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Description
The Associate AD/Executive Director, Development provides leadership for athletic fundraising programs and engages in strategic planning and development of major and principal gift needs for the department of athletics. Further, the Associate AD/Executive Director, Development provides leadership to the frontline fundraising officers while preparing and maintaining a master plan of funding priorities that help guide and focus fundraising efforts.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Collaborates with Assistant VP – Athletics Development to build, cascade, and execute an athletic philanthropy program which leverages institutional strengths to preserve and forward the athletic mission into the future.
- Provides leadership to frontline fundraising team, responsible for generating the philanthropic revenue required to resource a best-in-class athletic department.
- Develop, cultivate, solicit and steward a donor portfolio of 75-100 major giving prospects.
- Meet impactful interaction and solicitation goals set annually by supervisor, in alignment with department priorities.
- Assist in the establishment and execution of fundraising goals for applicable divisions.
- Identifies prospective donors and funding sources and develops cultivation and solicitation plans.
- Enlists volunteers to help identify, cultivate, and solicit other prospective donors.
- Ensures regular communications and stewardship with donors, including re-solicitations, proper acknowledgement of gifts and pledge payments, reporting, visiting, and providing regular information on the progress.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field required.
- 7-10 years of relevant experience. Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.