Associate Athletic Director for Development

The Associate Athletic Director for Development will play an integral role at an exciting time in the university's evolution and will be a critical leader in shaping efforts towards immediate revenue targets and long-term development capacity. As a collaborative leader and strong team player, the Associate Athletic Director for Development will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the day-to-day activities of the Athletic Development team which consists of one Assistant Athletic Director for Development.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a prospect and donor portfolio of 90-110 alumni, parents, and friends for endowed, capital, and planned gifts for athletics, with an emphasis on multi-year gift agreements to ongoing campaign priorities; makes more than 10 visits per month. Some of these visits will be done jointly with the Athletic Director, athletic coaches, and other development staff.
• Developing new sources for fundraising and revenue, including increases in annual giving from current donors and prospects.
• Working in a coordinated and collaborative effort with Development Staff regarding identification, cultivation, stewardship, and proposal development.
• With the Senior Director of Major Gifts, establishing a five year strategy to substantially grow contributions at all levels and through all channels to the Department of Athletics increasing the number and amount of major gifts the Department of Athletics receives annually.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree with a preference for candidates who have advanced degrees.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive and successful development experience in major gifts in the higher education arena of athletics, with a preference for candidates who have experience fundraising through a comprehensive campaign.
• Have a passion for collegiate athletics and be able to articulate the role that athletics plays at the university.
• Ability to understand the needs and interests of major/principal donors to develop relationships between them and the University and a demonstrated track record of success with identifying, qualifying, soliciting, and stewarding major and principal gift donors.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated writing and editing skills in the preparation of proposals, and the drafting of related correspondence.
• Stellar relationship-building skills and ability to build rapport with internal and external stakeholders around innovative ideas and programs.
• Commitment to appropriate use of sensitive and confidential constituent data.
• Familiarity with relevant privacy laws.