Associate Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Communications

The University Of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago is seeking an Associate Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Communications to enhance fundraising efforts. This role will support the Chicago Booth Advancement by managing activities related to the Dean and working closely with gift officers. Candidates should have significant experience in nonprofit management, excellent project management skills, and a commitment to service. This position involves strategic planning and collaboration to meet the fundraising goals of the school.

Benefits

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Knowledge of nonprofit management and fundraising.
• Strong verbal and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates Principal Gifts team activities and supports fundraising efforts.
• Acts as liaison for gift officers and the Dean’s Office.
• Develops reports and manages prospect information in the database.

Skills

Project Management

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Department

Booth Advancement: Major Gifts - Midwest

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, Principal Gifts Strategy and Communications is responsible for performing complex and diverse responsibilities in support of fundraising goals for the Chicago Booth Advancement. Reports to Senior Director, U.S. and Global Individual Giving, and takes direction from other members of the Principal Gifts team.

Coordinates the advancement activity of the Dean and Deputy Dean and the outreach of the Dean’s office to donors and prospects, manages briefing and debriefing process for all visits completed by the Dean and Deputy Deans. Guarantees the accuracy of all prospect related information in the Phoenix Connection Center (PCC), the University’s alumni database, serve as a power user of the database, assists the work of the Booth Advancement’s prospect management team, and generates reports to track and guide the office’s work with principal gift prospects. Helps gift officers effectively utilize Booth leadership to help meet fundraising goals.

Proactively provides information to Principal Gift team members, directs calls and other relevant information to appropriate individuals while using discretion and judgment with confidential information. Develops a network of internal contacts and provides advisory assistance to other Booth and University offices that seek it. Encouraged to initiate projects that will be beneficial to the Advancement Team and expected to anticipate next steps and follow-up related to fundraising activity and active prospect management at the Principal Gift level. Assists in the training of Development Associates on the Major Gifts team with regard to the briefings process.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the activity of the Principal Gifts team, particularly in relation to the Dean and Deputy Dean’s work with prospects and donors. Serves as a secondary moves manager to facilitate, organize, and execute fundraising activities for principal gifts officers.
• Acts as main contact and liaison for gift officers with the Dean’s Office; manages the scheduling, briefing, and debriefing process with the dean. Organizes the dean’s travel for development and manages itineraries, assists with agendas and materials for gift officers, deans, and Chicago Booth leadership. Participates in strategy development.
• Writes briefings, acknowledgements, special greetings, and one-pagers created for specific audiences such as a donor or prospective donor, family foundation, or volunteer solicitor. Ensures the timely production and transmittal of the dean’s correspondence with principal gift prospects.
• Acts as a project manager for proposals and other written documents, and coordinates with the Centers team and Marketing and Communications.
• Leads the production of briefings for leadership and principal gift officers, with support from Research.
• Helps manage and refine recognition and stewardship with the Donor Relations team.
• Helps drive strategy for engagement and cultivation for the school’s top 100 prospects.
• Manipulates and analyzes data to integrate information from PCC and other databases into various reports/summaries. Creates reports related to alumni and prospects; assures appropriate information is captured in all applicable donor files and in PCC.
• In collaboration with the Prospect Management team, shares relevant reports to assist gift officers in active prospect management. Updates PCC by creating prospect actions and maintaining solicitation data, strategy, and next steps.
• Establishes fundraising goals and priorities based on department objectives, designs strategies to meet those goals, and monitors progress against goals.
• Works with Senior Leadership, Officers and Deans to design strategic objectives and action steps that will lead to the successful realization of these projects.
• 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:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Experience:

• A minimum four years of work experience in nonprofit management, development, alumni relations, marketing, public relations, or similar field.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn the internal workings of the University and the technology tools available to Chicago Booth staff, including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.

Preferred Competencies

• Interest in pursuing a career in development.
• A strong commitment to customer service, proven track record of problem-solving, and manage multiple projects and relationships.
• Strong verbal and writing skills, high attention to detail and follow-up, and excellent organizational skills.
• Work independently, yet collegially, and collaboratively in a team setting.
• Manage confidential information with discretion and tact.
• Familiarity with the University of Chicago.

Working Conditions

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.
• Work occasional evenings and weekends.

Application Documents

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

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family

Alumni Relations & Development

Role Impact

Individual Contributor

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Drug Test Required

No

Health Screen Required

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required

No

Pay Rate Type

Salary

FLSA Status

Exempt

Pay Range

$70,000.00 - $95,000.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

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 .

Posting Statement

The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

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