelling, donor-centered language to effectively communicate Childrenu2019s mission and work. u00b7 Develops an understanding of the breadth of research, clinical, teaching and community health programs of Childrenu2019s Hospital. Stays abreast of clinical, research and administrative initiatives and keeps apprised of local, regional and national health care issues, as well as changes within the foundations landscape u00b7 Collaborates with colleagues throughout the Trust, including other frontline fundraising business units to ensure all opportunities for foundation gifts are maximized, and with teams within Communications and Operations to assure that prospects are identified, researched and engaged in the most effective way possible. u00b7 Commits to professional growth through seminars, workshops, independent reading and professional affiliations. Minimum Qualifications u00b7 Four (4) years of foundation fundraising or related experience securing funding from organizations Work Experience Preferred u00b7 Experience in a high-volume development department, particularly within science or health organizations Education: Bacheloru2019s degree required Experience: u00b7 Demonstrated ability to cultivate, solicit and close 100K+ gifts in a complex environment u00b7 Proven ability to develop and implement cultivation and solicitation strategies through writing and editing philanthropic documents such as grant proposals and foundation stewardship reports. u00b7 Understanding of complex medical and scientific projects and the ability to describe them with accuracy and persuasion, verbally and in writing. u00b7 High level of productivity with consistent attention to detail. u00b7 Solution-oriented performer who can work independently and be highly responsive to both staff and donor issues. Office/Site Location:BostonRegular, Temporary, Per Diem:Regular Remote Eligibility :Part Remote/Hybrid Pay Range:$99,154.00-$158,631.00 Annual

Created: 2025-11-19