Senior Major Gifts Officer

Company: Seattle's Union Gospel Mission
Location: Renton
Posted on: April 5, 2026

Job Description:

As a Sr. Major Gifts Officer, your primary responsibility will be to cultivate, solicit, and steward gifts from current major donors, identify prospects for major gifts, and develop them into principal donors. This individual is responsible for developing relationships with a portfolio of donors who give $10,000 each year. Emphasis is placed upon personal contact with donors through engagement points such as visits, tours, events, phone calls, emails, and personal correspondence. This is a hybrid role with a primary responsibility of meeting with donors and prospects face-to-face for the purpose of promoting the cause of the Mission to the public. The job requires at least 80% of the time spent on high donor contact: cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. A strong focus on developing first-time 6-figure level gifts. Scheduled: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Salary Range: $84,275.00 - 117,985.00 Salary Starting Target: $97,759.00 How you will serve Manage a portfolio of 150 major gift donors and prospects who can make multi-year commitments of five to Six-figure gifts, including: Through proactively reaching and caring for new and existing major donors, make at least 2 annual in-person/ virtual face-to-face visits to each major donor. Develop positive and professional relationships with lapsed donors to reactivate them at the major donor level. Make regular $100,000 asks, based on donor capacity and interest. Proactively build relationships with potential principal-level givers to be handed off in joint collaboration with leadership Develop individual development strategies for each donor and prospect in the major portfolio. Develop positive and professional relationships with new and current major donors. Provide regular reports to donors regarding the Missions programs. Meet annual revenue goals for your portfolio, as established by the Major Gifts Director. Develop growth maximization and implementation strategies for current donors. Develop new prospecting tools and objectives for new donors. Implement unique and timely gift-ask opportunities that support and enhance donor partnerships and relationships with the Mission. Challenging donors with capacity impact - focused asks versus incremental growth through proposal and offer presentations. Keep complete and accurate records and produce reports on donor strategies and activities, including: Early prospect outreach, identification of new prospects, growth in cumulative giving, dollars raised, donors secured, and handoffs conducted. Track donor activity in the database. Track and report fundraising metrics to Senior Director of Principal Giving. Seek to increase the level of major-level donor giving each year, ensuring proper stewardship and recognition of donors. Represent the Mission when called upon to speak to small groups, schools, or clubs. In addition, professionally articulate the Missions vision and values verbally and in writing to prospects and current donors. Increase personal knowledge of the fundraising profession. Attend and participate in all Mission, Division, and Department meetings and training, as required. Any other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor. How you qualify Acknowledge and sign the Mission's Statement of Faith (see below) BA/BS degree or equivalent years of experience required. Development/Fundraising experience required. Experience with making asks and securing $100,000 gifts. 5 years of major gift experience preferred. Posses a valid Washington State Driver's License and be able to meet the standards of the Mission driver criteria required, including but not limited to: Clean driving record. Have a License for at least one year. No current suspensions or revocations. Clean driving record. At least 21 years of age. How we support each other Maintains a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Him. Faithfully upholds The Mission and your team in prayer. Participates in team devotions as schedule permits. Demonstrates behavior aligned with the Mission’s Statement of Faith, Standard of Conduct, policies, and expectations. Effectively represents Jesus Christ to a diverse audience, including our Mission teams, our volunteers, guests and homeless neighbors. Benefits All regular fulltime employees, you are eligible to participate in our generous benefits package: Medical / Dental / Vision Basic Life Plan – 100% company paid Voluntary Products including Life, AD&D, Disability, Accident and Critical Illness insurance EAP and 24/7 Virtual Mental Health – 100% company paid 4 weeks of paid vacation (accrued) Accrued paid sick time 10 paid holidays 1 Floating Holiday Personal Day and Birthday holiday Retirement benefits w/ company match Continuing Education Reimbursement Program Work Environment While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time in a temperature-controlled environment. Frequently uses good judgment to make decisions. Occasionally will stand, balance, twist, stoop, kneel and reach with hands/arms. Occasionally lifts up to 20 pounds and walks, using stairways to climb to multiple floors within the company. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus Statement of Faith We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God. (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Pet. 1:20-21) We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Deut. 6:1, Matt. 28:19, Rom. 8:14-17, Eph. 4:4-6, 1 Tim. 2:5, 1 Pet. 1:2 We believe in the deity and humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ: His virgin birth (Luke 1:35, John 1:1-2, John 1:14) His sinless life (Phil. 2:5-11) His miracles (Matt. 4:23) His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, the forgiveness of sins (Rom. 3:23-25, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 John 2:1-2) His bodily resurrection from the dead (Rom. 8:34, 1 Cor. 15:3-5) His ascension into heaven, now seated at the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9-11, Heb. 1:3, Heb. 9:24) His future return in power and glory (1 Thess. 4:16-18) We believe that salvation of the lost is possible through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Eph. 1:7, Eph. 2:8-9, John 1:12, John 3:36, 2 Cor. 5:17, Titus 3:5, John 14:17) We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whom Christ indwells each believer enabling them to live a godly life of obedience as they reach for maturity. (John 14:17, Acts 1:8, John 16:13, John 14:26, 2 Cor. 1:21-22, Gal. 5:22-23) We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and their eternal life with God. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the unsaved and their eternal separation from God. (1 Cor. 15:20-28, Matt. 25:45-46, Rev. 20:11-15) We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ. (Eph. 2:13-14, Eph. 4:1-6, John 17:20-23, Phil. 2:1-4) Mission Statement To bring the love of Jesus and hope for a new life to our homeless neighbors. Vision Statement To see every homeless neighbor - beloved, redeemed, restored. Pre-Employment This position is subject to pre-employment, criminal background check and must be able to pass a 4-panel drug screen.

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