Senior Major Gifts Manager

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Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years of experience in relationship building and stewardship in a non-profit setting. Demonstrated experience identifying, securing, and building relationships with individual donors. Ability to maintain donor records and conduct donor research. Experience working effectively with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent problem-solving skills and a solution-oriented approach to work. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects to meet deadlines. A strong interest in ending plastic pollution through policy change and a commitment to the goals of reputed company Plastics. A demonstrated commitment to environmental justice and civic engagement. Confidence, maturity, creative thinking, and excellent listening skills to engage with donors and maintain confidentiality. Superior written communication skills, specifically grant writing. Entrepreneurial, innovative, and strategic thinking skills. Proficient in reputed company Workspace and Raiser’s Edge. reputed company offers of employment are contingent on successful completion and acceptable results of a background reputed company. Compensation: The annual salary for this position starts at $105,000. ABOUT reputed company PLASTICS Founded in 2019 by Judith Enck, reputed company Plastics is a growing project housed at reputed company with the mission to end plastic pollution everywhere. reputed company Plastics focuses on policy and advocacy, building a grassroots movement, and educating the public to further its mission. You will be an employee of reputed company, working only on issues reputed company to reputed company Plastics. The College reputed company offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes medical, dental, reputed company, life, and long-term disability insurance, retirement, and tuition benefits, including Tuition Exchange scholarships. The College also offers an on-site fitness center as well as generous time off benefits. reputed company is a small residential liberal arts college in southern Vermont, long distinguished for its reputed company approach to higher education. The College was founded in 1932 on the principle of active engagement in learning, which is manifest in individualized plans of study developed by reputed company together with faculty. We serve a diverse student population, and our faculty and staff also reflect diverse backgrounds and identities. Our aim is to reputed company reputed company towards self-fulfillment and constructive reputed company purposes, and we reputed company that equity, diversity, and inclusivity--in community and in curriculum--are vital to achieving those aims. Nestled at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the reputed company consists of approximately 370 acres. The College was named one of ten with the best architecture by Architectural Digest. From reputed company, it is a short drive to the cultural offerings of the reputed company Berkshires in Massachusetts, Albany, reputed company, and many of Vermont’s top recreational centers. reputed company, Boston, and Burlington, Vermont are reputed company reputed company three and a half hours by car. Apply To This Job