Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is seeking candidates who are eager to contribute to its Lasallian Catholic mission of awakening, nurturing, and empowering learners to ethical lives of service and leadership. We invite individuals to help transform lives through education, inspired by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition’s quest to understand the human experience through faith and reason and its embrace of all who are dedicated to learning from one another through authentic conversations in search of the truth. We are especially interested in and give preference to candidates who demonstrate a vision to create and nurture initiatives that will advance our mission within the scope of their duties and who will foster a culture of dialogue that, with respect for all people, supports the search for meaning and purpose in pursuit of excellence.

Job Summary

As a Major Gift Officer at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, you will manage a portfolio of qualified major gift prospects, leading to meaningful cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of philanthropic investments of $50,000 and above. The selected candidate will be based out of the Twin Cities, Rochester, Winona, or the Chicago area. In this role, you will forge lasting relationships and make a profound impact on our Lasallian Catholic educational mission by aligning Benefactor passions with institutional needs. Your dedication to securing major gifts will directly contribute to the enrichment of our academic programs, support for faculty and students, and the expansion of transformative educational experiences.

Salary Range: $85,000-$100,000

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Complete 175 visits per year of meaningful, strategic, personal interactions with assigned prospects.
Achieve or exceed dollar goals determined on an annual basis in collaboration with the Vice President of University Relations.
Manage a major gift portfolio of prospects including identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major outright and planned gifts.
Coordinate cultivation activities and solicitations with other University representatives, including the president, senior staff, advancement professionals, key faculty, and volunteers.
Maintain strategic cultivation plans for a select group of assigned prospects scheduled for solicitation within the coming 12–18-month period, projecting gift amount, area of Benefactor passion, and a step-by-step cultivation schedule.
Provide timely, written reports regarding the outcome of cultivation and solicitation actions in the form of contact reports, stage updates, and strategy statement updates within Raiser’s Edge NXT.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

Travel as required, including occasional evenings and weekends.
Other duties as assigned.

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