Campaign Director

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Campaign Director will lead the strategic and operational planning of fundraising campaigns for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). This individual will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of campaign management, from coordinating with the prospect management and research teams for prospect identification to guiding the campaign through to completion. Reporting directly to the Divisional Vice President, the Campaign Director will work closely with a dedicated team of fundraisers, physicians, and healthcare professionals to secure philanthropic support. The Campaign Director must be adept in campaign best practices, including collaborating with key stakeholders, analyzing data, and providing campaign updates to senior leadership.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

1. Work with Hospital leaders, Divisional Vice President all Directors of Philanthropy as well as Boards of Trustees, including campaign committees, to determine fundraising priorities, goals, objectives, and schedules based on the President/CEO's medical center-wide strategic plans.
2. Assist the Divisional Vice President and/or Vice President in the management of relevant Philanthropy Committees of the Boards and other campaign leadership committees.
3. Work with senior staff within and throughout the hospital or medical center to implement a thorough planning process to ensure the achievement of the revenue goals of the Campaign.
4. Assist with developing strategies, goals, and objectives for lay leaders that ensure their satisfaction with their involvement as well as their engagement with the hospitals’ and system mission strategic plan, and philanthropic needs. Work with major gift staff to ensure adherence to the strategic planning process as well as the meaningful engagement of volunteer leadership.
5. Develop and execute stewardship plans to ensure proper recognition and engagement of donors.
6. Work closely with the Philanthropy Communications and fundraising team to cultivate relationships with major and principal gift prospects and donors. Manage campaign resources: all capital campaign marketing and online materials, case statements, brochures on hospital or medical center priorities and departments, template proposals, funding opportunity descriptions, etc. Ensure timely production of presentation material, working closely with the Divisional Vice President, Vice President and fundraising staff, external relations, and events staff.
7. Work with BILH Philanthropy Administration and Operations and oversee metric measurements and analytic reports designed to show progress against goals on a monthly, annual, and quarterly basis, including campaign progress.
8. Work closely with the philanthropy coordinator to track activities appropriately in the philanthropy database.

Competencies:

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies, and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex, and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
• Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determine how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. The manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices, and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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