Education & Experience - Required

• Bachelor's degree.
• Five (5) years of marketing, public relations, or fund-raising experience.

Education & Experience - Preferred

• Fund-raising experience is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Demonstrated skills and experience working closely with boards of directors, volunteer committees, and community leadership.
• Proven experience in solicitation of gifts from all sources (individuals, businesses, and foundations), knowledge of planned giving, as well as special events and project management.
• Ability to work under stress and coordinate multiple projects while maintaining a leadership stature and a professional interpersonal, and organizational focus.
• The ability to communicate well, verbally and in written form, with board members, donors, patients, physicians, health system officials, other health system personnel, community leaders and the general public.
• Extensive experience in financial planning for nonprofits, budgeting, and financial analysis. Use of financial software for these is essential.
• Must be proficient in computer software in the Windows format, financial software, and especially a Windows-based fund-raising format software.
• Capable of effective and efficient planning and coordination of all staff, committee, and board activities/.
• Ability to analyze complex situations to manage crises in stressful situations.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and a sense of the appropriate tact, diplomacy, and discretion in a variety of complex conditions, keeping in mind the creditability and public image of the Foundation so necessary to maintaining a positive fund-raising program.