Associate Director, Major Gifts

The University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 77,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business seeks an Associate Director of Major Gifts to design and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies that fuel Booth’s priorities. You will identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of current and potential donors with $100,000+ capacity, traveling about 20% to engage prospects.

You will collaborate with deans, faculty, and alumni relations, and you will help plan cultivation events and donor engagements that maximize

Qualifications

• College/university degree in related field required.
• 5–7 years of experience in fundraising or development.

Responsibilities

• Manages a portfolio of approximately 110 prospects.
• Develops strong relationships to build support for the school.
• Meets or exceeds activity goals for prospect qualifications, solicitations, and funds raised.
• Annually solicits six- and seven-figure gifts.
• Annually closes multiple gifts in excess of $100,000.
• Plans and administers stewardship and donor engagement events with the advancement team.

Skills

Donor cultivation

Relationship building

Solicitation

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

College degree in related field

Tools

Phoenix donor database

MS Office

Job description

DepartmentBooth Advancement: Major Gifts - Midwest 2

About the Department

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges. Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment. Chicago Booth is proud to claim:

• -an unmatched faculty.
• -degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
• -a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
• -strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University’s core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment. For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary

The Associate Director, Major Gifts at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business will be responsible for creating and implementing comprehensive fundraising strategies to raise major gifts in support of the mission and priorities of the School. This position will identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of current and potential donors with the capacity to make gifts in excess of $100,000. The Associate Director will travel regularly, approximately 20% of the time, within assigned regions to meet with prospects and donors. This position will be responsible for organizing select cultivation events for small groups of high-level donors. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored employment authorization.

Responsibilities

• -Manages a portfolio of approximately 110 prospects.
• -Develops strong relationships to build connection with and support for the school.
• -Meets or exceeds activity goals for prospect qualifications, solicitations, and funds raised.
• -Annually solicits six- and seven-figure gifts.
• -Annually closes multiple gifts in excess of $100,000.
• -Supports deans, faculty, and other school leadership in the cultivation and solicitation of prospects.
• -In conjunction with Chicago Booth's donor relations team, creates and administers stewardship plans.
• -In conjunction with Chicago Booth's advancement events team, plans and organizes cultivation events.
• -Collaborates with Chicago Booth departments (Annual Fund, Alumni Relations, Career Services, Admissions, Global Initiatives, etc.) on donor and prospect cultivation activities.
• -Plans, executes, and attends evening and weekend functions, as necessary.
• -Develops and implements compelling engagement strategies to inspire high net worth individuals to maximize their philanthropic engagement with the University.
• -Establishes fundraising goals and priorities based on department objectives, designs strategies to meet those goals, and monitors progress against goals.
• -Identifies, analyzes, and qualifies donor interest to maximize giving.
• -Helps with overall planning efforts for the University's most important prospects.
• -Works independently to develop communication strategies for projects, including publications and public presentations.
• -Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Work Experience:Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Certifications:---

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree.
• Experience: A minimum of three years of front-line development or sales and marketing experience.
• Technical Skills or Knowledge: Demonstrated skill and knowledge of, or ability to learn quickly, the internal workings of the University as well as technology tools, including Phoenix, the University’s alumni and donor database of record.Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Preferred Competencies

• Proven record of accomplishment in devising cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills, characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write well.
• Strong commitment to customer service.
• Self-motivated and work well with and through others.
• Manage confidential information with discretion and tact.

Working Conditions

This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

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Job Family

Alumni Relations & Development Role Impact Individual Contributor Scheduled Weekly Hours 37.5 Drug Test RequiredNoHealth Screen RequiredNoMotor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required

Pay Rate TypeSalaryFLSA StatusExemptPay Range$76,500.00 - $99,000.00

Benefits Eligible

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

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