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National Jewish Health, the nation's leading respiratory hospital and a recognized pioneer in preventive and personalized medicine, is seeking an accomplished and driven Director of Philanthropy to lead fundraising efforts throughout California. 

This is an exceptional opportunity for a high-performing development professional who thrives on building and growing a market, creating meaningful donor relationships, and securing transformational philanthropic investments. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and energized by the opportunity to expand National Jewish Health's presence and impact across one of the country's most philanthropic communities.

As a key member of the regional development team, the Director of Philanthropy will develop and execute ambitious fundraising strategies, cultivate influential community leaders, and secure six- and seven-figure gifts from individuals, families, foundations, and corporations. This role is ideal for a fundraiser who enjoys travel, being in the field, opening doors, creating opportunities, and turning relationships into long-term partnerships that advance a mission of national significance.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and strategically grow a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects and donors.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward philanthropic investments at the six- and seven-figure level.
• Expand National Jewish Health's visibility, relationships, and philanthropic footprint throughout California and the Los Angeles basin.
• Develop and execute creative fundraising strategies that consistently exceed ambitious revenue goals.
• Partner closely with physicians, researchers, senior leadership, volunteers, and development colleagues to maximize donor engagement and fundraising success.
• Serve as a trusted ambassador for National Jewish Health, communicating the organization's extraordinary impact in patient care, research, and education.
• Collaborate with a high-performing national development team while contributing to a culture of excellence, accountability, and shared success.

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven track record of securing six- and seven-figure major gifts.
• Highly motivated, results-oriented, and comfortable working independently while managing multiple priorities.
• Passion for building a region, developing new donor relationships, and creating sustainable fundraising growth.
• Strategic thinker with strong relationship-building, communication, and presentation skills.
• Collaborative team player who values partnership and enjoys working across departments to achieve common goals.
• Experience managing a sophisticated donor portfolio and moving prospects through the full fundraising cycle.

Why National Jewish Health?
National Jewish Health has been transforming lives since 1899 and is consistently recognized as the nation's leading respiratory hospital. By integrating world-class patient care, groundbreaking research, and innovative education, National Jewish Health is advancing the future of medicine and improving outcomes for patients worldwide.
 

Position Summary
Identify, cultivate and solicit donors and prospects capable of giving major, planned, capital, endowment, annual or event support. Works with Trustees or other volunteers and creates and implements strategies for donor cultivation and engagement. This position partners with senior management to on-board, train and mentor members of the development team. 

Essential Duties

1. Develops activity plans and implements overall strategies for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors and trustees.
2. Develops strategies to meet or exceed all budgeted revenue goals. Assists in establishing and operating within the departmental budget. 
3. Translates strategy into operational processes and provides input on strategy for the major gifts team.
4. Researches present and prospective donors to determine philanthropic capacity.
5. Develops new leadership to serve as National Jewish Trustees or volunteers. Develops plans for securing donations from new sources.
6. Cultivates donor relationships through telephone, electronic, written (letters, invitations, applications, proposals, etc.) with high level of personal contact.  Follows-up to finalize all donations.
7. Mentors, trains and assists with onboarding new members of the development team.  Provides guidance and feedback on strategies and processes to new staff on developing a successful portfolio.
8. Leads complex special projects that assist the development team in meeting their strategic goals.
9. Documents all donor contacts in compliance with National Jewish Development procedures.
10. Maintains active portfolio according to best practices.

Competencies

1. Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals assuring the success of National Jewish Health. 
2. Drive for Results: Tenaciously works to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from achievement and continuous improvement. Uses industry approved metrics to monitor progress. 
3. Initiative: Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
4. Building Strategic Relationships: Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals.
5. Business Acumen: Uses economic, financial, market, and industry data to understand and improve business results; using one’s understanding of major business functions, industry trends, and own organization’s position to contribute to effective business strategies and tactics.
6. Coaching and Teaching Others: Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
7. Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals across various departments; treats others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others.
8. Creativity and Innovation: Applies creative problem-solving skills to develop solutions to problems; recognizes and demonstrates the value in taking “smart” risks and learning from mistakes; develops multiple alternatives and understands the feasibility of each; effectively shares and implements his/her ideas. Generates innovative solutions in work situations.

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
None

Travel
20 to 30% travel

Core Values

1. Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
2. Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
3. Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
4. Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
5. Promotes a workplace culture based on mutual respect and merit, where all individuals are treated fairly and provided with equal opportunity to contribute to the mission and goals of the institution.
6. Adheres to safe working practices and at all times follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures. 
7. Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
8. Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Education: Bachelor’s degree required. 
2. Work Experience: A minimum of seven years recent and related fundraising experience required
3. Special Training, Certification or Licensure: None    

Salary Range: $117,978.17 - $156,026.13