Manager of Philanthropy Acquisition at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

About Texas Children's Hospital

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation's first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org .

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Summary:

We're hunting for a Manager of Philanthropy Acquisition, someone who's ready to be part of the best ranked children's hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will be responsible for acquiring and stewarding new donors for Texas Children's Hospital through direct mail and e-philanthropy. Primary responsibilities will include researching new donors, developing a strategic plan to procure donors, and then assisting in executing the plan.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Recommends, manages, and executes integrated acquisition campaigns to meet fundraising goals.
• Segments donors and creates appropriate communication plans to move donors through the pipeline.
• Creates a testing protocol to optimize results.
• Reviews and analyzes programs to track success of each campaign and suggests innovations for future appeals.
• Defines and incorporates innovative strategies and best practices to be used in mail, electronic appeals, and in maintaining data integrity.
• Partners with other members of the Office of Philanthropy team and other divisional partners to determine solicitation strategy, copy edit when needed, and provide design feedback when requested.
• Manages vendors on specific projects.
• Manages program budget, goals, and objectives in alignment with organizational goals.
• Manages market research and analysis used to make informed decisions. regarding strategic marketing direction, product segmentation, and customer targeting.

• Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children's unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
• Required bachelor's degree
• Required 5 years' Experience working with a complex relationship database management system with preferred experience working with Blackbaud products