Major Gifts Officer (Full Time)
Job Description Date Modified: May 6, 2025 FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Vice President of Advancement
Overview:
Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep is a Catholic, college preparatory school for students from households of low to moderate-income. Cristo Rey Dallas nurtures and challenges young women and men of all faiths to recognize and realize their full potential as they grow to love God, respect others and serve their community. Each student participates in the Corporate Work Study Program which offers a weekly work-study experience for all four years.
Read more about CRD’s teaching model and school community on our website.
Who YOU are:
The Major Gifts Officer is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing our major gift program. This role involves managing and cultivating relationships with existing major gift prospects, identifying and soliciting new prospects, and supporting the development team through various projects, initiatives, and events.
Anticipated Start Date:
May 26, 2025
Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Prospect and Donor Management
- Act as the primary manager for a portfolio of up to 150 prospects, guiding them through discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
- Implement short, intermediate, and long-term major gift cultivation and solicitation strategies for individual prospects.
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and close major gifts of $5,000 and above, primarily from individuals, foundations and corporations achieving an annual individual goal of $2 million in commitments and pledges to contribute to the annual development goal.
- Work closely with the VP of Advancement to secure 55 the Partnership scholarships
- Conduct direct, face-to-face solicitations with potential
- Track and report progress using specific metrics and moves management
- Prepare compelling proposals and solicitations for major
- Work closely with grant consultants and development coordinator to manage foundation relationships, proposals and reporting.
- Conduct 10 meaningful donor touches weekly and complete call reports
- Utilize systems and software to track and cultivate donors and
- Communicate our mission clearly to prospective
- Acknowledge donors through timely and appropriate private and public
Event Support
- Support all development events, including the Cristo Clays and Grow the
- Solicit individual and corporate sponsorships for our milestone
- Assist in the planning and execution of all fundraising events, including the annual gala, and other necessary events.
Collaboration
- A strong team player, demonstrated self-starter and motivational leader with excellent interpersonal skills, requiring minimal supervision and a desire to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple tasks.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a keen attention to detail
- Passionately articulate commitment to the mission of Cristo Rey Dallas
- Attend community events, networking events, conferences, educational programs, and online training to enhance fundraising knowledge and professional development.
- Collaborate closely with the Vice President of Advancement to achieve overall
- fundraising
- Support the development and communications team with special projects, such annual fund appeals as needed.
- Work with communication to recognize donors, grants and online.
- Perform additional responsibilities as
- Demonstrate a team-oriented attitude and a willingness to assist other departments as
Qualifications:
- Required bachelor’s degree and experience in fundraising
- Minimum of 3-5 years in development or non-profit
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write compelling donor communications and proofreading skills.
- Excellent organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, donors, and
- Detailed oriented and results driven
- Excellent phone and customer service skills
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as required
- Exceptional genuine relationship building, verbal, organizational and communication skills, detail oriented and proactive problem solver
- Proficiency and experience with Microsoft Office and Google Suite; and DonorPerfect are a plus.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment:
- Some interaction with students, parents, staff, and
- Work at a desk and computer screen for extended periods of
- Be able to occasionally lift up to 30
Application Process:
If you would like to be considered for this position at Cristo Rey Dallas, email your resume
to the Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep Hiring Committee at careers@cristoreydallas.org:
