Donor Relations Officer – Corporate Giving

The Donor Relations Officer – Corporate Giving is responsible for the creative development, design, implementation, and evaluation of fundraising strategies with corporate and foundation partners to support financial and relationship-building goals for Second Harvest Foodbank (SHF). This position will cultivate, develop, and maintain relationships that result in increased financial support from corporate partners through a combination of grants, gifts, and sponsorships both independently and in collaboration with the Development team, which includes one other Donor Relations Officer – Corporate Giving. The DRO-Corporate Giving will provide effective donor management from opportunity identification to cultivation, asking, closing, and stewardship. This will involve regular one-on-one interaction with executive-level philanthropic activity decision-makers, such as CEOs and other corporate giving representatives at organizations throughout the 16-county region supported by SHF, as well as funders outside our geographic area that may be interested in supporting our work. The successful candidate will have at least two years of experience in fundraising, development, and/or donor relations, with a minimum of one year in corporate relations or a related field. Experience with regular use of donor relations CRM or fundraising tracking software as well as experience with face-to-face donor solicitation and fundraising techniques with an applied emphasis on relationship building, is required. Bachelor’s degree in a related field, Familiarity with the philanthropic landscape in all or part of SHF’s 16-county service area, and lived experience with the impacts of systemic racism or marginalization are preferred.