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Individual Giving Officer, San Francisco Opera (San Francisco) Jobs in San Francisco, CA at Association of Fundraising Professionals, Golden Gate Chapter (AFP Golden Gate)
Title: Individual Giving Officer, San Francisco Opera (San Francisco)
Company: Association of Fundraising Professionals, Golden Gate Chapter (AFP Golden Gate)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Individual Giving Officer
San Francisco Opera
Full Time
Location: San Francisco
Salary: $80,000-$85,000 / Year
Job Summary
PURPOSE: To develop Individual Giving strategies and provide professional management of individual donors, primarily focusing on patrons giving between $5,000 and $25,000.
Full Job Description
PURPOSE: To develop Individual Giving strategies and provide professional management of individual donors, primarily focusing on patrons giving between $5,000 and $25,000.
Essential Job Functions
- Manages a portfolio of and builds relationships with individual donors giving from $5,000 – $25,000 annually with the purpose of upgrading donors to higher levels for annual and legacy gifts.
- Manages development efforts for special projects and/or other Opera functions, such as the Adler Program, cast parties and more.
- Works with all areas of Development to support multiple special campaigns, including multi-year strategies for annual gifts, signature projects, legacy giving, and endowment needs.
- Provides a high level of donor cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
- Partners with staff, volunteer leadership and appropriate resources as needed to meet department objectives.
- Actively participates in the moves management practice.
- Meets ambitious portfolio revenue goals.
Secondary Functions
- Works with all areas of Development to support initiatives to identify new prospects for Medallion Society, designated giving and legacy giving.
- Helps manage flow of donors through subscription renewal process.
- Hosts donors at various events and functions.
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of donor contacts and ongoing communications with current and potential donors.
- Partners with all areas of Development to facilitate events and cultivation opportunities.
- Provides stewardship and benefits; ensures donors are recognized and acknowledged properly.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent work experience.
Experience
- Minimum three (3) years’ experience in nonprofit development, sales or customer service.
Prerequisite Skills & Requirements
- Knowledge of principles and practices of fundraising and ticketing and patron services.
- Knowledge of performing arts and/or the operatic art form preferred.
- Proven success in managing portfolios of 75 to 150 patrons and demonstrated achievement in providing superior service and producing excellent financial results from patrons.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products and database navigation.
- Tessitura revenue management system experience highly preferred.
- Proven track record of identifying, cultivating and soliciting gifts from donors.
- Exemplary diplomacy, problem-solving and teamwork skills.
- Must be able to set priorities; coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, meet firm deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and convey complicated procedures clearly and succinctly.
- Establish working relationships and interact effectively with a wide range of people internally and externally.
- Ability to work effectively with volunteer leadership and senior staff, involving them, as appropriate, in the cultivation and solicitation process for individual donors.
- Ability to take initiative and work independently.
- Must maintain a high level of confidentiality.
- Capacity to attend evening and weekend Opera events in the Bay area.
- Must perform the functions of the position in a safe manner.
Additional Details
Job Category: Development General
Contact Link URL: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/portal/205B4020D376C6954BB74A7E7242F35F/jobs/282702
Company Address
301 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA
94102
US
Company Website: https://www.sfopera.com/
Contact Email: [email protected]
