Director of Philanthropy & Executive Director of ECTC Foundation

About the role

The Director of Philanthropy & Executive Director of the ECTC Foundation oversees the ECTC Foundation's operations, engages donors, and cultivates philanthropic support for student success and community impact.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Executive Director of the ECTC Foundation and lead Foundation operations.
• Prepare meeting materials, reports, and strategic recommendations for the Foundation Board of Directors.
• Collaborate with Foundation officers, committees, and volunteers to advance Foundation priorities.
• Manage a portfolio of philanthropic relationships, including donors, volunteers, and community leaders.
• Develop and implement strategies to increase annual, major, planned, endowed, corporate, foundation, and unrestricted giving.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward philanthropic gifts from donors, volunteers, and community leaders.
• Represent ECTC and the Foundation at College and community events, including fundraising events.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, KCTCS policies and procedures, and ethical fundraising standards.
• Collaborate with Advancement Services to ensure accurate documentation of donor interactions, gift commitments, and fundraising activity within Raiser's Edge.
• Utilize fundraising metrics and constituent data to guide strategy and evaluate progress.
• Assist with campaign planning, annual fundraising initiatives, and strategic advancement projects.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree or relevant nonprofit certification preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising, nonprofit leadership, higher education, foundation management, or a related field.
• Skills: Proven ability to build authentic, long-term relationships with donors, volunteers, and community leaders; demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding philanthropic gifts; experience supporting nonprofit or foundation governance and working effectively with volunteer boards; excellent interpersonal, presentation, negotiation, and communication skills; strong organizational, project management, and execution skills; ability to analyze information, solve problems, and exercise sound professional judgment; ability to collaborate effectively across departments and build partnerships throughout the College and community; strong written communication skills for proposals, stewardship materials, reports, and donor correspondence; ability to apply a high level of attention to detail; experience with constituent relationship management (CRM) systems such as Raiser's Edge or similar fundraising software; ability to apply diplomacy and professional judgement; commitment to ethical fundraising, donor confidentiality, and stewardship of philanthropic resources; proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with data visualization, reporting tools, or graphic design is a plus.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build authentic, long-term relationships with donors, volunteers, and community leaders.
• Demonstrated success cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding philanthropic gifts.
• Experience supporting nonprofit or foundation governance and working effectively with volunteer boards.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong organizational, project management, and execution skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to analyze information, solve problems, and exercise sound professional judgment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across departments and build partnerships throughout the College and community.
• Strong written communication skills for proposals, stewardship materials, reports, and donor correspondence.
• Ability to apply a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience with constituent relationship management (CRM) systems such as Raiser's Edge or similar fundraising software.
• Ability to apply diplomacy and professional judgement.
• Commitment to ethical fundraising, donor confidentiality, and stewardship of philanthropic resources.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with data visualization, reporting tools, or graphic design is a plus.

Benefits

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family.
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents.
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match.
• Vacation/Sick Time.
• Work-Life Balance.
• 9.5 Paid Holidays.
• Two Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions.
• Employee Assistance Program.