Senior Major Gifts Officer

ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION, CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH The Vice President – Major Gifts is a senior member of the Advancement team responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors in support of the mission and ministries of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer and working closely with the Bishop, diocesan leadership, pastors, schools, and ministries, this role builds trusted, faith-centered relationships with individuals and families capable of making significant and transformational gifts. Key Responsibilities Manage and grow a portfolio of major donors and prospects. Cultivate, solicit, and steward significant and transformational gifts. Identify and qualify new major-gift prospects throughout the Diocese. Develop personalized donor strategies aligned with donor interests and diocesan priorities. Partner with the Bishop and diocesan leaders on key donor relationships and solicitations. Advance planned and legacy giving opportunities. Support capital campaigns and priority fundraising initiatives. Connect donors with parishes, schools, seminarian formation, ministries, outreach, and other areas of Catholic mission. Provide meaningful stewardship, impact reporting, and donor recognition. Maintain accurate CRM records, forecasts, and portfolio activity. Meet established goals for donor engagement, solicitations, commitments, and revenue. Qualifications 8–10 years of experience in major gifts, fundraising, advancement, relationship management, or sophisticated sales preferred. Demonstrated success building relationships and securing significant financial commitments. Experience with major gifts, capital campaigns, planned giving, or donor stewardship strongly preferred. Excellent communication, listening, organizational, and relationship-building skills. Confidence engaging high-capacity donors and senior leaders. High integrity, discretion, emotional intelligence, initiative, and accountability. CFRE, bilingual proficiency, and experience in Catholic, faith-based, nonprofit, higher education, or healthcare environments are preferred. Deep commitment to the mission, teachings, and values of the Catholic Church. Success in the Role Success will be measured by major gifts secured, donor relationships strengthened, new prospects developed, planned gifts cultivated, campaigns advanced, and strong stewardship of Travel & Schedule Regular travel throughout the Diocese and occasional evening and weekend availability are #J-18808-Ljbffr Catholic Recruiter Associates