Overlook Foundation - Corporations and Foundations Relations Officer

Reports to: Director of corporations and foundations relations (DCFR)

Objective: To gain grant support from corporations and local and national foundations, support the philanthropic needs of Overlook Medical Center and Atlantic Health System.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee a group of corporate and foundation accounts (existing donors) to cultivate, steward and solicit for new grants.

• Achieve an annual fundraising goal, and when appropriate a capital campaign fundraising goal, as determined in consultation with DCFR.

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and networking skills with board members, hospital leadership and staff members, physicians, and foundation colleagues.

• Manage the corporations and foundations research process including a portfolio of prospects to cultivate for solicitation.

• Identify new grant-making organizations, matching prospects with hospital and system programs and physician-driven projects.

• Ability to initiate and build relationships with prospective organizational donors, ranging from grant administrators to CEOs.

• In consultation with the DCFR, review and write grant proposals and reports and assist with database management.

• Organize and host site visits and meetings with donors to share the progress of a grant or to explore new partnership possibilities with donors and prospects.

• Assist DCFR in the preparation of an annual operating budget and keep expenses aligned with budget.

• Participate in system-wide organizational fundraising work team which will require assignments.

• Participate in periodic strategic planning process and high reliability organizational training and projects as needed.

Administration:

• Work with the DCFR in establishing annual performance benchmarks to measure and evaluate your performance.

• As a two-person team, assist DCFR with administrative responsibilities for organizational donor group.

• Record and track all activity in the Foundation’s electronic database (Raiser’s Edge) and report progress as required.

• Prepare reports and correspondence packets to comply with grant requirements from corporate and foundation donors.

• Work with gift processing to ensure that grant acknowledgement letters are mailed promptly and reflected in database and Foundation file system and archives.

Qualifications/ Experience:

• Strong goal orientation as well as the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Minimum of three years of experience in grantsmanship.

• Demonstrated successful experience as a development professional in the field of corporate and foundation relations or related foundation relations roles and demonstrated ability in proposal writing for varied proposals as well as donor and research reports.

• Experience with CRM databases, such as Raisers Edge, and prospect research databases, for example, Foundation Search and Foundation Center.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Positive attitude a must.

• Organizational skills to prioritize work assignments, prepare internal / external reports, and manage a CRM database.

• Strong team player willing to collaborate and support colleagues and staff.

• Self-motivated and disciplined to maintain, track, and report on progress on deadlines and work goals.

• Ability to attend early breakfast meetings and evening events as needed.

Education: BS/BA degree required.

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ

• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ

• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ

• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ

• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ

• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice

• Atlantic Mobile Health

• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years

• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare

• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare

• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review

• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP

• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets

• NJ Sustainable Business

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife® program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

EEO STATEMENT

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