Director Advancement Relations

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Job summary

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. seeks a Director of Advancement Relations to act as a primary philanthropy partner across MCW and Froedtert Hospital priorities.

You will bridge philanthropy vision with donor relationships and help improve the grateful patient referral program. Responsibilities include developing fundraising strategies, coordinating with OIA and campaign teams, and guiding proposal processes to align donor interests with institutional priorities.

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s Degree.
• 7 years in Advancement with preference for higher education or healthcare sectors.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary philanthropy partner for institutional priorities and initiatives.
• Acquire and maintain fluency in priority areas and communicate strategy to stakeholders.
• Build and sustain partnerships with institutional priority leaders and healthcare champions.
• Coordinate grateful patient referrals and donor opportunities; report outcomes and next steps.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

7 years in Advancement

8+ years in Advancement

Job description

Summary

The Director of Advancement Relations will serve as a primary philanthropy partner to multiple institutional priorities and initiatives at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Froedtert Hospital. This position reports to the Sr. Director of Advancement Relations and collaborates closely with the philanthropy team, campaign team and engagement team to bridge the philanthropy vision and campaign priorities of MCW and Froedtert Hospital with donor relationships. The position also helps to design, coordinate and implement continuous improvements to the grateful patient referral program.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary contact between key institutional priorities and the Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA), acting as conduits for communication, coordination and strategy development.
• Acquires and maintains a knowledge and fluency in the priorities focused on research, education, clinical care, and community for each assigned institutional priority area and provides effective communication to necessary OIA and Communications partners for visibility and strategy development.
• Builds and maintains successful partnership with institutional priority leaders, inclusive of a team approach to benefactor opportunities (institutional priority leaders, OIA leaders, relationship manager, key volunteers, etc).
• Builds and maintains partnership with healthcare champions to elicit grateful patient referrals, bring referrals for OIA review/assignment, and report back on outcomes and next steps.
• Fosters trust and transparency with healthcare champions.
• Educates healthcare champions on how to identify potential philanthropic prospects while adhering to patient privacy laws.
• Tracks clinician interactions, philanthropic referrals and donor activities utilizing fundraising CRM databases.
• Develops and implements successful fundraising strategic plans for each assigned institutional priority, aligned with an integrated campaign strategy.
• Consults with development officers, OIA leaders, institutional priority leaders, and executive leadership to strategize and align benefactor interest with funding opportunities within institutional priorities.
• Works closely with development officers and creative services team to identify content for donor-facing materials such as proposals and stewardship reports.
• Guides proposal process to align benefactor interest with institutional priorities and funding opportunities, including the proposal review process in partnership with key departmental leaders.
• Works with philanthropy finance teams to prepare and report philanthropy productivity for assigned institutional priorities.
• Ensures tracking of all philanthropy productivity and donor opportunities for assigned institutional priorities.
• Ensures gifts are designated appropriately and spent according to donor intentions to inform effective donor stewardship.
• Works with Prospect Management & Research to evaluate healthcare champion referrals and identify potential donor pipelines for institutional priorities.
• Ensures OIA leaders, institutional priority leaders and executive leaders are consulted as the final decision makers on benefactor strategies.

Knowledge – Skills – Abilities

• Demonstrated success in managing relationships with institutional leadership.
• Demonstrated success developing strategic and work plans, with an emphasis on effective project management.
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and communications skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage in a complex organization and plan strategically with high-level faculty, administrators and volunteers.
• Expert knowledge of fundraising concepts, techniques and procedures.
• Preferred experience with campaigns.

Qualifications

• Appropriate experience may be substituted for education on an equivalent basis.
• Minimum Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
• Minimum Required Experience: 7 years in the Advancement field, with a preference for experience in the higher education or healthcare sectors.
• Preferred Education: Master’s Degree.
• Preferred Experience: 8 or more years in the Advancement field, with a preference for experience in the higher education or healthcare sectors.

Physical Requirements

• Work requires occasionally lifting moderate weight materials, standing, or walking continuously.
• Work Environment: Occasional exposure to dust, noise, temperature changes, or contact with water or other liquids.
• Work is performed in an environmentally controlled environment.
• Sensory Acuity: Ability to detect and translate speech or other communication required.
• May occasionally require the ability to distinguish colors and perceive relative distances between objects.

#LI-NK1 Why MCW?

• Outstanding Healthcare Coverage, including but not limited to Health, Vision, and Dental.
• Along with Flexible Spending options.
• 403B Retirement Package.
• Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays offered.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
• Pet Insurance.
• On campus Fitness Facility, offering onsite classes.
• Additional discounted rates on items such as: Select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation and entertainment etc.

For a brief overview of our benefits see: Benefits Overview.

For a full list of positions see: MCW Careers.

MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status.

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