Assistant Director Development - Philanthropy, Comprehensive Cancer Center

About the role

The Assistant Director of Development - Philanthropy, Comprehensive Cancer Center serves as the philanthropic leader for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. The position reports to the Director of Major Gifts and works closely with the Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director of the Cancer Clinical Service Line, and section heads for Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Surgical Oncology (or their equivalents).

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, and solicit individuals for major gifts ($50K+) and leadership gifts ($1M+) to the Center.
• Build and maintain a portfolio of high-profile prospects who have the capacity to support the mission of the Cancer Center with substantial gifts.
• Develop strategies for solicitations, utilizing institutional leadership and volunteers appropriate to the level of solicitation.
• Work with research, annual funds, events, and special gifts teams to establish and implement strategies for identifying and qualifying major gifts prospects.
• Maintain working relationships with Cancer Center leadership to encourage involvement in the philanthropic process and to provide feedback as appropriate.
• Meet regularly with Cancer Center leadership to review philanthropic priorities, prospect strategies, and progress toward fundraising goals.
• Provide active leadership in coordinating the assignment of cancer prospects and projects with faculty and institution leaders.
• Identify new high-potential donors through various means—visit, qualify, and develop prospect cultivation plans.
• Follow established procedures for tracking and qualifying prospects and for recording and reporting gifts.
• Document all cultivation and solicitation activities with prospects in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Develop, review, and edit gift proposals. Track progress of proposal; strategize follow-up and intermediate moves between submission and decision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; five years of fundraising experience, including major gifts.
• Experience leading volunteer fundraising boards.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with the personal and technical skills necessary to establish priorities, set objectives, and achieve goals.
• Adeptness in working with high net worth individuals and faculty/physicians.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Capacity to build and maintain long-term relationships.
• Presentation abilities.
• Ability to move multiple projects forward.
• Willingness to travel nationally.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience leading a fundraising team.
• Experience in an academic medical center preferred.
• Experience in a capital campaign preferred.

Skills

• Understanding and communication of the mission, vision, values, and priorities of the Medical Center and the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• Ability to develop content for fundraising and stewardship materials.
• Ability to assist in the development of internal and external communications related to stewardship of Cancer donors.
• Leadership and management of the Cancer Philanthropy Board of Advisors.

Benefits

Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development, and so much more.

Pay

$47.50 - $71.25 per hour

Schedule

Typical hours are 8:00am - 5:00pm