Senior Associate Director – Advancement, Alumni Engagement
Emory University
Director of Development
Emory University
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Directs and implements strategies for identifying, cultivating, and successfully soliciting individuals for gifts of $100K - $5M to support education, patient care, and research programs for a department, school, or unit.
- Solicits gifts of $100K - $5M in support of the school/unit.
- Manages a portfolio of prospects through an active schedule of solicitation, cultivation, and stewardship calls to donors and new prospects.
- Builds relationships among prospective donors, alumni, and volunteers to support programs and priorities.
- Partners with faculty and administrators to align priorities of the school/unit with donor goals/interests.
- Works with central advancement offices to ensure that potential gift prospects are properly qualified, cultivated, and stewarded.
- May coordinate or write/produce appropriate fundraising materials including, but not limited to, case statements, brochures, solicitation letters, gift proposals, appreciation letters, donor reports, and campaign status reports.
- Maintains information on selected donors and prospects including contact reports in CRM system.
- Communicates in ways that are donor-centric, while furthering the mission of Emory.
- Travels to meet with donors as needed.
- May supervise staff.
- May manage a budget.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree and five years of experience in fundraising or related field.
- Successful candidates will possess experience as lead solicitor, closing gifts of $100,000 - $5M from prospects.
- Prior experience working with comprehensive campaigns, grateful patient fundraising, alumni engagement, or in a university setting.
- Experience working with various technologies including advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office Suite, mass email applications, database and project management software, and CRM systems.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving skills with attention to detail, the ability to work with ambiguity, navigate a complex work environment, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively to achieve goals with a commitment to delivering exceptional customer service.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as effective presentation skills.
- Flexibility to accommodate changing priorities and deadlines.
- Possess a high level of professionalism and commitment to confidentiality with sound judgment and discretion.
Benefits
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Hard skills
fundraisingsolicitationportfolio managementcase statementsdonor reportsbudget managementproject management
Soft skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailcustomer servicewritten communicationverbal communicationpresentation skillsflexibility