Director of Development

Job Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director of Development, the Director serves as key member of the Office of University Advancement directing and managing the planning and implementation of comprehensive fundraising programs. The Director of Development raises major and planned gifts from private sources in support of the Colleges current operations, endowments, and other approved projects and capital priorities and works in close cooperation with University's Central Advancement office, dean(s), center directors, senior administration, faculty, and staff.

Responsibilities

• In support of the dean(s), outlines goals and strategic objectives for College fundraising program
• Manages volunteers for prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Develops individual prospects and cultivation plans, working closely with dean(s), department heads, key donors, program and center directors, and faculty as well as appropriate Advancement leadership, prospect research team members, other DODs, and central Advancement staff
• Works in consideration of identified officer Performance Benchmarks and approved College priorities
• Serves as primary staff for rated and assigned individuals and corporate / foundation prospects of $25K or more
• Builds, manages and implements strategies for a portfolio of approximately 130 major gifts prospects
• Targets major gift solicitation, generally within a 6-18 month timeframe
• Serves as primary Advancement staff to Colleges leadership boards, as appropriate
• Develops and implements strategies to conduct discovery, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship moves
• Conducts face-to-face contact with assigned prospects and donors
• Attends monthly and quarterly advancement staff meetings, DOD meetings, monthly one-on-one meetings with supervisor, key meetings of dean(s)

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Required Experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Experience

Proposed Salary

$78,706 - $92,000

Required Documents to Attach

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

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