Director of Private Philanthropy

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Neighborhood Health, a leading Northern Virginia healthcare safety net provider serving Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax County, is seeking a Director of Private Philanthropy. The Director of Private Philanthropy will play a crucial role in building and cultivating relationships with current and potential individual donors, corporations, and planned giving prospects, and securing six and seven figure gifts to support Neighborhood Health’s mission and its programs, and capital needs and priorities. Neighborhood Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with multiple clinics in Northern Virginia serving approximately 40,000 predominately low-income patients. Our mission is to improve health and advance health equity in Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax by providing access to high quality primary care regardless of ability to pay.  

DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES: (Essential Functions: Duties and responsibilities noted with bullets are considered to be the essential functions of the job) 

• Develops, implements, and oversees Neighborhood Health’s major gifts, capital, and planned giving programs.
• Identifies and develops gift plans for potential major gifts donors and prospects and implements strategies and actions that result in new, recurring, and increased funding support.
• Solicits, cultivates, and stewards existing donors and major gift prospects capable of five figure and six figure gifts to sustain and advance NH goals.
• Identifies and cultivates planned giving prospects and secures interest in and commitment to legacy giving among NH donors.
• Identifies and secures opportunities to raise visibility generating engagement and support from corporations, area leaders, and wealth managers. 
• Develops and supports an engagement plan for our CEO and other NH leadership in major gifts, capital, and planned giving activities.
• Provides staff support for the creation and operation of Neighborhood  Health’s Legacy Society and Advisory Fundraising groups.
• Leads and implements Neighborhood Health’s capital fundraising activities.
• Works with our Development Team to create donor-centered communications, such as proposals and impact reports, and donor recognition resources.
• Creates and supports major gifts and planned giving donor events in collaboration with our Development Team. 
• Set up systems in collaboration with NH Finance Department to administer legacy gifts, such as wills and bequests, IRA and beneficiary designations, and other legacy gifts.
• Ensures that major gift, planned giving, and capital giving are based on NH’s strategic goals, objectives, and priorities.
• Provides stewardship and engagement work plans, reports on actions taken and results, and contact reports to ensure continuity of donor and prospect management and support.
• Take on other tasks as directed by the CEO. 

Education and Experience:

• 6 years of related experience, including frontline major gifts and planned giving experience.
• Masters degree preferred. 
• Healthcare fundraising experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in soliciting and receiving at least six figure donor contributions.
• Experience in fundraising donor management software, such as Blackbaud’s E-Tapestry or Raiser’s Edge and in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong organization, communication, and interpersonal skills, including strong writing skills. 
• Ability to synthesize complex programs and projects into concise, compelling proposals and donor communications. 
• Outstanding self-motivational skills.  
• Must be able to work successfully, both individually and as part of a team.