Job description: Individual Gift Officer - Cape Regional Health System at Cape May Court House, NJ

The Individual Gift Officer (Cape Regional Health System)is responsible for raising private philanthropic gifts to support the patients, programs and research of Cooper University Health Care with a focus on the Cape region. The Individual Gift Officer will be responsible to work with assigned areas or institutes of CUHC operations to advance Cooper's vision and goals and will serve as the lead point of contact for fundraising for the assigned area.

1. Serve as the primary relationship manager for major gift prospects and communicate with major donors on a regular basis.
2. Identify, cultivate, solicit, and secure major gift commitments for assigned departments and divisions primarily from individual donors, grateful patients, and their family members, organizations, and selected physicians.
3. Work closely with physicians, clinicians and administrative staff to identify and engage patients who may have an interest in supporting CUHCR's patients, programs and services.
4. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the research, teaching, and patient care components of assigned departments and divisions to effectively articulate the case for support for funding priorities.
5. Research, develop, submit, and maintain reporting requirements of grants for CUHCR programs and services.
6. Team with marketing and others to develop materials for the fundraising, presentations and proposals.
7. Drive campaigns specific to CUHCR including special events, team member giving, annual and planned giving and capital campaigns.
8. Collaborate with colleagues across the Foundation, marketing, academic and clinical leadership, and other key stakeholders to raise visibility and align fundraising efforts with institutional priorities.
9. Prepare fundraising reports, budgets, and other documents.
10. Serve as liaison to the Cape Regional Health System Auxiliary.

• Three to five years of progressively responsible development experience, with a strong working knowledge of the principles and practices of major gift fundraising in an academic medical, healthcare environment or comparable complex organization.
• Proven ability to close gifts of $5,000+ and experience in cultivating relationships with physicians and clinicians, administrative leadership, patients and their families.
• Experience with initiating, organizing, and managing projects while interfacing successfully with colleagues in a collaborative approach.
• Outgoing personality and ability to initiate and enjoy direct communication with key constituencies; customer-service orientation.
• Excellent presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and writing skills.
• Solid working knowledge of fundraising databases, preferably Raisers' Edge.
• Ability to communicate with donors, physicians and clinicians,leadership, patients, community members, visitors and coworkers.
• Ability to travel locally and occasional overnight travel.

Bachelors required, but Master's preferred.