Purpose: To ensure that HSL is equipped with the best, most appropriate information and resources to inspire donors and funders to give to HSL, including:

• Partnering with the Director, Institutional Giving to develop compelling proposals and reports for foundation and other institutional funders.
• Partnering with the major gifts team, Chief Development Officer and Vice President, Board Relations, and Director of Development to develop compelling proposals and reports for major gift donors.
• Identifying existing resources to meet major gift, stewardship, and annual fund needs, and writing new resources when needed.
• Creating additional written fundraising materials as needed.

Core Competencies:

•  Ability to translate the HSL mission and priorities (including complex clinical science programming through our Harvard-affiliated Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Wolk Center for Memory Health) into clear, compelling, and persuasive written materials.
• Ability to manage a project from start to finish, including research, writing, editing, and gathering and incorporating feedback.
• Ability to produce high-quality work on deadline. Comfortable managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines.

Position Responsibilities:

Donor communications

• Create high-quality, compelling content to advance HSL’s fundraising initiatives, including:
• Foundation and major gift proposals and reports
• Program summaries
• Custom letters and correspondence
• High-level appeal letters
• Fundraising and stewardship mailings and reports (including Annual Fund and other mass mailings, personalized reports, and annual reports on endowed, special purpose, and scholarship funds)
• Interviews and articles for HSL’s quarterly newsletter, Inspire, and the annual Report to the Community.
• Organize and maintain online resource library for Development staff and distribute updates as needed.
• Work with Director, Institutional Giving on proposal and prospect tracking (leveraging Raiser’s Edge database)

Project management

• Coordinate brainstorming, timeline, and resource-gathering for written projects
• Coordinate team in developing the most compelling messaging and requests
• Drive timeline and approval process for resource-development projects
• Maximize use of Raiser’s Edge as a tool for stewardship efforts

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to show appreciation for others’ perspectives and resolve differences
• Sound judgment, thoughtfulness, attention to detail, the ability to think strategically, and a strong work ethic
• Fluency in using the English language in oral and written communications
• Bachelor’s degree
• Four to six years of experience in proposal development, development communications, and/or fundraising, preferably in a health care setting
• Experience in the non-profit sector
• Superior writing and editing skills. Writing samples will be requested and a writing test may be administered to final candidates.
• Ability to translate complex concepts, including clinical research and health care business strategies, into clear, approachable, donor-friendly language
• Ability to adhere to deadlines, recognize potential issues and obstacles, and identify solutions to successfully accomplish agreed-upon goals
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work independently within a team structure
• Tact and sensitivity in dealing with confidential donor information
• Commitment to demonstrating HSL’s Cultural Beliefs
• Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Some local travel among HSL sites
• Occasional evening events
• Sitting for long periods of time, 4-8 hours
• Typing, up to 8 hours a day

Apply for this job on Hebrew SeniorLife’s website.