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Job Title: Philanthropy Gift Officer

Work Location: Remote

Travel: 45%

The Philanthropy Gift Officer (PGO) is responsible for strategically stewarding, cultivating, retaining, and growing a portfolio of rising, major, and signature donor relationships. This role connects donor passions and philanthropic goals with MAP's mission, delivering meaningful engagement opportunities that inspire generosity and deepen commitment.

With a focus on individual revenue and expense goals tied to the assigned portfolio, the PGO will manage a portfolio of rising to signature donors (cumulative gifts of $5,000+), ensuring high retention, increased giving, and enhanced donor involvement. By providing personalized engagement, thoughtful stewardship, and compelling investment opportunities for impact, the PGO plays a vital role in advancing MAP's mission and enabling donors to fulfill their vision for global health.

• Manage a portfolio of assigned donors ($5,000+ cumulative gifts annually), ensuring high retention, increased giving, and deeper engagement
• Cultivate, steward, and grow relationships with approximately 90150 rising, major, and signature donors, including individuals, family foundations, and organizations
• Develop and implement personalized engagement strategies that align donor passions with MAP International's mission and priorities
• Gather and share accurate, compelling proposals followed by impact stories and data to demonstrate how contributions are used and the difference they make locally and globally
• Represent MAP at select high-level donor engagements, events, and gatherings to deepen relationships with rising, major, and signature donors
• Advance prospecting efforts to identify and research new high-capacity individuals, family foundations, and organizations, building a robust pipeline through strategic outreach and early cultivation activities
• Maintain daily communication with portfolio donors via phone, email, and mail to steward them for gifts, communicate impact, invite them to events, and share urgent needs
• Develop relationships with donors to understand their passions while clearly communicating MAP's mission and ongoing work
• Conduct regular in-person visits and virtual meetings with donors and partners, ensuring timely follow-up and meaningful connection
• Partner with internal teams to coordinate messaging, donor materials, and stewardship efforts for consistency and excellence
• Maintain MAP's CRM system (Agilon ONE), capturing donor interactions and communications to support reporting
• Follow moves management plans for each donor consistently and on time to ensure retention and growth
• Actively participate as a member of the Philanthropy team within Global Giving (Philanthropy, Direct Response, Marketing)

• Reports to the Vice President of Development
• Member of the Philanthropy team within Global Giving
• Interfaces with internal teams including:
  • Office of the President
  • Finance
  • Operations
  • IT
  • Human Resources
  • Foundations Gift Officer
  • Marketing
  • Direct Response Officer
  • Corporate Relations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This is a remote position requiring an appropriate home-based workspace.

• Ability to qualify donors from the larger pool of organizational donors meeting rising, major, and signature gift criteria
• Ability to create reasonable financial goals based on donor capacity and giving history
• Ability to develop individualized contact and solicitation plans based on donor interests, motivations, and preferences
• Ability to retain and upgrade donors
• Ability to solicit gifts across giving levels:
  • Rising: $5,000$9,999
  • Major: $10,000$99,999
  • Signature: $100,000+
• Ability to develop effective investment opportunity proposals
• Ability to communicate accurate and compelling impact reporting to donors
• Ability to manage processes, deadlines, and budgets while following organizational policies
• Ability to maintain a positive, solution-oriented mindset
• Strong team orientation aligned to organizational mission, goals, and values
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong relationship-building skills within a relationship-driven fundraising model

• Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent work experience
• Experience requiring strong written and verbal communication skills
• Basic knowledge of international relief, global health, or nonprofit operations
• Moderate to advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experience with donor databases (Agilon, Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or similar) required
• Minimum of 3 years of successful fundraising experience with individuals, foundations, churches, or organizations
• Proven track record of achieving and exceeding fundraising targets
• Experience in international NGO or relief sector preferred

• Strong interpersonal and listening skills
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude and accountability
• Team player with a service-oriented mindset
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Confident, innovative, and high-energy self-starter
• Strong administrative and organizational capabilities
• Moderate to advanced CRM and Microsoft Office proficiency
• Ability to travel up to 45%
• Ability to inspire and motivate donors, colleagues, and volunteers
• Proactive, flexible, and professional demeanor
• Passion for philanthropy and MAP's mission

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach, and communicate
• Must be able to travel
• Requires close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus for computer work
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English fluently