Overview

About Us

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care, comprehensive care in cardiac, orthopedics, oncology, women’s and children’s services, we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care

Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.

Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

In The Community

Beyond care inside the hospital, Dominican is dedicated to the health and wellness of the Santa Cruz community.

Community programs include a Mobile Wellness Clinic, a tattoo removal program, and support groups for patients and new mothers. In addition, and in accordance with our mission, Dominican Hospital supports programs for the underserved in our community, including children and adults, students, seniors, and the homeless population. Dominican also has received several awards for environmental excellence.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

• Serves as a member of the Foundation development staff responsible for growing and maintaining a comprehensive major gifts program focused on attracting gifts in excess of $10,000 (or the defined major gift threshold).

• The manager builds strong relationships with major giving donors and prospects and actively develops a major giving pipeline of larger gifts and increased revenue.

• Researches and manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects.

• In consultation with other Foundation leadership, develops written cultivation, solicitation and stewardship plans, utilizing a moves management approach to engage prospects and donors.

• Devotes at least 60 percent of an annual work year's hours to face-to-face contacts with identified, qualified, potential and existing major gift donors.

• Provides documentation of such activities as part of a moves management program recorded on CRM.

• Manages and sustains program that engages and involves Foundation trustees, volunteers, and staff in major gift planning, cultivation, solicitations and gift stewardship.

• Works with the Chief Philanthropy Officer and other appropriate leadership to identify approved potential programs and projects for major gift support.

• Participates in the development of cases for support and all the proposals and materials needed to make such activities successful.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Minimum three (3) years of not-for-profit fundraising and development experience.

• In addition, one (1) to three (3) years' direct work experience as fundraisng professional with a major gift portfolio.

• Bachelors degree or a combination of education and/or additional job related experience in lieu of the degree.

Pay Range

$42.34 - $61.39 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.