Major Gifts Senior Associate

This position supports the Met’s nine-person Major Gifts team with various organizational and donor-related functions. They will maintain and update over 400 donor records in our database (Tessitura); assist with donor requests, such as ticketing; support Major Gifts cultivation and stewardship events; and handle heavy-volume administrative duties. They must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and organization skills. This role will report to the Assistant Director, Major Gifts & International Council.

• Support Major Gifts team members with donor ticket requests, written correspondence, mailings, and other administrative tasks.
• Handle high-volume areas of information sharing, including digital team documents and folders, as well as the shared calendar.
• Coordinate the logistics of quarterly solicitation letter mailings, including providing donor lists to frontline fundraisers and managing the mail merge and sending of letters.
• Centralize and manage the invitations, RSVPs, database recordings, and administrative/staffing needs for: on-site cultivation events hosted by the Major Gifts team, the Chairman of the Board, and the Major Gifts Chairman; and external and on-site stewardship events.
• Oversee each step in the creation of framed productions photos with signed cast pages for the Met’s highest-level donors.
• Handle Major Gifts invoicing, bills, and purchase orders.
• Maintain and enter weekly payroll information for Major Gifts team.
• Assist with calendar management of the Senior Director of Development, as needed.
• Provide phone coverage as needed for senior members of Major Gifts team, the Assistant General Manager of Development, and general Development Department.
• Assist with additional Development Department events and presentations as needed.
• Other tasks and administrative duties as assigned.

• B.A. degree or equivalent.
• 2 years related experience, preferably in arts administration.
• Excellent attention to detail, and interpersonal and written skills required.
• Proficient with all basic computer programs, including Outlook and Microsoft Office. Experience with donor databases, particularly Tessitura, a plus.
• Must be interested in the performing arts, with knowledge of music and/or opera a plus.

• Ability to work well with all personality types, and be collaborative with colleagues and management at all levels and across multiple departments.
• Growth-oriented mindset and ability to take initiative.
• Superior organizational/time management skills.
• Capable of working quickly and adapting readily to changes in priorities.
• Willingness to work nights and additional weekend hours as needed.