Open position

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Prospect Development Officer supports the organization’s major and transformational gift efforts by contributing to key functions across pipeline development, prospect research, and prospect management. The Officer is responsible for identifying new prospects, providing research information, and supporting portfolio management and analysis. The Officer helps ensure that fundraisers have accurate, timely information and well-structured portfolios.

Job Description:

Pipeline Development

• Contribute to the prospect pipeline by identifying major gift prospects for fundraiser portfolios across the system.

• Assist with the identification of prospects for specific campaigns and fundraising initiatives.

Prospect Management & Portfolio Strategy

• Participate in portfolio review meetings and provide strategic guidance to fundraisers, offering data-informed insights and recommendations to help advance key prospects.

• Assist with the assignment of newly identified prospects to fundraiser portfolios as well as portfolio changes (additions, removals, and stage updates).

Prospect Research & Due Diligence  

• Conduct biographical, business, and financial research on individual prospects/donors, as well as corporations and foundations, using a variety of online databases and other public information as well as internal sources.

• Evaluate capacity, affinity, and philanthropic inclination to help inform solicitation strategy.

• Prepare detailed research materials including prospect profiles, board candidate bios, and event bios.

• Conduct due diligence on prospective donors and board members to assess financial standing, reputation, and potential risks to the organization.

• Ensure research data is accurate in CRM databases.

Data, Analysis, & Reporting

• Provide frontline fundraisers and senior management with reports and analysis on prospects, pipeline activity, portfolio performance, and due diligence activity.

• Assists team with the analysis of fundraising processes and effectiveness and uses data to contribute to informed recommendations.

Other

• Attend and participate in team, department, and organizational meetings as needed.

• Collaborate with colleagues across all Developments units to achieve the organization’s goals.

• Other duties as assigned

Education:

A bachelor's degree required

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a fundraising department of a non-profit organization required, preferably in prospect research and/or prospect management.

• Experience in internet-based prospect research tools and techniques required.

• Experience with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint required.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Must be extremely detail oriented.

• Exceptional writing and oral communication skills. Must be able to communicate in a highly professional manner.

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills to create effective collaborations among various levels of staff and faculty.

• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with others and to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.

• Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work under pressure.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize work and manage multiple and competing priorities while meeting deadlines.

• Demonstrated ability to think critically and analytically.

• Knowledge of current trends within philanthropy and healthcare.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

• Exceptional skills in organization and presentation.

• Possess the highest ethical standards to handle confidential and sensitive gift and donor information appropriately.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled