The Senior Director of Development/Assistant Campaign Manager is responsible for the supervision of major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, and corporate and foundation relations functions. The Senior Director builds, maintains, and strengthens relationships among the various Kutztown University constituencies. A key member of the Foundation leadership team, the Senior Director is instrumental in the development and execution of annual fundraising campaigns in coordination with development staff. This position will play a critical role as the KU Foundation embarks on a major comprehensive fundraising campaign. We encourage applicants to learn more about the Kutztown University Foundation by visiting: www.kuf.org. Duties & Responsibilities - Manages a personal portfolio of major gift prospects and will serve as a liaison to one of the four colleges at KU.
- Manages development team by providing leadership, training, and mentoring.
- Directs prospect management to cultivate major donor relationships while working with the Director of Advancement Services to ensure all development officers have appropriate prospect portfolios and adequate research.
- Establishes research driven results for major, annual, and planned giving programs by setting short- and long-term goals for the development team that encourage creativity, innovation, and growth. This position will have day to day responsibilities for the upcoming comprehensive fundraising campaign.
- Understands the needs and priorities of donors, recognizing past gifts and cultivating current and future gifts with the use of data and analytics in collaboration with our stewardship team.
- Plans, organizes, and conducts routine and complex campaigns supporting students, academic departments, and other University initiatives.
- Develops strong donor and volunteer involvement by planning, initiating, coordinating, and collaborating with various university areas to foster and support engagement opportunities.
- Assists the Executive Director and the director of communication and marketing with managing a multi-channel communications plan to assure consistent unified messaging across platforms and affiliates.
- Prepares and manages the development budget.
- All other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.
Position will remain open until filled; however preference will be given to applications received by Friday, March 8th. Please submit cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to: Kutztown University Foundation PO Box 151 Kutztown, PA 19530 employment@kuf.org |