Associate Athletics Director, Development

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement a specific fund-raising program.
• Cultivate and solicit gifts to the university.
• Manage an active portfolio, and track solicitation assignments and progress.
• Work with a portfolio of assigned prospects to cultivate, solicit, and steward their support.
• Collaborate with other staff, academic leaders, and faculty to develop gift ideas and strategies and to foster relationships that will be productive for Stanford.
• Lead a wide range of fundraising activities, providing stewardship, identifying new prospective donors and volunteers, maintaining an active level of contacts, coordinating volunteer efforts in the school/unit, and facilitating relationships between potential and current donors and volunteers.
• Staff academic leaders, faculty and other key institutional representatives in their contact with donors/prospects, including navigating and coaching grateful patient interactions, and build their own personal relationship with them.
• Direct and supervise efforts of major gift officers, infrastructure partners, and/or support staff.
• Provide opportunities for professional growth focusing on retention to increase capacity and stability of the team.
• Ensure appropriate resources are allocated towards programs, resolve internal allocation issues.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated fundraising experience, sensitivity, and diplomacy.
• Excellent judgment, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate others and earn the respect of associates at all levels.
• Strategic skills to craft and help implement fundraising plans.
• Demonstrated managerial talent in guiding major gifts efforts.
• Customer service expertise serving faculty.
• Proven ability to meet fundraising goals with a strong track record in managing and balancing donor and faculty relationships.
• Proven ability to manage a large number of fundraising activities simultaneously.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective management experience and excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated experience recruiting, evaluating, mentoring, and placing staff.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and motivating groups of diverse individuals, including strong volunteer management skills.