Philanthropy Specialist

Northern Light Health

Department: Foundation

Position is located: Northern Light Health Foundation

Work Type: Full Time

Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Schedule:

Summary:

The Philanthropy Specialist is a relationship-focused fundraising professional responsible for advancing philanthropic support for Northern Light AR Gould Hospital and Northern Light Home Care & Hospice. This role manages a defined portfolio of donors and prospects and contributes directly to annual fundraising goals through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Reporting to the Director of Philanthropy, the Philanthropy Specialist exercises sound judgment, works independently within established strategy, and serves as a trusted representative of philanthropy with donors, clinicians, and community partners.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a personal portfolio of donors and prospects with accountability for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship outcomes.

• Develop and execute individualized donor engagement strategies aligned with organizational priorities and fundraising goals.

• Conduct donor visits and prepare clear, compelling written and verbal communications to advance donor relationships.

• Draft donor correspondence, solicitation materials, proposals, and stewardship communications that clearly articulate impact and purpose.

• Identify and qualify new prospects, including individuals, corporations, and community partners.

• Build and steward relationships with community organizations and partners to strengthen philanthropic engagement.

• Represent philanthropy in the community and with internal stakeholders through confident, professional communication.

• Maintain accurate, timely documentation of donor strategies, activity, and outcomes in the donor database.

• Collaborate with Foundation colleagues and Marketing & Communications to ensure consistent, high-quality donor messaging and recognition.

• Uphold strong standards of donor experience, confidentiality, and stewardship, ensuring donor intent is honored.

Other Information:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of four years’ experience in fundraising, development, advancement, or related fields; healthcare experience preferred or at least six years of direct philanthropy experience.

• Experience supporting donor cultivation and stewardship; exposure to major gift fundraising a plus.

• Demonstrated experience supporting or coordinating fundraising events.

• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and collaborate with donors, volunteers, clinicians, and community partners.

• Proficiency with donor management systems; Raiser’s Edge preferred and experience with Canva, design platform.

• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills: demonstrated experience working in a team setting while inspiring others to perform at an elevated level of efficiency and productivity.

• Proven success with principal and major gift fundraising.

• Strong management skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with leadership, clinicians and staff across the organization to ensure alignment and creative approaches to support key funding priorities, initiatives, and opportunities.

• Possess strong verbal and written skills, well organized, self-directed with ability to meet deadlines.

• Demonstrated success as a team builder, and as member of a team developing effective relationships with staff, senior leaders, volunteers, and community leaders, and donors.

• Maintain confidentiality in the performance of duties.

• Must possess basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Systems, Knowledge of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, and NXT preferred.

• Requires an understanding of volunteer/donor stewardship to communicate effectively, to build positive relationships, and establish trust and loyalty with NLH system and hospital leadership, volunteers, donors, physicians, and hospital employees.

• Ability to travel regionally to support donor meetings, events, and community engagement with a variety of hours including occasional nights and weekends.

• A valid driver’s license and ability to travel.

Competencies and Skills

• Achieves Results: Sets high standards for their own outcomes and seizes opportunities to engage others towards objectives. Consistently moves forward with direct actions in order to attain or exceed objectives. Manages their own time effectively to accomplish assigned tasks. Successfully prioritizes multiple projects and duties as needed.

• Acts Strategically: Creates effective plans that anticipate future consequences and opportunities and is able to connect the day to day operations to longer-term objectives, shifts in the industry, and system goals.

• Applies Business Acumen:Demonstrates knowledge of current and future trends that impact organizational success. Applies proven practices and business theories to get results that meet financial as well as other business goals. Recognizes opportunities for new services and products and acts accordingly, taking measured risks into consideration. Possesses a thorough knowledge of their field and independently carries out their work in accordance with professional standards of the profession.

• Demonstrates Adaptability: Learns quickly when facing a new problem or unfamiliar task; is flexible in their approach with changing priorities and ambiguity. Manages change effectively and does not give up during adversity. Capable of changing one's behavioral style and/or views in order to attain a goal. Absorbs new information readily and puts it into practice effectively.

