The Philanthropy\rteam has an opportunity to join us as a Development Officer at MedStar Franklin\rSquare Hospital. This is a full-time opportunity, Monday - Friday with standard\rbusiness hours.
The Development Officer plans, organizes, and coordinates various development\ractivities, functions, and events. Coordinates the day-to-day administration\ractivities including data management, gift processing, and acknowledgements.\rWill be supported in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a\rportfolio of annual gifts and low-level major gift prospects.

Primary Duties
Manages a\r portfolio of annual donors
Develops and\r implements thoughtful, strategic cultivation, solicitation, and\r stewardship plans for prospective donors
Anticipates the\r needs of the Board members, leadership, physicians, and volunteers and\r creates support for donor cultivation and solicitation meetings.
Manages and\r supports annual giving at an entity level.
Attends\r philanthropy events to cultivate donors and plays an active role in\r cultivation at these events which are mostly held during the evening and\r weekend hours.
Collaboratively\r plans and facilitates events and meetings, contributing creative input.
Develops and\r manages timelines for various fundraising activities to ensure plans and\r critical fundraising processes are carried out in a timely manner.
Develops\r expertise in strategically aligned priorities of the healthcare system.\r Assists physicians, program directors and administration with capital and\r programmatic funding needs.
Manages and\r supports internal and external key stakeholder relationships.
Ensures\r accurate and timely disposition of gifts/donations to the finance\r department, as appropriate.
Manages gift\r acknowledgment process as requested by preparing customized and standard\r letters based on gift donor information; proofs and mails these letters to\r donors, as appropriate.
Maintains\r accurate and timely input of biographical, gift in fundraising software.\r Ensures integrity and confidentiality of information.
Meets annual\r activity and financial performance metrics.

Qualifications
Bachelor's\r degree, Required.
Minimum 1-2\r years Administrative or donor support experience, preferably in a\r fundraising, public relations, marketing, or related area, Required.
Excellent\r verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent\r customer service, problem-solving, and time management skills.
Proficiency\r with various computer software applications