The Major Gifts Officer works closely with the Vice President and the Director of development to develop and implement strategies for individual major gift donor relationship management (manage, nurture, solicit, upgrade) to meet short and long-term goals of the department. The primary objective of the Major Gifts Officer is to raise funds based on developing long-term relationships built on a firm understanding of donor interests, passions, and values. Create, integrate, and implement short, intermediate, and long-term individual major gift donor solicitation strategies Engage donors face-to-face in soliciting and closing major gifts Manage and coordinate volunteer auxiliary groups in order to cultivate and solicit new gifts Produce original writing for gift pr