Gift Officer (Development, Sr. Specialist)

Who We Are: As a Federation, AIP advances the success of a community of more than 30 independent scientific organizations. They, in turn, support hundreds of thousands of professionals across many scientific and engineering disciplines. AIP creates shared spaces — forums, conversations, connections — where individual action among our Member Organizations becomes collective impact. We want you to become a part of our mission and join our dynamic team! Summary: Reporting to the Development & Grants Officer/Executive Director for AIP Foundation, this person is a key frontline fundraiser responsible for expanding philanthropic support for the organization. The role will manage and grow a portfolio of approximately 100+ prospective donors, including individuals, corporations, and foundations. This role will focus on identifying, qualifying and cultivating new prospects and unassigned donors while strengthening relationships with existing and lapsed donors. The incumbent will also expand corporate partnerships and foundation relationships by identifying new prospective funders and cultivating strategic, long-term partnerships. Using thoughtful, data-informed strategies the incumbent will guide prospects through the full donor cycle, from identification and qualification to solicitation, stewardship, and ongoing engagement. Working in close partnership with team leadership, program leaders, and colleagues across AIP, the incumbent will secure support for institutional priorities and programs, including student engagement, history and archives, science policy, and statistical and social science research. What You’ll Do: · Using fundraising best practices, systematically manage and grow a portfolio of approximately 100+ individual, corporate, and foundation prospects and donors. Work closely with leadership to develop fundraising strategies, timelines, and revenue projections. Through cross-team collaboration, maintain fluency in AIP’s strategic priorities and programmatic funding needs for student engagement, history and archives, science policy, and statistical and social science research. Maintain an active schedule of in-person and virtual donor meetings, with regular, primarily domestic travel to engage prospects, donors, and partners. Develop compelling gift proposals, impact reports, and other donor-facing materials in partnership with Marketing, Finance, and program colleagues. Using prospect research tools and referrals, proactively identify and qualify new mid-level and major gift prospects, with particular emphasis on growing AIP’s mid-level, corporate, and foundation pipelines. Support the planning and execution of donor events designed to advance cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship objectives. Work collaboratively with staff across AIP, including student program leaders, archivists, science writers, policy professionals, and executives to identify prospective supporters and coordinate engagement…