Development Officer

Job Description This position plans, designs, and implements outreach and development activities.
They establish and execute fundraising strategies to build relationships with donors and receive gifts.
This role manages a caseload of around 120 donors.
A Day in the Life Donor Prospect Cultivation: Cultivate relationships with prospective and existing donors.
Managing a caseload of about 120 donors.
Donor Solicitation: Solicit and secure mid-level and major gifts.
Event Planning and Outreach: Help with planning and development of major-gift fundraising events.
Conduct tours and ensure follow-up with each tour participant to build relationships.
Other Administrative Tasks: Document new information for entry into the record database.
Capture donor interests, relationships, life events, and information about capacity.
Required Qualifications How you have spent your time: Working for 3-5 years in a role that cultivated and managed donor or constituent relationships.
Obtaining a college degree or equivalent experience in a similar role.
Demonstrating excellent social skills.
Working with people at all levels.
Other Requirements: Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
Passion to end hunger.
Preferred Qualifications How you have spent your time: Obtaining your bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
Working for 2-5 years in related non-profit programs.
Previous non-profit development experience with major gifts.
Your Environment Minimal exposure to extreme weather changes and humidity/moisture relative to atmospheric condition variations.
Includes some exposure to extreme summer and winter temperatures, as well as rain, sleet, and snow.
Possible exposure to dust, chemicals, gases, fumes, smoke, excessive noise, and/or vibrations.
Work occasionally performed in an industrial environment with various hazards and noise exposure.
Travel will be required for assignments, meetings, and training.
The job also requires availability for rotating on-call schedule, occasional unscheduled call-outs and extended workdays and/or workweeks.
Overtime, Weekend and/or Holiday hours may be required.
Physical Demands The company will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Utilize multi-limb coordination and flexibility combined with control precision to perform fine motor skills including: finger manipulation, grasping, feeling, arm-hand steadiness, in order to push, pull or lift objects.
Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Utilizes multi-limb coordination to balance on even or uneven surfaces, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, stand, and walk, reach over shoulders or below the knees.
Auditory attention and hearing sensitivity is required, as candidates must possess the ability to distinguish various sounds that serve as key maintenance indicators.
We'll Take Care of You The Regional Food Bank offers a combination of competitive benefit plans and work-life assistance: - 100% paid medical, dental, vision, short-term disability and basic life insurance - Long-term disability - Supplemental life insurance - 401(K) retirement plan - Paid parental leave - Flexible spending accounts - Holiday savings program - Paid time off (based on years of service) and 11 paid holidays plus three floating holidays - Wellness events Benefits will vary depending on the type of position and are subject to change at the discretion of the Regional Food Bank.
EEO Statement Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.