Major Gifts Manager jobs in Grand Rapids, MI

Summary of the Role

The Major Gifts Advisor (MGA) plays a pivotal role in enhancing donor relationships and increasing advancement revenue for Mel Trotter Ministries. By focusing on engagement and communication, the MGA will ensure that every donor receives timely and positive interactions that lead to recurring contributions for both operational and campaign initiatives. Key impact areas include donor relationship management, fundraising strategy implementation, data reporting, team collaboration and communication, and special campaigns.

Mel Trotter Ministries Staff Attributes

We expect all staff to project and exemplify a passion for a faith-based approach to advocacy for the guests, to be humble, supportive team players, who acknowledge their own gifts and those of others, are truthfully transparent, seek input from others, admit and learn from mistakes, and are highly coachable and approachable. We expect a hungry, innovative, goal-oriented, and eager contributor, who shows a dedicated work ethic. We expect our staff to exhibit empathy, compassion, active listening, be self-aware, sensitive across racial, class, and cultural lines, ethical, and approachable. We look for work habits of punctuality, dependability, accountability, responsibility, cooperation, team participation, integrity, problem-solving, and overall positivity.

Job Plan

· Maintain solid communication with donors.

· Develop and cultivate relationships with assigned donors.

· Complete proposals and key donor correspondence as needed.

· Support with event sponsorships and strategies.

· Work collaboratively with the team to ensure donor awareness and engagement.

· Coordinate with the advancement team as it applies to relationship donor development and management.

· Research and identify sources of support, proactively seek opportunities to generate new donor proposals based on interests and alignment with Mel Trotter. Ministries.

· Maintain the integrity of the donor database with current and accurate information.

· Generate creative ideas to help sustain fundraising efforts.

· Identify funding opportunities and support the proposal submission process by working collaboratively with the Grant Writer as needed.

· Meet and/or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics and goals.

· Work with leadership to set attainable and realistic metric goals.

· Work to increase awareness of Mel Trotter Mission's full scope of services.

· Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree, skilled knowledge of charitable giving

· Five years' proven track record initiating and cultivating donor relationships, resulting in exceptional fundraising results

· Highly connected in local donor circles and non-profit organizations, including consistent personal history of giving

· Excellent interpersonal skills, and professional verbal and written communication

· Productive independent worker and positive team participant with excellent relationship building skills

· Highly organized, with excellent attention to detail and timeliness

· Proficient with Microsoft Office and donor database platform use

· Ability to gather, analyze and utilize donor, numerical, and financial data

Working Conditions

· Regular standing, walking, climbing, crouching, bending, pushing, or pulling

· Understand, speak, read, and write fluent English

· Ability to communicate verbally and to accurately hear, with hearing correction

· Ability to see 20/20, with vision correction

· Able to lift up to 20 pounds regularly

· Able to use fine motor hand functions

· Frequently exposed to varying temperatures from below 32 degrees to above 80 degrees