Gift Officer

United Way of Greater Cincinnati is seeking a Gift Officer who brings both strategic focus and strong relationship skills to donor engagement. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys connecting donor passions to mission impact—and who values fundraising practices that are thoughtful, authentic, and donor-centered.

If you’re energized by relationship-based fundraising and want a role where donors are engaged with respect, curiosity, and purpose, we’d love to meet you.

Our Culture of Philanthropy

We approach fundraising as a partnership. Our team uses:

• Philanthropic Psychology to better understand donor motivation and engagement
• Donor-centered practices grounded in listening and shared values
• Permission-based asking, ensuring solicitations are timely, appropriate, and aligned with donor readiness

You’ll join a team that values preparation, follow-through, and stewardship excellence, and supports fundraisers in building relationships that last.

What You’ll Do

As a Gift Officer, you will manage a portfolio of donors and prospective donors and guide them through a relationship cycle that includes discovery, engagement, solicitation, and stewardship. Key responsibilities include:

Donor Relationship & Portfolio Management

• Manage and grow an assigned portfolio of approximately 150 donors and prospects, each giving $10,000 or more
• Build individualized engagement strategies and meaningful touchpoint plans, including visits, calls, and other meaningful contacts
• Conduct discovery and qualification conversations to understand donor interests and capacity
• Collaborate with internal partners to align donor passions with mission priorities
• Track portfolio performance using moves management and pipeline metrics, including qualifications, proposals, and closes
• Maintain focus on retention and upgrades, ensuring donors feel valued, informed, and connected to impact over time

Solicitation & Revenue Generation

• Create and execute solicitation strategies aligned with donor intent and organizational goals
• Use a permission-based approach to determine when and how to invite support
• Prepare proposals and present giving opportunities in a clear, donor-centered way
• Stewardship & Donor Experience
• Provide strong stewardship and personalized recognition
• Ensure donors receive timely impact updates and meaningful reporting
• Coordinate donor communications, meetings, and follow-ups with care and consistency
• Database Tracking & Reporting
• Maintain accurate donor records and contact reports in Salesforce
• Track activity, relationship progress, and next steps consistently
• Use data to monitor engagement, pipeline movement, and portfolio health

We’re Looking Someone who

• Combines professionalism with warmth and who genuinely enjoys donor engagement
• Has a minimum of 5 years of fundraising experience
• Has experience in major gifts development (preferred) though will consider general fundraising or relationship-based revenue work
• Is skilled at listening, asking thoughtful questions, and building trust
• Enjoys strategy, follow-through, and managing multiple donor relationships
• Is comfortable working toward goals and using data to stay organized
• Believes stewardship is central to long-term donor engagement

Salary

$78,000 plus competitive benefits package (Final offer determined by level of experience)

Benefits

• Generous paid time off including vacation, personal, sick, and holiday time
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 403b plan with company match
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and access to other free health programs
• Community volunteer opportunities
• Professional development and training opportunities