Individual Giving Officer Lambert House

Lambert House of Seattle, WA – Seattle, WA

The Individual Giving Officer plays a critical role in developing and managing all fundraising activity for individuals contributing at least $1,000 annually, with an emphasis on building relationships with individuals capable of making gifts of $5,000 or more. The position is supervised by the executive director, with limited support from a development assistant. The Individual Giving Officer is based at Lambert House’s Capitol Hill facility and will travel throughout King County, and occasionally beyond, with a focus on cultivating and expanding the organization’s major donor base in Seattle’s metro area.

Lambert House enjoys high visibility, name recognition and an excellent reputation in Seattle’s philanthropic communities. The organization has a budget of approximately $450,000 per year of which $250,000 is in cash from individual donors, associated corporate matching gifts, third-party fundraising events, foundation grants, and government contracts. The remaining $200,000 consists of in-kind goods and services. Of the $250,000 in cash support, approximately $150,000 comes from individual donors and their employers’ matching gifts. Recognizing that a robust individual donor program helps to ensure long-term sustainability, Lambert House has a goal of increasing individual donor giving, including matching gifts, to $350,000 – an increase of $200,000 annually – by 2018.

Individual Giving Officer Lambert House

20 hours weekly, with occasional weekends and evenings as needed.

$25,000 – $30,000/year, DOQ, plus 50% of medical and dental insurance premiums, three weeks of vacation, and 12 days of sick leave annually. Two-year commitment requested.

Specific Responsibilities

• Solicit annual and incremental gifts from a portfolio of several hundred major donors and prospects, both independently and working collaboratively with the executive director, and other staff and volunteers.
• Identify major-donor prospects among existing donors and outside of Lambert House’s universe of donors.
• Develop and implement strategies for the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual major donors and prospects.
• Build, maintain and maximize relationships with major gift donors and prospects, deepening their engagement with Lambert House.
• Schedule, manage, and regularly attend, donor meetings, and host private tours of Lambert House individually and in partnership with other staff or volunteers.
• Develop annual plan for donor portfolio and assignments. Monitor annual plan results and modify as necessary.
• Manage donor e-news and online donor solicitation campaigns.
• Develop expert familiarity with Lambert House’s programmatic offerings; maintain current knowledge of key developments in programming.
• Help to write descriptions of programmatic funding opportunities for donors.
• Engage Lambert House board members in fundraising efforts, working in collaboration with the executive director.
• Help create and maintain a culture of fundraising throughout the organization.
• Help plan and staff third-party and other selected development events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.
• At least three to five years of demonstrated, successful experience in major-gifts fundraising with a focus on prospect identification, relationship building, and solicitation of large gifts.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation, and ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills; excellent research skills; superior written and oral communication skills; and relevant computer skills.
• Experience working with volunteers, board members, and professional program staff.
• Flexibility regarding schedule and willingness to travel locally two or more days each week.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate portfolio management with the executive director in the cultivation of major donors.
• Understanding and appreciation for Lambert House’s mission and the ability to articulate the unique aims and values of the organization to major donors and prospects.
• A two-year commitment is requested.
  

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, talk, see, and hear. The employee is also required to regularly push, pull and lift objects weighing up to 20–30 pounds unassisted, and to climb one flight of stairs 5–15 times per day. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Lambert House is a smoke-free space; no smoking by staff is allowed on the premises.

Compensation

The position is defined at 20 hours per week, with some additional hours, and occasional evening work and weekend work, as required by events, projects and other workflow factors. The salary will be between $25,000 to $30,000 annually depending on qualifications. Benefits include: Fifty percent (50%) of premiums for medical and dental insurance chosen by Lambert House; three weeks per year of pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick leave, nine paid holidays pro-rated, and two personal holidays prorated.

Lambert House is the largest community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) youth, ages 11 – 22, in the Northwestern United States. We offer numerous social, recreational, health, counseling, and cultural programs throughout the year. We are located on Capitol Hill in Seattle and served over 500 LGBTQ youth last year. Our website can be accessed at: www.lamberthouse.org.

Lambert House was founded in 1981 as the Association of Gay and Lesbian Youth Advocates (AGLYA). In 1991 AGLYA seized an opportunity to lease the old Victorian house in Capitol Hill, Seattle’s most visibly queer neighborhood, where we still operate today. The organization was renamed in memory of Grey Lambert, a young man who worked to open our community center and who died of AIDS-related causes just as the house opened. Since then, Lambert House has expanded its programs and today enjoys a national reputation as an innovative, leading organization in the Northwest for queer youth.

Our multi-service community center is open five days a week and provides a safe environment for LGBTQ youth to find community and end the social and psychological isolation that often characterize their lives. Only at Lambert House are they in the majority and set the norm. We feature: A safe environment in which to make LGBTQ friends through social and recreational activities; youth internships; performance events and dances; piano and keyboard; pool table; 2,500-volume LGBT lending library; computer lab; separate weekly support groups for “Boys Who Like Boys”, “Queer Young Females”, and “Tranz Youth”; HIV-prevention education; queer film nights weekly; outdoor recreation monthly; dinners most nights; and limited case management for homeless LGBTQ youth. We serve LGBTQ youth from all economic backgrounds, living situations and educational experiences. Our on-site services are confidential and also include: Crisis intervention and resource referral; mental health counseling; and transgender social support. For LGBTQ youth in need, we provide free personal hygiene items and a small clothing bank at no cost. We depend heavily on volunteers for our service delivery. We have approximately 70 regularly scheduled volunteers that contribute hours equivalent to 5 full-time employees (FTEs).

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