University of Louisville Hiring for Assistant Director of Development (Leadership Annual Giving-School of Medicine) Job at Louisville, KY Full Time

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Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and two years experience in Fund-Raising or a related field. Additional experience may NOT be used on a one-to-one basis to offset the educational requirements.� Grade EG.� Salary is commensurate with experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Superb verbal and written communication skills.
• Prior experience working with staff, the ability to manage complex relationships, and proven collaboration and teamwork skills in a diverse community to leverage activities, initiatives, and programs for multiple purposes.
• An entrepreneurial spirit and a positive attitude.

Position Description

The Assistant Director Leadership Annual Gifts (ADLAG) in the School of Medicine will identify and qualify prospects, solicit, and close four and five-figure philanthropic gifts; and assist the School of Medicine Development team build a pipeline of Major Gifts prospects/donors to advance the strategic priorities of the School of Medicine. The ADLAG will work collaboratively with University Alumni Relations and University Advancement under the direction of the Assistant Vice President of Development for the Health Sciences Center.� All job functions will be performed with a high degree of professionalism, including responsibility, initiative, creativity, dependability, human relations, cooperation, courtesy, and in compliance with Affirmative Action.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of 125 assigned leadership annual gift prospects. �Through personal and virtual engagement, identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, close, and steward prospects for leadership annual giving and potential major gift level.
• Collaborate appropriately and effectively with the School of Medicine Development team and Advancement colleagues to help engage leadership annual giving donors and prospects in ways that advance the School of Medicine’s fundraising objectives.
• Ensure compliance with prospect management guidelines for data entry and metric tracking.
• Attend regularly scheduled University Advancement and HSC and School of Medicine Development meetings.
• Create a biannual report, as required by the Assistant Vice President of Development, HSC to identify and create targeted engagement with new leadership annual giving prospects.
• Complete weekly thank you calls and/or thank you notes to donors who are not actively managed.
• Create a cultivation/solicitation strategy for each prospect for whom a leadership annual giving or major gift solicitation is planned.
• Solicit and secure gifts of 4 to 5 figures + to reach a minimum annual goal of $500,000 or more (as determined by the Assistant Vice President for Development, HSC).�
• Meet or exceed annual performance goals, including activity (phone calls, letters, and event attendance), personal visits, proposals submitted, and new dollars raised as defined each year by the Assistant Vice President for Development, HSC.

Some evening and weekend work, along with travel is required.

Please include a cover letter along with your resume in ONE attachment.

University Advancement encourages candidates to apply who have demonstrated capacity to create inclusive work environments, will work effectively on increasingly diverse teams, and will serve the increasingly diverse students we admit and want to attract.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at [email protected] or 502.852.6258.

How To Apply -Staff Positions

To apply for this position, follow the “Online App. Form” link below and then click on the “Apply Now”. You must answer all required fields and submit your application by clicking the “Submit” button.� Detailed instructions are available at louisville.edu/jobs in the “My Career Tools” section.� Vacancies are routinely removed from the jobs portal around 7:00PM each Monday.

NOTE:

Only ONE attachment can be uploaded per application. If you wish to include a cover letter or other documents, please combine them as one document with your resume/cv, save the document with a simple short title that contains only letters, spaces, or numbers, and then upload.�

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process,�please contact us by�email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.