Director, University-Wide Philanthropy - Sciences

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with academic leadership to identify fundraising needs and priorities; develop strategies; create opportunities; and establish realistic and achievable timelines.
• Encourage, build, and maintain strong relationships with foundation partners to enhance philanthropic support.
• Manage robust portfolio of foundation prospects.
• Cultivate, steward, and submit strong funding proposals to foundations based on needs and opportunities within the University.

Performance Metrics

• Dollars raised toward unit fundraising goals
• Number of proposals submitted
• Number of proposals secured
• Number of visits with external funders

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise staff, effectively managing performance to meet individual and team initiatives;
• Foster a collegial and highly productive work environment.
• Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, and evaluate staff.
• Establish and communicate performance expectations in a manner that motivates and empowers staff to fulfill job duties.
• Encourage, support, and ensure employee participation in training and development programs.

Other Duties

• Increase quality of CRM data in collaboration with Data Integrity team.
• Oversee project to codify internal policies and procedures as it pertains to foundation grant funding.
• Distribute policies and procedures to necessary groups.
• Afford assistance in the annual revenue and expense projections for the University-wide Philanthropy team.
• Approve expenditures at the unit level and monitor transactions for compliance with university policies and procedures.
• Network with outside professional groups and organizations to keep abreast of current industry trends and best practices.
• Represent the Division of Development & Alumni Affairs at industry or community meetings as appropriate.