Organization Background
Sinai Chicago is one of Illinois’ largest private safety net healthcare systems. Sinai Chicago includes Mount Sinai Hospital, Schwab Rehabilitation, Holy Cross Hospital, and 14 outpatient clinics. The system employs approximately 3,500 individuals and serves a geographic area of 1.5 million people living on Chicago’s West and Southwest sides. Through community programs delivered by Sinai Community Institute and research conducted by epidemiologists at Sinai Urban Health Institute, Sinai Chicago offers wide-ranging community health services. Sinai Chicago is committed to advancing health equity.
Sinai Chicago has a fast-growing development enterprise and is looking for creative, collaborative, and entrepreneurial professionals who are passionate about using their skills and abilities to make a difference in the lives of those living in some of Chicago’s most economically challenged communities. If you are looking for an opportunity to use your knowledge and experience to help shape Chicago’s future, impact the trajectory of urban healthcare, and change individual lives, we would love to hear from you.
Position Purpose
The Manager of Major Gifts plays a key role in growing Sinai Chicago’s major gift pipeline (gifts of $25,000 and above) to support the Sinai Chicago’s Development Department’s short- and long-term fundraising goals. Reporting to the Director of Major and Principal Gifts, this position holds an individual major gifts portfolio and serves as a frontline fundraiser.
Location
This is currently a hybrid in-office/remote position; our offices are located on the Mount Sinai Hospital campus.
Responsibilities
- Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward a portfolio of major giving prospects;
- Carry an individual fundraising portfolio;
- Prepare solicitations and stewardship reports, donor communications, and briefing materials;
- Build constructive and purposeful relationships with Sinai Chicago staff, including senior leadership and physicians, to ensure continued alignment between assigned fundraising campaign(s) and Sinai Chicago strategic priorities;
- Assist the team with logistics for major gift cultivation and stewardship events, donor meetings, and site visits;
- Contribute to goal-setting and progress reporting;
- Track activities in fundraising database;
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience;
- 3-5 years of professional major gift fundraising experience with increasing responsibility;
- Demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with all constituencies, including donors, senior leaders, other employees, volunteers, board members, and community and business leaders;
- Collaborative team member who brings an entrepreneurial approach to pipeline development;
- Detail-oriented, timely, and able to move multiple programs and prospects forward simultaneously;
- Ability to work independently and to synthesize and communicate data, trends, and sensitive information;
- Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication, analytic, and interpersonal skills;
- Understands privacy and confidentiality best practices and HIPAA compliance to ensure the protection of donor information, including permitted personal health information (PHI).
