Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Assist the planned giving team in reaching its goal by consistently using collaboration, strategy and a focus on the frontline to achieve annual metrics and financial goals.

• Manage key planned giving fundraising initiatives in alignment with City of Hope goals through current fundraising priorities and special fundraising initiatives.

• Develop prospect pipeline through programmatic and individualized approaches to identify, qualifying, developing and moving individual prospect relationships.

• Develop and implement thoughtful, strategic cultivation, solicitation and stewardship plans for individual planned giving prospects and donors to move these prospects through the donor cycle.

• Maintain an active portfolio by maintaining regular, effective contact with donors through various activities and communications, with an emphasis on face-to-face meetings.

• Identify, organize and direct the efforts of philanthropic volunteers as needed.

• Develop and implement joint major/planned giving opportunities in collaboration with colleagues from across the institution, leading to successful joint solicitations.

• Provide strategic oversight in creating tools for the Office of Philanthropy to increase awareness of, and participation in, planned giving; includes mailers and marketing material, annual recognition and/or community events and giving society management.

Your qualifications should include: 

Minimum Education: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s in business, philanthropy or related field (Experience may substitute for Planned Giving requirements.)

Minimum Experience: 

• 7+ years in fund raising, development, or related field in non-profit environment. 

• Experience in a complex medical or academic development setting encouraged.  

• Demonstrated understanding of social media outlets such as Linked In, Twitter and Facebook required

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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