***Please submit Cover Letter and Resume for consideration. Writing samples are a plus. 

Philbrook Museum of Art is a vibrant cultural institution in Tulsa, Oklahoma that typically welcomes over 120,000 visitors each year. Oklahoma is home to 39 Native nations—the most of any in the United States—representing various cultural regions including the Eastern Woodlands and Plains, among others. Tulsa has one of the highest percentages of Native populations in the country and is at a confluence of three tribes: Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), and Osage.

A 1920s Italianate Villa nestled in 25 acres of designed gardens, Philbrook features a dynamic and ambitious program of rotating exhibitions and galleries with selections from an actively growing collection of approximately 16,000 objects, about 5,000 of which are from Native North American artists. With artworks from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe dating from 3,000 BCE to today, Philbrook is Oklahoma’s most comprehensive art museum and offers visitors a glimpse into a broad range of cultures, time periods, and perspectives. The diverse collection supports a vision of Philbrook as central to the lives of our community as a place for learning, inspiration, and fun. Through bold action and strategic investment, we create a space for new ideas, diverse perspectives, and social connection.

Position Overview

Philbrook Museum of Art seeks applications for a Development Officer, Grants to join the team! This position is primarily responsible for working closely with program staff to plan and implement strategies for the prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of foundations, corporate foundations, and government agencies.

Essential Responsibilities

Strategy and Project Management:

• Develops and implements plan for annual operating and program support from foundations and government agencies
• Coordinates with grant project directors to ensure projects are completed within stated guidelines
• Responsible for tracking the grants budget and calendar

Relationship Management, Stewardship, and Communications:

• Manages a portfolio of approximately 50 institutional funders
• Responsible for strengthening the relationships with funders
• Coordinate donor-centered meetings, site visits, events and other activities
• Create thorough and timely reports to funders

Proposal Development, Prospect Management and Research

• Work across departments to author compelling requests for funding
• Work with program and finance staff to develop project budgets
• Works with leadership and across departments to align institutional priorities with funding opportunities
• Will research, evaluate, and identify foundation and governmental funding prospects
• Identifies and prioritizes potential community partnerships to advance and/or communicate impact initiatives

Equivalent Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work-related experience.
• Two years of fundraising experience required.
• Proven experience in grant writing, including a track record of successful funded proposals strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of museums and/or art history a plus.
• Those with strong corporate fundraising experience encouraged to apply even if other job requirements are not met.

Knowledge/Skill/Ability

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to prepare and deliver structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals and reports.
• Strong editing skills
• Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and is goal oriented
• Creative thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and desire to work as a team.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Knowledge and familiarity with research techniques for fundraising prospect research
• Intermediate personal computer skills, including Word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.

Schedule Information:

• Monday through Friday 9am - 5pm
• Some evenings and weekends required for events

Philbrook provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.