Development Officer

Job description

Connecticut Children’s seeks a fundraising professional with foundation and grant experience to join the Foundation team as a Development Officer – Foundation Relations. The Development Officer will coordinate and perform a variety of fundraising, administrative and operational support duties. Primary focus will be to undertake foundation and grant philanthropy for opportunities and provide overall operational support for the foundations and grants team. - Provide general project support to the foundations and grants team with particular focus on foundation giving and other operational support. - In collaboration with other members of the Foundations and Grants team, will engage and solicit foundations for opportunities, processing the gifts and coordinating with appropriate offices to ensure the gifts are appropriately recognized and reporting is carried out - Assist with writing or processing correspondence, grant applications, acknowledgement letters, briefings, and donor reports. - Provide administrative support to the Foundations and Grants team, including managing the resources folder in the shared Foundation drive, application and report production to assist team members, an...