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Associate Vice President for Development / Senior Major Gift
 
Category: Advancement
Department: Development
Locations: Baltimore, MD
Posted: Aug 07, '09
Type: Full-time
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Job Description:

The Associate Vice President for Development / Senior Major Gifts Officer provides primary staff management and coordination for the critical Major Gifts component of the College's planned campaign and functions as a member on the Campaign Strategy Team focused on the fundraising initiative with an anticipated goal of $100 million. This individual will: develop and oversee a coordinated major gift prospect management system with special focus on individual donors; organize and coordinate an effective network of volunteers involved in the identification, cultivation and solicitation of major gifts; and serve as an active major gift officer with high-potential individual prospects. The position reports directly to the Vice President for Advancement.

Duties include:

  • Direct a disciplined major gift prospect management system that effectively identifies, cultivates, and solicits individual major donors
  • Provide staff leadership in managing and supporting a focused volunteer network of Trustees, alumni, parents and other friends who serve as important advocates and partners in the Campaign effort
  • Personally manage a pool of 50-100 high-potential individual major gift prospects
  • Manage a major gift team
  • Work closely with the Associate Vice President for Development, Alumni & Parent Relations in coordinating a comprehensive major gift program that utilizes the division's full resources and talents
  • Assist the Vice President in defining and coordinating an effective planned giving program as a component of the overall Campaign effort
  • Provide staff support to Campaign Steering Committee
  • Work closely with senior Advancement staff in shaping effective communications strategies to support Campaign priorities
  • Participate in overall College-wide strategic planning efforts as member of Senior Staff Council
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible and demonstrably successful experience in soliciting individuals at the major gifts level
  • Ability to serve as an effective advocate for art and design education
  • Staff and program management and team building experience in a high-energy development office
  • Expertise managing a campaign, or other focused, large-scale fundraising project
  • Superior verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience in budget development and oversight
  • Proven skill in engaging and directing volunteers in fundraising
  • Ability to make sound decisions and consensus building
  • Ability and willingness to travel and to work non-routine hours to achieve goals
  • Successful Candidate will be required to complete a full background check

Valued but not required:

  • Advanced degree
  • Experience with higher education, marketing and arts/cultural organizations


Additional Information:
Salary: 100 - 110K, negotiable and commensurate with experience; includes extensive benefits package.  
 
A review of applications will begin immediately; job announcement will remain open until position is filled, although priority attention will be given to those applications received by August 31, 2009.  
 
AA/EOE


Application Instructions:

Please include a letter of interest, professional resume, names, addresses and email addresses of three professional references, and salary history for the last five years.

 
 


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