VHC Health Foundation, Annual Giving & Communications Officer

Responsibilities

• The Annual Giving and Communications Officer is responsible for the day-to-day implementation, coordination, and performance tracking of a comprehensive annual giving program for gifts under $25,000, including donor acquisition, retention, recapture, and cultivation.
• This role serves as the Foundation’s annual giving operations lead and coordinates communications, translating strategy into campaign calendars, segmented audiences, production timelines, content assets, vendor deliverables, deployment plans and post-campaign reporting.
• This position is directly accountable for annual philanthropic revenue, donor pipeline growth, and system wide employee giving.
• The position directly partners with the VHC Health Communications and Marketing Lead and Foundation vendors to ensure Foundation communications, events, and outreach are coordinated, mission-centered, and aligned with approved VHC Health priorities and assets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum four (4) years fundraising, annual giving, campaign operations, development communications or related experience; healthcare or health system foundation experience strongly preferred.
• Proven experience implementing multi‑channel direct response fundraising, digital giving, employee giving or donor engagement campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with marketing, communications, stewardship, development services, clinical, and operational partners.
• Strong project management, segmentation, data analysis, reporting and campaign optimization skills; data‑informed decision making required.
• Experience with CRM systems, appeal coding, source tracking, list management, giving pages and campaign dashboards preferred.
• Experience with Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with planned giving vehicles and donor pipeline development preferred.

Preferred

• healthcare or health system foundation experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with CRM systems, appeal coding, source tracking, list management, giving pages and campaign dashboards preferred.
• Experience with Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge is preferred.
• Familiarity with planned giving vehicles and donor pipeline development preferred.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage (subject to eligibility requirements), as well as additional wellness and retirement benefits designed to support our employees and their families.