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ARD Leadership Engagement 1

About the Department

Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) engages alumni (\220k), current students, parents and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. ARD raises \$600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute.

The Leadership Engagement Team (LET) fosters strategic engagement and leverages leadership networks to enhance donor involvement and optimize fundraising outcomes. As the pivotal link between fundraising strategy and operational execution, LET integrates advanced strategic insights with operational efficiency. Our team collaborates with University departments across the organization, ensuring the seamless execution of a cohesive strategy aimed at engaging top-tier donors and achieving fundraising excellence.

Job Summary

This position uses best practices and knowledge in the planning and implementation of development activities; typically within the undergraduate college, an academic department, a professional school, the central development office, or another University unit. Executes fundraising projects, cultivation programs for prospective donors and for visiting committees.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the process and protocol around prospect and donor visit preparation for the President, Vice Presidents, the Provost, Trustees, and other University leadership.
• Leads the preparation of confidential briefings for events and individual meetings by collaborating with colleagues University-wide, including but not limited to development officers, prospect research, and prospect management. Ensures quality of comprehensive briefing preparation for University leadership.
• As the primary liaison to President\'s Office, coordinates and manages presidential engagements, scheduling and briefing needs. Develops effective protocols and operational tools to ensure seamless collaboration and to efficiently support the development activity of the President and other University leaders.
• Creates and manages project timelines for briefing requests and delivery. Provides strategic guidance to teams supporting the President, Vice President, the Provost, Trustees, and Senior Leadership around briefing content, fundraising strategy, and development of materials.
• Participates in the analysis, development, implementation, and ongoing management of the President\'s prospect and donor portfolio to meet visit and monetary goals. Drives, builds, and effectively presents recommendations on solicitations approaches.
• Manages and provides guidance on presidential scheduling requests by development officers across ARD and campus. Provides recommendations on presidential scheduling requests, including travel and events. Collaborates with team members on financial report production, mailings, data management, and in writing and editing tailored correspondence for the President, Trustees, and other University leadership.
• Convenes principal gift-level meetings to review and prioritize strategies for university multi-interest prospects and ensures follow up on agreed strategies.
• Tracks high-level fundraising activities for President and Vice President, prepares and annotates meeting agendas, and ensures appropriate follow-up.
• Convenes and leads planning groups for domestic and international leadership trips, campaign-related activity, and other activities which involve the Presid nt, Vice President, and University leadership.
• Responds to inquiries, anticipates leadership needs, and proactively solves problems and/or independently handles issues as necessary.
• Oversees process with the gift administration team and relationship managers to produce and deploy Trustee pledge reminders.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance including attending webinars, seminars, building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.
• Has a deep understanding of fundraising operations for a school or department of the University. Participates in the development of fundraising goals, policies and short and long-term strategies. Assesses, analyzes and evaluates fundraising programs, specialized projects or major events.
• Prepares annual development reports assessing progress toward achievement of goals. Analyzes and evaluates information to identify trends and patters, evaluates strategies and makes recommendations.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

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