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    Major Gifts Officer - San Francisco, United States - Natural Resources Defense Council

    Natural Resources Defense Council
    Natural Resources Defense Council San Francisco, United States

    1 week ago

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    Full time
    Description

    NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use
    law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online
    activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to
    ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and
    healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped
    write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the
    Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today,
    our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy
    advocates, communications experts, and others work across the
    United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman,
    Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica;
    and Washington, D.C.

    NRDC is seeking a Major Gifts Officer to work with the Western
    Region Major Gifts team in our San Francisco office.

    Position Summary

    NRDC is currently seeking a skilled Major Gift Officer, Western
    Region (MGO) to join NRDC's Western Major Gifts team, comprised of
    seven seasoned fundraisers – one Regional Director and six Major
    Gifts Officers – in addition to one Development Manager, covering
    the West Coast, Midwest and Southwest and an annual revenue goal of
    approximately $20m. This full-time position will be affiliated with
    NRDC's San Francisco, CA office, and work within an in-office and
    remote hybrid environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a
    creative fundraising professional with experience in and appetite
    for prospecting and cultivating new funding relationships while
    encouraging higher levels of commitment from existing donors. This
    person should have familiarity with philanthropic landscape in the
    Bay Area to help NRDC advance our fundraising goals. Regular travel
    across the Bay area is to be expected.

    The Major Gifts Officer is expected to execute prospecting and
    renewal strategies for a portfolio of existing donors and potential
    supporters who are capable of giving at the major gifts level
    defined at $25K – $1M+. This position will pursue new and lapsed
    donors and will take the lead on the relationships they are able to
    cultivate and bring to solicitation. This MGO will work with a
    diverse range of development and program staff, including
    advocates, scientists and litigators, who work to fulfill NRDC's
    mission and strategic expansion in the Western Region. While this
    is not a management position, the Western Region is highly
    collaborative and values input and strategic contributions from all
    team members.

    Responsibilities

  • Manage and develop a portfolio of approximately 120 individuals
    with the capacity to give at the five, six and seven figure
    levels.
  • Partner with Research and other fundraising colleagues to
    identify and develop a pipeline of new major gift
    prospects.
  • Establish donor specific strategies and timelines for the
    cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of gifts, including
    strategic in person and/or virtual donor engagement.
  • Contribute to the creation of fundraising materials and regular
    communications that will resonate with donors in the
    region.
  • Partner with and support NRDC's leadership with respect to
    cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts, using their
    time and talents appropriately; ensure their effectiveness as
    representatives of NRDC.
  • Work with the Special Events, Planned Giving, Action Fund,
    E2 and Membership teams to plan events in the region that maximize
    donor and prospect cultivation opportunities.
  • Develop and maintain expert familiarity with programmatic
    needs, budgets, institutional priorities, and regional
    work.
  • Adeptly manage Salesforce and other processes such as tracking
    donor gift projections and list management for your
    portfolio.
  • Collaborate with NRDC's Action Fund to deploy effective
    fundraising tactics to raise non-deductible 501c4
    funding.

    Qualifications

    The Major Gifts Officer, Western Region must be a highly skilled
    major gift fundraiser with a track record of successfully and
    strategically identifying, cultivating, and stewarding donors from
    $25k-$1M. Other desired skills and qualifications
    include:

  • 5+ years of major gifts fundraising experience with a proven
    track record of successfully and strategically identifying,
    cultivating and stewarding major gift prospects and donors.

  • Eagerness to pursue new potential high net worth supporters
    with significant capacity.
  • Strong writing skills to communicate in a regular, compelling
    manner with donors.
  • Familiarity with philanthropic communities in Northern
    California.
  • Collaborative and inclusive approach to inter and intra
    departmental work.
  • Professional demeanor when interfacing with NRDC donors and
    senior staff members.
  • Passion for the mission and goals of NRDC.
  • Willingness to travel up to 20%.
  • Experience with advocacy or environmental groups a plus.
  • Experience with political or 501c4 fundraising a plus.
  • Bachelor's degree and a commitment to Diversity, Equity and
    Inclusion required.

    NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion,
    both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating
    and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential
    to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and
    we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have
    been historically under-represented in the environmental
    movement.
    We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in
    hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender,
    gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation,
    national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or
    any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
    Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will
    consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and
    conviction records.
    We offer competitive salaries, excellent
    benefits ),
    and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a
    nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience.
    Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a
    final offer. For this position, the salary range is $ 142,000 to $
    157,000.

    Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We
    offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office
    and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their
    colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.

    As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to
    help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of
    health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless
    they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other
    exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a
    person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course
    of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law,
    new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to
    do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other
    exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all
    vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state,
    and federal laws.

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    abilities. Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact
    only those candidates we would like to interview. Please no phone
    calls, emails, or in-person résumé drop-offs.

    If you experience technical problems while applying or if you
    are a person with a disability and need assistance applying online,
    please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care at

    For more about NRDC, visit

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