Deputy Director, Yale Alumni Fund

About the role

The Yale Alumni Fund serves as an integral part of Yale University's For Humanity Campaign, a university-wide fundraising initiative designed to address pressing global challenges.

Responsibilities

• Directs and grows a team of development professionals responsible for generating an increased volume of successful development activities and establishing a culture that encourages ever-improving levels of performance and responsiveness to donors.
• Works closely with senior management to develop both short- and long-term fundraising goals and strategies.
• Works with staff to develop and implement plans to carry out the organization's goals and strategies, including establishing specific activity goals for all phases of the donor/prospect life-cycle (cultivation, solicitation, closure and stewardship).
• Manages engagement of faculty, administrators, and University officials in fundraising efforts.
• Personally maintains a portfolio of gift prospects.
• Works regularly and cooperatively with other development offices to ensure overall development priorities, plans, and initiatives are coordinated.
• May travel (possibly extensively) commensurate with Yale’s standard expectations for fundraising activity, contact and travel.
• Performs additional development-related activities/efforts at the request of manager.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Proven ability to mentor and guide staff to collaborate with colleagues and execute immediate strategies and long-term projects.
• Experience in leading, coaching and motivating other professionals.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Proven track record in fundraising.
• Demonstrated accomplishment in managing or executing a wide range of solicitation, marketing, or stewardship activities.
• Possesses excellent written, oral and presentation skills.
• Experience synthesizing and prioritizing information from a wide array of sources while maintaining attention to detail and effectively managing workflow.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills and the ability to improve business practices and processes.
• Proactive, productive team contributor with a positive attitude.
• Possesses initiative, creativity, a data-driven work ethic, and willingness to take personal responsibility for outcomes.
• Results-oriented, driven to succeed, innovative, and inspired by challenging goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and six or more years of related work experience in an academic institution or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in managing/leading a team of fundraising professionals in an academic setting is preferred.

Skills

• Proven ability to mentor and guide staff to collaborate with colleagues and execute immediate strategies and long-term projects.
• Experience in leading, coaching and motivating other professionals.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Proven track record in fundraising.
• Demonstrated accomplishment in managing or executing a wide range of solicitation, marketing, or stewardship activities.
• Possesses excellent written, oral and presentation skills.
• Experience synthesizing and prioritizing information from a wide array of sources while maintaining attention to detail and effectively managing workflow.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills and the ability to improve business practices and processes.
• Proactive, productive team contributor with a positive attitude.
• Possesses initiative, creativity, a data-driven work ethic, and willingness to take personal responsibility for outcomes.
• Results-oriented, driven to succeed, innovative, and inspired by challenging goals.

Benefits

Yale University is a tobacco-free campus.

Pay

Salary Range: 0.00 - 0.00

Schedule

Full time