Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for all advancement and Foundation activities, including fundraising, donor relations, alumni engagement, stewardship, communications, and Foundation operations.
• Serve as the university’s chief fundraiser, personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major, principal, planned, corporate, and foundation gifts.
• Develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies and campaigns that achieve ambitious philanthropic goals and increase long-term institutional support.
• Partner with the President, Foundation Board, and university leadership to identify and advance funding priorities that support student success, academic excellence, research, and innovation.
• Expand and strengthen relationships with alumni, donors, corporations, foundations, and community leaders.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing advancement team committed to excellence, collaboration, and results.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• The successful candidate will possess a demonstrated record of success in fundraising, advancement leadership, donor engagement, and organizational management.
• Experience securing major and principal gifts, building strategic partnerships, and working effectively with governing boards and senior leaders is essential.
• The ideal candidate will be a collaborative leader, exceptional communicator, strategic thinker, and relationship builder who is energized by philanthropy and inspired by the opportunity to advance a bold institutional vision.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits package – health, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, hospital indemnity insurance, flexible spending account, health savings account, health reimbursement account.
• South Dakota Retirement System. Employees receive 6% fully matched contributions from SDRS and are vested after three years of service.
• Paid time off – full time 12-month employees earn 15 days per year of annual leave and 14 days of sick leave per year. In addition, employees receive 11 federal paid holidays.
• Reduced tuition for education.
• Professional liability.
• Paid family leave.

How to Apply

DSU accepts applications through an on-line employment site. To apply, visit https://yourfuture.sdbor.edu. Please submit a cover letter, resume, transcript, and a list of at least three professional references. For questions concerning the position, contact Alicia Entringer at Alicia.entringer@dsu.edu.