Major Gifts Officer

Northwest Kidney Centers seeks a Major Gifts Officer to support the Development team in a full-time, hybrid position (Burien, WA).

Salary Range: 31 $43.32 - $50.72 - $64.90

Purpose

The Major Gifts Officer is a highly skilled, experienced, and results-oriented fundraising professional who can plan individual giving strategies and manage a portfolio of current and prospective donors. They will serve as a strategic thought partner to the VP of Development on campaign planning and the cultivation and stewardship of individual donors. The successful candidate will understand the complexities of philanthropy and be excited to build and grow an individual gifts program. The successful candidate is an excellent relationship steward with a proven record of producing measurable results. They bring experience in the healthcare field and will build on the organization’s success of event-based fundraising by taking the major donor program to the next level.

Duties

1. Oversees an individual giving strategy for a portfolio of 100 – 120 major donors ($5,000+) and prospects, managing each step of the major donor pipeline, including discovery, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
2. Maintains excellent donor relations through personal visits, tours of NKC facilities, phone calls, email and other correspondence, and other activities.
3. Updates major donor prospect lists in consultation with the Vice President, President/CEO, NKC and Foundation Boards, senior management, physicians and other staff and volunteers.
4. Manages acceptance of major gifts according to adopted policies and procedures, working with other development staff and NKC executive leadership.
5. Acts as liaison with medical staff for Grateful Patient fundraising
6. Consults with professional advisors and legal counsel to complete gifts which meet donors’ charitable giving objectives, support NKC’s mission and meet all legal and regulatory requirements.
7. Promotes Planned Giving (Heritage Society) as appropriate donors.
8. Works with programmatic and communications team to prepare timely, accurate and complete gift proposals, endowment, and other gift agreements.
9. Organizes individual donor stewardship and recognition activities to cultivate and recognize major donors.
10. Keeps abreast of philanthropic/fund development trends, best practices, and regulatory issues with potential to impact NKC’s major donor activities
11. Travels locally to meet with donors and professional advisors in a variety of locations.
12. Performs other duties as required.

Requirements 

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing, communications, public relations, political science, journalism, or business administration. Five years of related work experience involving directing successful major gift campaigns for healthcare, education, or other nonprofit causes. 

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Benefit offerings for eligible employees (.6-1.0 FTE):  

• Choice of 3 medical insurance plans: Premera Blue Cross (HDHP, Low Option PPO, High Option PPO)
• Delta Dental & Vision Services Plan 
• 401 Retirement Plan, Employer Match dollar for dollar up to 4% of your wages and an additional 1% Discretionary Match 
• Disability benefits: Short-term & Long-term Plans 
• Life & AD&D Plans 
• Tuition Reimbursement of up to $4,000 annually 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Employee Scholarship Program
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
• 100% employer subsidized Commute/Transit Benefits available
• Paid Time Off (PTO) includes personal time off and holidays. Employees may earn up to 192 hours of PTO in their first year.
• Paid Sick Time (PST) - Employees will earn 1 hour for every 30 eligible hours of work.

Founded in 1962 as the world’s first outpatient dialysis provider , Northwest Kidney Centers operates 19 dialysis clinics across the Puget Sound region in addition to hospital-based services and a large home-based dialysis program. We are a not-for-profit, community-based organization and consistently rank among the top dialysis providers in the United States in quality of care, patient outcomes and transplant rates.

At Northwest Kidney Centers, teamwork, integrity, respect, excellence and stewardship guide our approach to how we work. We differentiate ourselves by our patient centered approach and active commitment to advancing kidney research and dialysis innovation. Key to our success is the compassion and expertise of our dedicated team of staff that care for those we serve. 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Northwest Kidney Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. NKC will not engage in or tolerate any discrimination in the workplace prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Specifically, no employee will be discriminated against on the basis of their race (including physical characteristics historically associated with race, such as hairstyle or hair type), sex/gender, religion/creed, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, immigration status, genetics/genetic markers, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.  

Preboarding Requirements: At Northwest Kidney Centers, we are committed to maintaining a safe work environment for all employees and patients. As part of our hiring process, we conduct pre-employment background checks, drug screenings (we do not test for THC), employment verification and references, which are contingent to be hired on with NKC. These checks ensure we are in compliance with regulatory requirements and uphold our standards of safety, excellence, stewardship, and integrity. We value transparency and respect your privacy; any information obtained during these screenings will be handled with the utmost confidentiality. Should you have any questions regarding this process, please feel free to reach out to our People Team.  

Please note: To protect our vulnerable patient population and our workforce, NKC strongly encourages all staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.