Major Giving Officer
Remote
Full Time
Experienced
Major Giving Officer
Pay Range: $100,000 – $125,000
Exempt: Yes
Full Time: Yes
Reports to: President & Chief Executive Officer
Summary:
Program Development and Capital Campaign Contributions
Community and Board Engagement
Event Coordination and Donor Stewardship
Administrative and Strategic Responsibilities
Additional Responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge
Pay Range: $100,000 – $125,000
Exempt: Yes
Full Time: Yes
Reports to: President & Chief Executive Officer
Summary:
The Major Giving Officer at KUNC & The Colorado Sound is a visionary professional responsible for building and managing a comprehensive major gifts program to support the mission and strategic plan of a well-established but growing public media organization. This is a new program, requiring a proactive and dynamic individual to cultivate and engage a network of supporters. This position requires a person who can use their passion for public media to develop and cultivate positive relationships with donors which ultimately result in strong financial support.
Essential Functions:
Donor Portfolio Management
Essential Functions:
Donor Portfolio Management
- Develop and manage a personal portfolio of approximately 75-100 individual donors capable of giving $10,000 or more annually.
- Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors, tailoring approaches to align with donor interests and organizational goals.
- Conduct 12-14 high-quality donor interactions monthly, including in-person meetings, phone calls, event engagement, and proposals.
- Create and execute individualized donor strategies in collaboration with key staff and select board members.
Program Development and Capital Campaign Contributions
- Design, build and grow the major gifts program, integrating best practices and innovative approaches.
- Support the President & CEO in any capital campaign efforts, including identifying and engaging potential campaign donors.
- Design and present systems to support moves management and donor engagement strategies.
- Responsible for all messaging to major donors including written and email solicitations.
- Work closely with the President & CEO to schedule necessary joint meetings and/or provide dossiers on donors; collaborate on strategy.
Community and Board Engagement
- Work with the leadership team and board of directors to identify and engage key stakeholders on the Front Range and mountain communities such as Steamboat Springs, Breckenridge and Vail.
- Attend and support board committee/full meetings as needed, providing updates and engaging board members in strategic fundraising efforts.
Event Coordination and Donor Stewardship
- Develop and implement targeted major donor cultivation and stewardship events to foster engagement and loyalty.
- Coordinate with leadership to create meaningful opportunities for individual major donors to connect with CRNC’s mission and impact.
- Ensure timely and personalized donor stewardship, including impact reporting and recognition.
Administrative and Strategic Responsibilities
- Create and manage an annual business plan and budget for the major gifts program.
- Follow, enact and utilize the strategic plan to secure funding.
- Utilize donor research, CRM systems, industry best practices and data analysis to inform strategy and prioritize prospects.
- Regularly evaluate program performance, adjusting strategies based on results and feedback. Prepare regular reports on progress and metrics to present to the President & CEO, and to the Board of Directors, when necessary.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Assists President & CEO with board fundraising development.
- Cultivates donor relationships with high level of personal communication through conversations and written communication.
- Assists with on-air fundraising, as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge
- Knowledge of prospect research and wealth screening tools.
- Knowledge of and previous engagement of key stakeholders in the State of Colorado.
- Experience with MailChimp or related software.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
- Thorough understanding of principles and methods used to promote organizations.
- Knowledge and experience in creating compelling fundraising proposals.
- Knowledge of Blackbaud Raisers Edge software a plus.
- Knowledge of and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Skills
- High attention to detail.
- A deep understanding of mission.
- Developed skills in donor prospecting and research.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Passion and vision for public media and its community service.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills utilizing proper grammar.
- Performs work professionally, with ethics and integrity, and maintains confidentiality when required.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
Abilities
- Demonstrated ability to strategize, implement, and evaluate donor engagement and fundraising plans.
- Ability to organize, plan and prioritize work.
- The ability to develop and sustain strategic relationships with donors and partners.
