Annual Giving Specialist

Serves as a member of the Foundation's Annual Giving and CMN Hospitals team. Supports fundraising strategies as the tactical partner for Gillette Children's direct response mailings, provides logistics support to the event planning contractor and serves as a front-line point of contact for donors and third-party event partners. May perform miscellaneous administrative tasks as assigned.

This is a hybrid opportunity - three days onsite, two days from home. Office location: St. Paul, MN. Standard business hours, Monday-Friday.

Compensation & Benefits

The hourly wage for this opportunity is $21.78/hour to $32.66/hour with a median wage of $27.22/hour. Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience, education, certification & licensure, and internal equity. Hourly pay just one part of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package that includes a retirement savings match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits.

Major Challenges

• Ensure accuracy in work
• Supporting a robust and growing direct response program focused on increasing average gift amounts and building relationships with a broad base of annual donors
• Partnering with an events contractor and philanthropy team members to provide efficient fundraising events and a great donor experience
• Adjusting to fluctuations in work volumes

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Support annual giving programs.
  • Provide assistance in the planning and implementation of fundraising initiatives and programs.
  • Assist in the identification, solicitation, cultivation and stewardship of prospects and donors.
  • Support selected fundraising activities, including direct mail, e-communications, event planning, third-party events, and employee giving.
  • Input and extract data from various systems
  • Participate in the development and production of internal and external materials, proposals and reports.
  • Provide general office support such as scheduling, correspondence, reports,presentations, etc.
  • Work with volunteers, contracted vendors, and Hospital staff members
• Provide Foundation support
  • Check Foundation email inbox
  • Assist with Stewardship efforts and mailings

Qualifications

Required:

• Associates degree, or equivalent combination of training and experience
• Highly detail oriented

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to represent the Gillette Children's brand and values to a diverse range of constituencies
• Experience working with a relationship database
• Proven qualities of self-initiative and self-motivation.
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to handle confidential matters.
• Strong attention to detail skills, resourcefulness, and problem-solving.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Ability to work independently, establish priorities, and meet timely deadlines.
• Positive team attitude, maturity, professionalism.
• Ability to learn new skills.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree
• Raisers Edge experience
• Demonstrated experience with Raiser's Edge

Gillette requires all staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 unless there is a Gillette-approved medical or religious exemption. New hires will be required to have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine prior to starting employment and submit proof of 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine prior to 1st day. Gillette also requires all employees to receive the influenza vaccine or wear an approved face mask during influenza season. The flu vaccine can be done at the time of the health clearance appointment.

Gillette Children's is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse team, as we know that the diverse experiences of our employees make Gillette a stronger and better organization. We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment where all patients, families and staff are welcomed and valued. We believe diverse perspectives and identities foster excellence, improve patient care and are essential for Gillette to fulfill its mission. Our team members collaborate to help patients of all backgrounds and abilities reach their full potential.

Gillette Children's is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation or gender identity, military status or any other class protected by federal, state or local laws.

Gillette Children's is a global beacon of care for patients with brain, bone and movement conditions that start in childhood. Our research, treatment and supportive technologies enable every child to lead a full life defined by their dreams, not their diagnoses.

To learn more about working at Gillette Children's, please visit https://www.gillettechildrens.org/careers.

Gillette Children's participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) E-Verify program which is an internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Gillette will give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS or the Social Security Administration (SSA) to resolve the issue before Gillette takes any further action. Please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/ for further details regarding e-verify.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)