Reporting to the Associate Director, Major & Planned Gifts, the Development Officer is a front-line fundraiser who is focused on qualifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding individuals, families, and family foundations with the capacity for contributions of $10,000+. This position will be responsible for managing a portfolio of 120 to 150 relationships. The Development Officer is expected to secure ~ $750,000 annually from their portfolio once fully established (within ~2 years). The Development officer will represent CCRF with individuals and families to generate significant philanthropic support for children’s cancer research. It is essential that they build strong working relationships across the organization and with research partners to support the mission.

This position is primarily remote, but candidates must be based locally to the Twin Cities, Minnesota area as occasional in-office attendance is encouraged and at times may be required.

• Build a portfolio of both major and planned giving prospects through initial discovery outreach.
• Develop individual strategies to ensure that each major donor and prospect has a clear strategy and timeline for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Plan and execute customized approaches to engage donors and prospects.
• Support donor retention and upgrade efforts through thank you/qualification calls.
• Follow up on warm leads from those who self-identify as having planned gift interest.
• Develop strong working relationships of trust and confidence with clinical and research partners.
• Ensure gifts are promptly acknowledged and properly recognized.
• Maintain and properly record data and call notes about prospects and donors utilizing Salesforce.
• Demonstrate through behavior CCRF’s core values of authenticity, collaboration, curiosity, impact, integrity and optimism.
• Travel expectations (nationally) are approximately 10-15% of the year with the occasional weekend travel or work requirements. Team members plan travel for highest strategic impact thus, travel cadence varies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3-5 years of progressively responsible development experience, with a strong working knowledge of the principles and practices of mid-level and major gift fundraising, preferably in a research or healthcare environment.
• Proven ability to close gifts of $10,000+.
• People-oriented with ability to initiate and enjoy direct communication with key constituencies; customer-service orientation.
• Excellent presentation, organizational, interpersonal, and writing skills. The ability or commitment to learning how to effectively communicate complex scientific and medical information to lay audiences.
• A track record of securing major and planned gifts from identification through cultivation and solicitation.
• Knowledge of SalesForce CRM preferred.

• $82,200 - $93,400
• This role is exempt (you will not be paid overtime for any work over 40 hours in a week)
• This position is full-time

• Medical, Dental, HSA, FSA, DCRA, Group Life, AD&D, LTD, STD
• 403(B) with 4% match
• Merit/Bonuses
• Work/Life EAP
• Remote/Flexible Work
• Floating Holidays (11)
• Employee Referral Program
• Vacation, Illness, Personal Time (VIP) 20 days
• 20 weeks paid parental leave
• Inclusive employee policies
• $150 Home Office Set-Up Stipend

Please apply here.