Assistant Director of Development, Centers, and Institutes
Brandeis University
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Posted: 14-Nov-24
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Internal Number: R0011027
Brandeis University â“ a distinguished private research university recognized for its academic excellence and leading-edge research â“ has an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated Assistant Director of Development, Centers, and Institutes.
The Assistant Director of Development, Centers, and Institutes, will be the Institutional Advancementâ™s (IA) main liaison to the 13 university centers and institutes (C&I) that report directly to the University Provost. This person will be responsible for coordinating C&I fundraising needs and activities with IAâ™s broader, institutional strategies for donor cultivation and leadership development.
As the primary point of contact for C&I development activities, the position will include the development of strategic fundraising plans, tactics, reporting, and regular analysis. Strategies will be set in partnership with development leadership and in-line with the Provostâ™s objectives and priorities ensuring that information is readily shared across the University and that fundraisers are informed of priorities, progress, and shared prospect activity.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Fundraising Plan Execution and Analysis
Supports the development and execution of distributing fundraising strategic plans for each C&I
Regularly communicate fundraising outcomes to each C&I, highlighting areas of success and opportunity.
Ensures fundraising outcomes are in alignment with Provostial and University priorities.
Prospect Management and Coordination
Ensures all prospect interactions done at the C&Iâ™s are coordinated with IA and tracked in the advancement CRM.
Provides regular reports on IA fundraising activity (marketing, visits, events) to each C&I to ensure transparency of activity around solicitations, prospect work, and proposal development
Serve as the primary point of contact and clearing house for prospect interactions where the prospect has multiple connection points across the University.
Communications/Marketing/Donor Relations support
In partnership, central communications and IA communications Support C&I marketing activity (newsletters, broad-based solicitations, etc.).
Using standards developed by IA donor relations, support distributed donor relations activity for each C&I, ensuring donors are receiving regular updates about impact, goals, and priorities.
Share C&I communications with IA colleagues to ensure a coordinated approach across the University.
Requirements, skills needed, and Additional Information:
B.A./B.S. required. Advanced degrees and/or related certifications highly desired.
3-5 years related work experience, minimum 2 years of direct experience in development and/or fundraising.
Experience in a higher education setting preferred.
Demonstrated project management skills with experience managing a team and initiating, planning, executing, controlling and completing multiple complex projects within tight deadlines.
High degree of fluency in computer technologies, including proficiency with building Internet and web queries, manipulating and retrieving data from complex database sources, managing news alerts and using electronic subscription services.
Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, presentation software and relational database systems with an ability to also become comfortable quickly with the University's alumni and donor databases. Expertise in data and financial analysis and use of related software.        Â
As a medium-sized private research university with global reach, we are dedicated to first-rate undergraduate education while making groundbreaking discoveries. Four major academic units with 3,600 undergraduates and 2,050 graduate students comprise the University: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the International Business School, and the Rabb School of Continuing Studies. In 1985, Brandeis was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Brandeis has been ranked among the top 35 national universities by U.S. News & World Report every year since the rankings’ inception. Our 235-acre campus is located in the suburbs of Boston, a global hub for higher education and innovation. Our faculty are leaders in their fields, as passionate about teaching and mentorship as they are about pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Our students are motivated, compassionate, curious and open to exploring new and challenging experiences. Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of th...e American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers and staff of every nationality, religion and orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity and freedom of expression.