- Ability to multitask and manage competing responsibilities on a daily basis.
- Ability to work collaboratively, providing advice and guidance but also being open to suggestions.
- Works with little supervision and exercises good independent judgment.
- A positive team member who maintains effective working relationships with employees and the community.
- Motivated, engaged and committed to seeing a project through.
- Demonstrates respect for the diverse constituencies of KUNC & The Colorado Sound and the communities it serves.
- Commitment to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Proven ability to maintain successful interpersonal relationships with contributors, volunteers, and staff.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, management or related field; additional fundraising training or certifications a plus.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in fundraising, with a proven track record in major gifts ($10,000+).
- Experience engaging boards of directors in fundraising initiatives.
- Valid Colorado driver’s license.
- Must reside in Colorado.
- Bilingual in Spanish is helpful.
- Experience in public media fundraising and familiarity with capital campaigns is highly desirable.
- Proficiency with CRM systems, donor research tools, and project management software.
Physical Demands:
The employee frequently stands, walks, sits, uses hands and fingers, reaches and lifts with arms, climbs, stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls. The employee is required to frequently lift up to 30 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The role requires occasional evening and weekend availability, as well as regional travel for donor meetings and events.
Work Environment:
The employee typically works indoors in a standard office environment but is required to travel to other locations for events and donor meetings. This position is eligible for remote work.
Culture at KUNC & The Colorado Sound
KUNC & The Colorado Sound care deeply about our employees, and we understand that attracting, developing, and growing talent is key to our success and enhancing our impact. We value colleagues who will enhance our culture by bringing new ideas, diverse experiences, and talents to our dynamic workplace. Our goal is to foster an environment of collaboration and innovation.
About CRNC:
The parent company of KUNC & The Colorado Sound is Community Radio for Northern Colorado (CRNC), a 501 (c) 3, Colorado non-profit organization.
The KUNC News Team is a group of dedicated, award-winning journalists, who are committed to telling the stories of our communities, reflecting the people who live in those communities, and amplifying their voices. We operate with a team mentality, creating engaging and relevant content focusing on internal and external collaboration and experimenting with content styles and distribution.
Our non-commercial music service, The Colorado Sound, offers unique and diverse music discovery programming. We are based in Northern Colorado but heard throughout the state, across the country, and around the world. The Colorado Sound brings the spirit and soul of Colorado to our listeners through a cross-genre mix of new music, familiar favorites, and regional standouts.
We are equal employment opportunity employer.
The employee frequently stands, walks, sits, uses hands and fingers, reaches and lifts with arms, climbs, stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls. The employee is required to frequently lift up to 30 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The role requires occasional evening and weekend availability, as well as regional travel for donor meetings and events.
Work Environment:
The employee typically works indoors in a standard office environment but is required to travel to other locations for events and donor meetings. This position is eligible for remote work.
Culture at KUNC & The Colorado Sound
KUNC & The Colorado Sound care deeply about our employees, and we understand that attracting, developing, and growing talent is key to our success and enhancing our impact. We value colleagues who will enhance our culture by bringing new ideas, diverse experiences, and talents to our dynamic workplace. Our goal is to foster an environment of collaboration and innovation.
About CRNC:
The parent company of KUNC & The Colorado Sound is Community Radio for Northern Colorado (CRNC), a 501 (c) 3, Colorado non-profit organization.
The KUNC News Team is a group of dedicated, award-winning journalists, who are committed to telling the stories of our communities, reflecting the people who live in those communities, and amplifying their voices. We operate with a team mentality, creating engaging and relevant content focusing on internal and external collaboration and experimenting with content styles and distribution.
Our non-commercial music service, The Colorado Sound, offers unique and diverse music discovery programming. We are based in Northern Colorado but heard throughout the state, across the country, and around the world. The Colorado Sound brings the spirit and soul of Colorado to our listeners through a cross-genre mix of new music, familiar favorites, and regional standouts.
We are equal employment opportunity employer.
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