Gift Officer, Donor Relations

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

This position provides thoughtful and strategic partnership in four primary areas of programming critical to deepening life-long donor relationships: acknowledgement, recognition, stewardship and accountability. This position plays a critical role in fulfilling a broad range of obligations to donors, including impact reporting, engagement opportunities, and recognition programs and processes. The position reports to the Associate Director of Donor Relations and works in collaboration with leaders and partners across the Foundation and Medical Center.

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborate with Donor Relations colleagues and teams across the Foundation to ensure timely fulfillment of stewardship obligations to donors, including impact and endowment reporting and recognition activities.
• Ensure a high degree of data integrity across all stewardship-related functions in the donor database and in ancillary systems such as Gift Map.  
• Facilitate donor correspondence on behalf of Medical Center and Foundation leadership. Draft and edit content, obtain appropriate approvals, coordinate delivery, and record all activity.
• Support stewardship efforts for Community and Donor Engagement teams and volunteer groups, working with teammates and Foundation leads to create and execute stewardship plans for a variety of audiences.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop and execute best-in-class dedications and other recognition events and donor engagement opportunities.   
• Partner with fundraisers to create and deliver bespoke stewardship plans for major gift donors and other key constituents.
• Develop thorough knowledge of all Donor Relations policies and procedures and ensure stewardship and recognition activities are executed in accordance with those policies.
• Skillfully navigate gift financials to serve as a resource to fundraisers and guide impact reporting.
• Actively participate in benchmarking and best-practice sharing with local and national colleagues.
• Other job functions as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 4 years relevant experience, preferably in healthcare or higher education.
• Discretion with confidential materials and sound judgment.
• Exceptional written communication and editing skills and attention to detail.
• Prior experience and proficiency with Blackbaud, Raiser’s Edge or other similar software.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as creativity and resourcefulness.
• Ability to work independently in a deadline-oriented team environment.
• Ability to prioritize and execute multiple projects under demanding deadlines.
• A service mindset and solutions-oriented attitude to work with internal and external constituencies.
• Basic understanding of nonprofit financial practices.
• Expert-level skills in Microsoft Office; experience with project management software and InDesign preferred.
• Experience managing external vendor relationships strongly preferred.

Education

Pay Range

At Lurie Children’s, we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity, reflecting individual contributions, experience, and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions.In addition to base salary, Lurie Children’s offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees, leadership incentives for select roles, health and retirement benefits, and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation, consult your recruiter or click the following link to learn more about our benefits.

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Employer paid group term life and disability

Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave

403(b) with a 5% employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability

• Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage

• Tuition assistance

• Student loan servicing and support

• Adoption benefits

• Backup Childcare and Eldercare

• Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members

• Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities

• Discount purchasing program

There’s a Place for You with Us

At Lurie Children’s, we embrace and celebrate building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and viewpoints — recognizing that different life experiences strengthen our workplace and the care we provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly, appreciate differences, and make meaningful connections that foster belonging. This is a place where you can be your best, so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.  

Lurie Children’s and its affiliates are equal employment opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, order of protection status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Support email: peoplequestions@luriechildrens.org