[Remote] Associate Director, Major Giving West

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading humanitarian organization that responds to the world's worst crises. The Associate Director of Major Giving will manage high-net-worth individual relationships to secure significant donations, focusing on the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area while collaborating with various teams to enhance donor engagement.


Responsibilities

  • Grow and manage a dynamic portfolio of high-net-worth individuals by moving the IRC's relationship with each through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
  • Participate in active prospect discovery through relationship and network mapping. Qualify prospects using research and discovery to unearth new donor relationships
  • Design creative and meaningful engagement opportunities for area donors to learn and connect with the IRC’s programs and leadership working across functions and teams, with participation from key existing donors and leadership volunteers
  • Co-create and deploy strategic correspondence, including solicitations, cultivation pieces, reports, and other stewardship materials, to engage donors and prospects
  • Design tactics and creative, long-term engagement strategy to deepen donor dedication and increase giving
  • Choreograph, prepare strategy, and briefing and debriefing materials for face-to-face meetings and solicitations with Major donors conducted personally and/or by senior staff and Board leadership
  • Collaborate with colleagues across the IRC, institutional fundraising colleagues, and field staff, to align donor and organizational priorities in a way that increases income for the IRC and builds multi-layered, deep engagement with the organization
  • Work collaboratively with Account Managers to strategize, actively track, and measure progress toward financial goals and movement of prospects and donors across the donor lifecycle
  • Undertake special projects as requested

Skills

  • 6-8 years of progressive fundraising experience and demonstrated expertise in private sector, major gifts, or major gifts fundraising; or sales, including direct solicitation of donors or clients
  • Knowledge of and experience working with the philanthropic community in the Seattle metro area
  • Proven track record of closing 5 and 6-figure gifts from a dynamic portfolio of donors and prospects, including qualifying prospects and upgrading donors
  • Consistent record of developing blended and multi-year funding opportunities
  • Outstanding communication skills, including writing, listening, verbal presentation, and speaking
  • Ability to develop creative and nuanced donor strategy often carried out in partnership with program staff or senior leadership
  • Adaptable to change in a fast-paced work environment while keeping donor priorities at the center of strategy and relationship building
  • Ability to diplomatically and sensitively collaborate across teams internally, regardless of distance, and garner support for and implement initiatives effectively
  • Ability to identify, build, and implement processes vital to supporting effective donor relationships
  • Ability to analyze and interpret financial data
  • Ability to navigate CRM systems
  • Dedication to fundraising for international development, humanitarian, human rights, gender and racial equality, social justice, and US immigrant communities

Benefits

  • 10 sick days
  • 10 US holidays
  • 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
  • Medical insurance starting at $163 per month
  • Dental starting at $6.50 per month
  • Vision starting at $5 per month
  • FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
  • A 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
  • Disability & life insurance
  • An Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles

Company Overview

  • IRC responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises & helps some of the most vulnerable people from harm to home. It was founded in 1933, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.rescue.org/.

    • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • International Rescue Committee has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 15 in 2025, 13 in 2024, 20 in 2023, 17 in 2022, 13 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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