AORN

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Why Work Here? “Mission driven, great benefits and room for growth!” Why consider AORN, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, as the next place for your career as our Manager, Major Gifts & Philanthropy? Because we’re innovative and all about quality and collaboration – we’re continually seeking to enhance our offerings to allow us to better tailor to the needs of our nurse members while expanding our market position and growing revenue across our business and sales divisions. Our mission is to define, support, and advocate for patient and staff safety through exemplary practice for each phase of perioperative nursing care using evidence-based guidelines, continuing education, and clinical practice resources. We collaborate with professional and regulatory organizations, industry leaders, and other health care partners who support our mission. Our culture is one of openness, teamwork, risk taking and being at the cutting edge of our field and we only look for employees who hold these same traits. Values mean more to AORN than just bullets on a page. They drive our daily decisions and impact how we work as an organization: • Innovation: Taking courageous and bold actions for growth and sustainability. • Communication: Exemplifying respect, collaboration, transparency and honesty. • Quality: Ensuring accountability and excellence. • Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness: Promoting fairness, valuing differences, considering all perspectives. • Achievement: Achieving our mission, realizing the vision. Our Manager, Major Gifts & Philanthropy is responsible for driving the growth of philanthropic support through major gifts, mid-level giving, and planned giving programs. Working independently, this role develops and executes strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, ensuring the achievement of fundraising goals. The Manager leads efforts to build and sustain strong relationships with major donors and planned giving prospects, guiding them through the giving journey. In addition, the Manager contributes to the preparation of the Foundation’s annual budget and supports strategic planning to advance financial sustainability, programmatic growth, and alignment with organizational priorities and mission impact. AORN is based in Denver, CO. Our Manager, Major Gifts & Philanthropy will work remotely. More about what you’ll get to do as our Manager, Major Gifts & Philanthropy: Mid-Level, Major and Planned Giving • Lead the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of a portfolio of mid-level donors, major donors ($10,000+) and planned giving prospects, ensuring personalized engagement strategies. • Develop and execute tailored cultivation plans that align donor interests with organizational priorities, moving prospects through the giving pipeline toward significant and sustained commitments. • Identify, research, and qualify new major gift and planned giving prospects, building a robust pipeline of potential supporters. • Maintain comprehensive donor profiles and giving histories to inform strategy and track progress. • Leverage data and analytics to prioritize outreach efforts, measure impact, and refine cultivation strategies. • Travel to meet with donors and prospects in support of meeting development and stewardship goals. • In collaboration with the Director, build relationships with corporate partners to cultivate major corporate gifts and grants. • Design and implement planned giving strategies to grow legacy contributions, positioning the Foundation as a trusted partner in donors’ philanthropic and estate planning. • Engage and steward legacy donors through personalized outreach, recognition, and ongoing relationship management. • Promote planned giving opportunities through targeted marketing, donor education, and outreach initiatives that inspire long-term investment in the Foundation’s mission. Strategy & Collaboration • Participate in annual budget, strategic planning and forecasting process. • Collaborate with Marketing and the Development Specialist as needed to create compelling donor materials in support of fundraising efforts. • Monitor fundraising performance metrics and adjust strategies and tactics as needed. • Develop, prepare, and deliver presentations to the Board, members and donors. • Other duties as assigned. Must Have’s to be our Manager, Major Gifts & Philanthropy: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, non-profit management or related field. Equivalent combination of education and work experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree. • Minimum of 6 years of experience in major gift fundraising, prospect research and donor cultivation. • Experience with legacy and planned giving strategies and an understanding of estate planning tools and charitable giving vehicles. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Previous experience presenting to Boards, members, and donors in a professional setting. • Previous experience managing or contributing to the annual budgeting process. • Previous experience working within the healthcare or medical industry. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES • Strong communication, relationship-building, and project management skills. • Strategic thinking and goal orientation. • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills. • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. • Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills. • Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills. • Familiarity with donor management systems. • Strong computer skills in the Microsoft Office Suite. • Good judgment and discretion with confidential information. • Ability to demonstrate and hold others accountable for organizational values of: Innovation, Communication, Quality, Diversity, Equity and inclusion, and Achievement. Here are some of the excellent benefits we offer and why it’s so great to work here! • Health insurance package options that include a HDHP plan and a PPO plan. • Dental and vision coverage. • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Healthcare Savings Account (HSA) options. • Employer paid short- and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and life insurance coverage. • Voluntary Life Insurance options including critical illness and accident insurance. • 401(k) plan with immediate vesting. • Pet insurance. • LinkedIn Learning. • Paid time off and 10 paid holidays per year. • Paid sick time. • Paid parental leave. • Free subscription to Calm. • Up to 8 hours of paid volunteer time. • Employee Assistance Programs. • Staff Incentive Bonus. WORKING CONDITIONS Working remotely, using a computer, telephone and Microsoft Teams daily. Ability to travel as needed in support of department and Association initiatives. This position requires the ability to work some evenings and weekends as necessary. FLSA Status: Exempt Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or a sufficient number of applications has been received. AORN provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We encourage people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate based on disability.