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Salary Range: $74,297.60 - $115.169.60

TheMajor Gifts Officer (MGO) is a highly independent role responsible foridentifying, cultivating, and securing major and principal gifts from individual donors to support Cincinnati Children's.This position requires exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with grateful patients, local and national philanthropists, and internal stakeholders.TheMGOwill collaborate closely with Development leadership to align fundraising efforts with institutional priorities and achieve fundraising goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and managing a portfolio of major gift and principal prospects

• Crafting and executing strategic donor cultivation and solicitation plans

• Closing major giftsand principal gifts

• Building andmaintainingstrong relationships with donors,volunteersand internal partners

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Strategic Goals

TheMGOis responsible fordeveloping relationships and executing strategies that result in major gift and principal gift income. In this role, a major gift is defined as$100,000+ and a principal gift is defined as $2,000,000+ to CCHMC. This position willmaintaina portfolio of 100-125prospects and his/her work is expected to result in$1.5million to $3millionannually with anemphasis on gifts of $100,000 and above.

Individual Giving Specific

Identify, assess, cultivate,solicitand closesix and seven figure gifts from individuals and family foundations, including grateful patient families. Develops cultivation and solicitation strategies foreach individual. Establishes a program of face-to-face personal visits with past,currentand prospective donors. Strategically move major gift prospects through the development cycle from qualification to cultivation to solicitation to closing to stewardship. Understands,identifies, suggests, andutilizesmultiple giving vehicles for the donor. Uses RENXT andPowerBIsystems to track progress and results. Meets monthly and yearly metrics with respect to prospect anddonormeetings andinteractions,solicitations, and dollars raised. Coordinates donor interests with the priorities of the organization and develops funding proposals to match interests with needs. In close collaboration with the Stewardship team,helpscoordinate stewardship reports to communicate with donors concerning the use of their gifts.

External Communications

Major Gift Officers also fulfill an important, detail-oriented role,representingCincinnati Children's to donors, prospects, medical center leaders, volunteers and potentially, nationalresources as part of the overall effort to raise awareness of and generate support for Cincinnati Children's both locally and nationally. Specific tasks may include preparing written and verbal presentations and proposals and delivering this information personally to potential funders,representingCCHMC at family foundation and not-for -profit board meetings, communicating on behalf of CCHMC in donor meetings, and at events. Responsible for written communications with donors, such as gift verification letters and emails, gift agreement drafts, stewardshipreportsand email messages to coordinate medical center donor visits with leadership..

Cross-functionalProject Management

Serves as leader and point person for major gift and grateful patient fundraising referrals and activities with priority clinical/research divisions with the hospital, developing funding opportunities and leading others with prospects interested in their areas of responsibility. Must remain current on legal and programmatic changes affecting development functions.

Job Requirements:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field

• 3-5years experience

Preferred:

• Experience in healthcare or an academic medical center, or similar complex organization.

At Cincinnati Children's, we come to work with one goal: to make children's health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children's.

Cincinnati Children's is:

• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as atop 10 best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years

• Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH)Funding

• Recognized as one of America's Best Large Employers (2025), America's Best Employers for New Grads (2025)

• One of the nation'sAmerica's Most Innovative Companiesas noted by Fortune

• Consistently certified as great place to work

• A Leading Disability Employeras noted by theNational Organization on Disability

• Magnet designated for the fourth consecutive time by theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

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Cincinnati Children's is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability