Senior Development Associate, Major and Principal Gifts

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION 

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, in partnership with Stanford Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, unlocks philanthropy to transform health for children and families in Northern California - and around the world. Through fundraising and grantmaking, the Foundation drives scientific research, innovation, and policy change that will improve care, advance cures, and reform healthcare systems for this and future generations.  

MAIN FOCUS: Key support for the portfolio and administrative needs of the Senior Vice President, Major and Principal Gifts, and support for one other fundraiser in the Office of Major and Principal Gifts.

LOCATION: Palo Alto, CA (hybrid); the successful candidate for this role will be based in the Bay Area.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Senior Vice President oversees the Foundation’s Major Gifts and Principal Gifts teams—two independent teams, each with dedicated leadership, gift officers, and support teams, united under one executive leader. Both teams work with individuals and family foundations to raise philanthropic support ranging from $100,000 to $100 million or more. This work involves partnering closely with the Foundation President’s Office and frequently interacting with the hospital CEO’s Office, the Dean of the School of Medicine’s Office, and Foundation and hospital board members.

The Senior Vice President’s Office of Major and Principal Gifts is focused on advancing the Senior Vice President’s responsibilities as both a frontline fundraiser and an executive leader. The Senior Vice President’s portfolio is specifically focused on donors who have the potential to make philanthropic gifts of $10 million or more.

WHAT YOU'LL DO... 

The Senior Development Associate primarily supports the administrative and portfolio needs of the Senior Vice President, Major and Principal Gifts, and helps provide support for one other fundraiser in the Office of Major and Principal Gifts. This person is a highly organized, detail-oriented, strategic team player who can exercise strong judgment, take initiative, and successfully work on concurrent tasks at a fast pace. This person is an expert communicator, and both comfortable with and excited about working with various working styles, role groups, and job functions. They are proactive and innovative in developing systems, routines, and approaches to support the work of the Senior Vice President and the Office overall.

This role will occasionally be called upon to assist across the Office of Major and Principal Gifts as needed. They will report to the Assistant Director, Principal Gifts.

The compensation range for this position is $40.83- $44.23 per hour.

YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR...

Administrative Management (~40%):

• Manage complex calendaring and scheduling for the Senior Vice President, including negotiating requests, resolving conflicts with limited or no consultation, and collecting meeting materials.
• Coordinate meetings and tours, which may include donors, faculty, cross functional teams, stakeholders, and outside vendors, while ensuring timely communications and confidentiality. Book conference rooms, draft and disseminate agendas and briefings, arrange catering and travel, and provide onsite staffing and AV support.
• Partner closely with other Office members to proactively forecast the Senior Vice President’s daily and weekly schedules and to track on partnership requests, helping to balance the advancement of both individual portfolio and executive leadership priorities.
• Help maintain processes for storing, tracking, and sharing information.
• Process monthly expense reimbursements.
• Build a network of relevant administrative and faculty contacts at the hospital and School of Medicine.

Portfolio Coordination (~40%):

• Draft meeting briefing shells, donor correspondence, and other timely donor-related pieces (stewardship emails, meeting contact reports, talking points, etc.). 
• Project manage the development and dissemination of donor and faculty meeting briefings, select solicitations, gift acknowledgment letters, and other collateral, proactively requesting