Salary Range: $71,305.18 - $86,457.53
Pay Grade: 116
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Admin Plan: A&P (annual contract)
JOB SUMMARY
St. Petersburg College (SPC) is seeking a dynamic and relationship-driven Philanthropy Officer to lead fundraising efforts supporting SPC's performing and visual arts initiatives. This role will focus on advancing philanthropic support for SPC¿s arts and cultural programs, including the Palladium at St. Petersburg College, the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA), student arts education, exhibitions, performances, artist residencies, community programming, scholarships, and special events.
The Philanthropy Officer will identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors, sponsors, foundations, and community partners who are passionate about arts access, arts education, cultural enrichment, and community impact. This position plays a key role in strengthening SPC's visibility as a cultural and educational leader across Tampa Bay.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gift prospects, sponsors, and arts supporters through in-person, phone, email, and virtual outreach.
- Build philanthropic support for programs and initiatives connected to the Palladium at St. Petersburg College and the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art.
- Secure leadership-level gifts of $1,000 and above in support of the 1927 Presidents Circle.
- Manage a portfolio of approximately 150 donors and prospects, including individuals, corporations, arts patrons, and foundations.
- Secure sponsorships and philanthropic investments for exhibitions, performances, lectures, educational programming, and community events.
- Achieve a minimum of 15 qualified, meaningful donor appointments per month.
- Prepare donor briefings, sponsorship proposals, reports, and fundraising presentations.
- Promote unrestricted and programmatic support benefiting student arts education and community engagement initiatives.
- Collaborate with Palladium and LRMA staff, faculty, and community stakeholders to align fundraising priorities with institutional goals.
- Represent SPC at cultural, civic, donor, and community events throughout the Tampa Bay region.
- Plan and execute donor cultivation, stewardship, and recognition events connected to the arts and cultural programs.
- Develop relationships with local and regional arts organizations, corporate sponsors, and philanthropic leaders.
- Maintain accurate and timely donor records in the Foundation database (Blackbaud Raiser's Edge preferred).
- Support campaign initiatives and special projects connected to SPC¿s mission and the Pathway to Better the Centennial Campaign for St. Petersburg College priorities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Ability To
- Work independently while collaborating effectively with leadership and colleagues
- Represent SPC professionally in community and cultural settings
- Work evenings and weekends as needed for performances, exhibitions, and donor events
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree in Public Information, Communications, Marketing, or a related area; five (5) years of related marketing, media relations, development, or communications experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of professional fundraising experience required, with preference given to candidates with demonstrated success raising philanthropic support for performing arts, visual arts, museums, cultural institutions, or arts-related educational programming.
- Proven success in major gift fundraising, or philanthropic relationship management preferred.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, metric-driven environment.
- Strong communication, public speaking, and relationship-building skills.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Sales techniques;
- Techniques used in the development of funds for a foundation;
- Trusts, wills, and sources of gifts in the community;
- Strategic planning principles;
- Program management principles;
- Process improvement principles;
- Analytical methods and techniques;
- Recordkeeping principles;
- Grant sources and writing principles;
- English language, grammar, and punctuation;
- Report preparation techniques:
- Supervisory principles;
- Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations; and
- Computers and related software applications including websites.
- Compiling data and information
- Researching grants and other funding sources;
- Maintaining files and records;
- Preparing a variety of business correspondence, records, reports, documents, and forms;
- Using a computer and related software applications; and
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with assigned employees, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.
- Cultivate working relationships with professionals in the community;
- Prioritize and assign work;
- Establish and follow procedural and technical standards;
- Compile and analyze data;
- Identify emerging trends, needs funding opportunities, and/or best practices; and
- Apply and explain applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies, and/or procedures
CERTIFICATION, LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
N/A.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed. A complete description of the activities below is available upon request from Human Resources.
(X = Required to perform essential job functions)
Physical Activities
Physical Activities
Balancing maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
Pushing use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
Climbing ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
Reaching extending hands or arms in any direction.
Crawling moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
Repetitive Motion substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
Crouching bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
Speaking expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
Feeling perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
Standing for sustained periods of time.
Fingering picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
Stooping bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
Grasping applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
Talking 1 expressing ideas by spoken word.
Handling picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
Talking 2 shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
Hearing 1 perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
Visual Acuity 1 prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
Hearing 2 receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
Visual Acuity 2 color, depth perception, field of vision.
Kneeling bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
Visual Acuity 3 determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
Lifting raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
Visual Acuity 4 operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
Mental Acuity
ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
Visual Acuity 5 close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
Pulling use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
Walking on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.
Work performed is primarily:
Sedentarywork: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Very heavy work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects
May be required to work hours other than the regular schedule including nights and weekends.
This position requires regular and reliable attendance and the employee's physical presence at the workplace.
May be subjected to fumes, odors, dusts, gases, extreme temperatures, work space restrictions, and intense noise.
Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities, and needs.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in a job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in a job description.
St. Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any time.
St. Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any time. The Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College affirms its equal opportunity policy in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Educational Equity Act and all other relevant state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The college will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or against any qualified individual with disabilities in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students. Recognizing that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule, the college shall not tolerate such conduct.
Should you experience such behavior, please contact Pamela Smith, the director of EA/EO/Title IX Coordinator at 727-341-3261; by mail at P.O. Box 13489, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489; or by email at [email protected] indicated the position you wish to apply for in your request.
The College shall not discriminate against a qualified individual with disabilities because of the disability of such an individual in regard to job application procedures, hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employees compensation, job training or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Except when undue hardship exists, the College shall endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified individual with a disability. If you have questions regarding this policy please contact the Director of EA/EO by phone at (727)341-3261, by mail at PO Box 13489, St Petersburg Fl 33733-3489, or by email at eeo_director @spcollege.edu.
Qualifications listed in a position description are used as a guideline to hiring. Other comparable qualifications of a candidate may be considered by the President in lieu of those suggested in a position description. (BOT rule 6hx23-2.02).
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in a job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in a job description.
Equal Access/Equal Opportunity
The Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College affirms its equal opportunity policy in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Educational Equity Act and all other relevant state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The college will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or against any qualified individual with disabilities in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students. Recognizing that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule, the college will not tolerate such conduct. Should you experience such behavior, please contact the Title IX Coordinator at 727-341-3261; by mail at P.O. Box 13489, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489; or by email at [email protected].
St. Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any
Pay: $71,305.18 - $106,957.77 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Dependent health insurance coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
