Shared Services: Philanthropy Grants & Operations (Full-Time, Day Shift) -
The Senior Advisor-Foundation Grant establishes and maintains relationships with a portfolio of foundations, corporations, and individuals and prepares grant proposals for these organizations and individuals. Conducts research to develop funding requests for foundations and corporations. Attends Foundations Grants strategy meetings as requested and advises staff on key relationships and strategies. Consults with institutional leadership regarding strategies for donors and prospective donors. Helps guide the strategy and implementation of stewardship and reporting activities for the respective portfolio. Attends Advancement leadership meetings as requested. Performs other duties as needed.
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Marketing, Development or Communications. Master's Degree preferred. Minimum ten years of experience in fundraising and grant-writing required.
Knowledge and Skills: Must demonstrate an ability to understand and summarize massive amounts of information (especially medical and scientific) into an easy-to-understand language that is compelling and persuasive. Fundraising and grant writing. Ability to input data/information into the compute; ability to speak clearly; and ability to write in a clear, compelling, and persuasive manner. Good communications skills with both individuals and groups are necessary in the development of personal contacts with prospects, donors, and other individuals in the process of raising funds for the institution. Able to work with excellent diplomacy. Calculations, manipulating numbers, interpreting numbers, analyzing, forecasting, assessing/evaluating, explaining/teaching, attention to detail, memory and/or problem-solving/reasoning. Able to distinguish colors as necessary; hear sufficiently for general conversation in person and on the telephone, and identify and distinguish various sounds associated with the workplace; see adequately to read computer screens, and written documents necessary to the position.
Licensures and Certifications: None required. Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) preferred.
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Loma Linda University Health’s story is one of hope. Our people strongly believe in the work of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. They are also committed to excellence, integrity, and teamwork. We are a faith-based academic medical center in Southern California’s Inland Empire, and since our establishment in 1905, we’ve been a local, regional, national, and international leader in education, clinical care, and research.
Our 18,000 talented healthcare team members work in our system’s six hospitals, providing whole-person, patient-focused care to more than 57,000 inpatients and over a million outpatients annually. Our passion is to bring hope to each patient and family who seeks our help during their most vulnerable moments in life.
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