Donor Relations Specialist

The Donor Relations Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing meaningful stewardship activities designed to increase philanthropic support of Akron Children's Hospital Foundation.

Responsibilities

• Works with Foundation's vice president and directors in recommending, developing, implementing, and managing stewardship activities of the Akron Children's Hospital Foundation for donors at the $50,000 and above level.
• Works with hospital leadership, physicians, and departmental personnel to create and execute individualized stewardship experiences designed to help motivate additional major giving at the $100,000 and above level.
• Monetizes value of individual and group stewardship activities to meet ROI expectancies.
• Consults with development team to design and implement special recognition of donors to help motivate additional giving.
• Works with hospital accounting, finance and accounting departments, and service lines to create and write impact reports for gifts of $50,000 and above.
• Creates individualized and meaningful correspondence for the ACH president and CEO to acknowledge gifts of over $25,000 which totals $20 million in revenue annually.
• Designs and implements programs to offer systematic donor recognition activities such as annual reports, donor walls, naming plaques, and donor recognition events.
• Identifies and maintains recognition inventory for donor cultivation
• Other duties as required.

Technical Expertise

• Experience in fundraising, marketing, or sales is required.
• Experience in donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities is preferred.
• Travel and valid Ohio driver's license is required.
• Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.
• Database management software is required; Raiser's Edge software is preferred.

Education And Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Administration, Marketing, Public Relations, or related field is required; Master's degree is preferred.
• Certification: None.
• Years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years is preferred.
• Years of experience supervising: 0.

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Onsite