• Demonstrates Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits a high level of self-awareness, self-management, other awareness and relationship management. Conducts themselves in an empathic, appropriate way, with a sense of humor and stimulates a collaborative work environment. Is respectful of the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others and aware of the influence of their own behavior on them. Is aware of relevant social, political, system, and professional trends and developments and uses this information for the organization's benefit.

• Develops Self and Others:Takes responsibility for engaging in professional self-development activities and programs. Strives to gain insight into their own values, strengths and weaknesses, interests and ambitions and takes action in order to enhance competencies and skills when possible. As a leader, encourages and guides employees towards growth opportunities to enhance performance and help them reach goals. Reviews and analyzes employees' strengths and weaknesses to distinguish their talents and development needs, and to ensure they are enhanced appropriately.

• Effectively Communicates: Listens, speaks and writes appropriately, using clear language. Communication methods are fitting to the message(s), audience, and situation and follow-ups are regular and timely. Shows that important (non-) verbal information is absorbed and understood and asks further questions to clarify when necessary. Expresses ideas and views clearly to others and has ability to adjust use of language to the audiences' level.

• Exercises Sound Judgment & Decision Making: Understands and processes complex information, which allows for appropriate and accountable conclusions. Does not react too quickly or slowly. Balances facts, goals, and potential approaches taking the appropriate criteria into account. Makes active decisions and commits oneself by communicating confidently and respectfully.

• Fosters Innovation: Employs and encourages the use of meaningful creativity in solving challenges. Proactively identifies opportunities and uses new approaches to enhance processes, systems and services. When appropriate, suggests or initiates new strategies, products, services, and markets.

• Influences and Inspires: Builds enthusiasm and commitment among others to move in a desired direction and models it personally. Creates a compelling vision of success that motivates workplace initiative and energizes others to follow. Provides direction and guidance to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain an objective. Has the ability to appropriately influence others' actions and decisions with and without express authority.

• Spreadsheet application with the ability to use calculations, formulas, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming.

• Word processing, spreadsheets, data entry, database experience and other computer related skills.

• Email application with the ability to manage email as well as calendars, managing tasks and contacts, note taking, journaling, and web browsing.

• Presentation software with the ability to create presentations with the ability to incorporate animation, audio, video, time delays, as well as designing themes and variants with animations and effects.

• MS Teams

• Word process application with the ability to create and edit documents, format, use tables, apply footnoting, create table of contents and mail merge techniques.

• Behaves with Integrity and Builds Trust: Acts consistently in line with the core values, commitments and rules of conduct. Leads by example and tells the truth. Does what they say they will, when and how they say they will, or communicates an alternate plan.

• Cultivates Respect: Treats others fairly, embraces and values differences, and contributes to a culture of belonging, empowerment, and cooperation.

• Fosters Accountability: Creates and participates in a work environment where people hold themselves and others accountable for processes, results and behaviors. Takes appropriate ownership not only of successes but also mistakes and works to correct them in a timely manner. Demonstrates understanding that we all work as a team and the quality and timeliness of work impacts everyone involved.

• Practices Compassion: Exhibits genuine care for people and is available and ready to help; displays a deep awareness of and strong willingness to relieve the suffering of others.

Education

• Required Bachelor's DegreeAdvanced degree or a minimum of ten years of dedicated fundraising experience in a variety of roles that represent progressive responsibility in leadership and major gift fundraising.

Required Experience

• 4 year/years of Relevant Work Experience

Working Conditions

• Work with computers, typing, reading or writing.

• Work beyond the regularly scheduled hours.

• Lifting, moving and loading less than 20 pounds.

Brewer, Maine, Corporate Office, Cianchette, Foundation, Finance, Human Resources, Legal Services

Position Philanthropy SpecialistLocation US:ME:Bangor or Hybrid | Philanthropy | Full TimeReq ID 86240