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Responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing annual fundraising initiatives designed to increase donor participation, retention, and revenue. This role develops and implements multi-channel solicitation campaigns, cultivates relationships with individual donors, analyzes fundraising performance, and collaborates with internal stakeholders to support organizational philanthropic goals. This position helps build a sustainable pipeline of engaged donors by creating compelling donor communications, managing donor stewardship activities, and identifying opportunities to grow annual giving programs.
Job Description
Summary
Responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing annual fundraising initiatives designed to increase donor participation, retention, and revenue. This role develops and implements multi-channel solicitation campaigns, cultivates relationships with individual donors, analyzes fundraising performance, and collaborates with internal stakeholders to support organizational philanthropic goals. This position helps build a sustainable pipeline of engaged donors by creating compelling donor communications, managing donor stewardship activities, and identifying opportunities to grow annual giving programs.
Job Duties
- Own and execute the strategy for various campaigns, serving as project manager and coordinating cross-departmental participation, timelines, communications, and volunteer/team activity to meet campaign goals.
- Develop and manage the Employee Giving program, including annual cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans that encourage participation, renewals, upgrades, and acquisition of employee donors across all campuses.
- In coordination with community giving leads, support peer-to-peer, third-party, and community fundraising strategies, providing guidance, tools, and support to volunteer organizers and community partners running independent fundraising efforts on Jefferson's behalf.
- Serve as a lead on enterprise annual campaigns, coordinating with Donor Relations, Major Gifts, and other OIA teams to align messaging and timing.
- Recruit, train, and manage fundraising volunteers and ambassadors, fostering strong relationships with volunteer leadership to build a culture of collaboration, innovation, and teamwork.
Education - Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
Experience - Required
- 3 years progressive experience in annual giving, direct marketing, or fundraising, ideally with exposure to peer to peer, community, or volunteer-driven campaigns or related experience.
Experience - Preferred
- 1 year experience with peer to peer, community, or volunteer driven campaigns and
- 3 years experience and knowledge of fundraising.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Required
- Experience in campaign planning related to annual giving.
- Knowledge of marketing initiatives related to annual giving.
- Produces clear, concise, and professional communications.
- Previous experience with CRMs.
- Effectively plans, coordinates, and delivers projects on time and within scope, managing priorities, stakeholders, risks, and resources to achieve successful outcomes.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Preferred
- Experience in higher education or healthcare philanthropy
Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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