Foundation Develop Specialist

  • Ascension
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 03/19/2021
Full time

Job Description

We Are Hiring:

The Foundation supports the priorities of six area Ascension hospitals, clinics and their communities in the greater Milwaukee area - Columbia St. Mary's Hospitals Milwaukee and Ozaukee, Elmbrook Hospital, Franklin Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital. In addition, you help us serve the most vulnerable, through gifts to our community outreach programs.

We partner with you, our donors, to transform healthcare by:

  • Providing Advanced Treatments and Technologies
  • Enhancing the Patient Experience
  • Impacting the Community

This is a full time position, and eligible for benefits.

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
some weekends and evenings

What You Will Do:

Participate in fundraising campaigns, grant administration, major gift and/or charitable development programs.

  • Assist with fundraising campaigns including budgets and timelines. Coordinate the creative process, file selection, production and mailing, and the acknowledgement process.
  • Support staff on marketing campaigns, soliciting donors, and defining levels of giving and benefits. Create printed materials and updates databases and websites with campaign program information.
  • Implement donor relations/recognition activities. Develop donor confidence and relationships through effective gift solicitation, processing and acknowledgement.
  • Support the development and implementation of tracking strategies for solicitation efforts and perform analysis of data for results.
What You Will Need:

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

  • Certification specializing in Fund Raising credentialed from the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) International preferred.

Education:

  • High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Bachelor's degree required.

Work Experience:

  • 3 years of experience preferred.
  • Minimum Associate degree in Marketing, Public Relations, Philanthropy, Human Resources or similar prefrerred
Why Join Our Team:

For over 170 years, Ascension Wisconsin has been providing rewarding career opportunities at 20 hospital campuses and more than 100 related healthcare facilities from Racine to Eagle River. Nearly 20,000 Ascension Wisconsin associates currently serve in four locations throughout Wisconsin - Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Ministry Healthcare, Columbia St. Mary's, and Affinity Healthcare. We provide generous paid time off for work-life balance, a collaborative work environment, professional development opportunities, and more to help our associates flourish personally and professionally. If you are looking for a rewarding career in healthcare, we invite you to apply today.

Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all. In FY2020, Ascension provided $2.4 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes more than 160,000 associates and 40,000 aligned providers across a national network of ministries. We offer rewarding careers across more than 2,600 sites of care - including 146 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities - in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

Ascension Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer (EEO) and affords equal opportunity to all associates and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status.

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