Donor and Community Partnership Specialist

Donor and Community Partnership Specialist 

We invite you to take a bold step with us. Join the team that’s offering expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance, and hope to people affected by serious illness or grief around Kansas City.  At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we work together – one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.

We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:

• We offer generous and competitive wages and benefits!
• We support a work-life balance that allows you to contribute to high quality service while maintaining a good work life balance. 
• A work environment defined by openness, communication, good humor, mutual support and accountability. 
• A team striving for quality in all we do and continually seeking opportunities to improve

Position Summary:
The Donor and Community Partnership Specialist cultivates and stewards donor relationships, supports third-party fundraising events, and collaborates with the Development and Communications team to implement fundraising strategies that advance the philanthropic goals of Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care.

The Donor and Community Partnership Specialist works closely with the Chief Development and Communications Officer and Director of Donor Relations to craft an overall fundraising strategy designed to grow giving from a defined sector of KCH donors with a history or capability of annual contributions equal to or greater than $1,000 (mid-level).

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field required. 
• Three (3) to five (5) years fundraising experience in a complex, data-driven organization required; fundraising experience in healthcare preferred. 
• Three (3) to five (5) years fundraising event experience required. 
• Proven experience working in Raiser’s Edge/NXT or comparable, required. 
• Must be comfortable learning and using new and changing software systems (including P2P software) as well as WordPress website management. 
• Must be an analytical and strategic thinker, engaging writer, outstanding editor, detailed project manager and data-driven decision maker. 
• Requires expertise and deep understanding of the complexities of donor-specific communications and interactions. 
• A commitment to the AFP Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice required. 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required; working knowledge of Google applications preferred.

Our Benefit Offerings Include: Insurance: Medical Insurance HRA, Dental, Vision, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Voluntary Life, Short and Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness, Pre-Paid Legal and Identity Theft, Pet Insurance
Time Off: Generous PTO accrual program, Generous Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Day
Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement Programs:
Tuition Assistance Additionally 2-Year Loan Assistance Agreement Federal Student Loan (Perkins Loan) Forgiveness:  As a Benefit of working at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, a qualified employer non-profit organization, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness. Contact your lender for additional information.Career Growth and Annual Scholarship opportunities including Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse (CHPN) reimbursement, Company paid CEU’s and ongoing training
And More!!!: Company Paid Employee Assistance Program offering 10 sessions per year, per event, Flexible Spending Account, Mileage Reimbursement, 403b Retirement Savings Plan and Company Match, Generous Employee Referral Program
** All benefits are available to regular full-time employees hired to work 60 hours or more per pay period, benefits offered differ for PT employees

Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace.  We don’t just accept differences—we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.

Job Type: Full Time