Director of Development, College of Arts & Sciences
University of Tennessee
- Knoxville, TN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Fundraising: Manage a portfolio of prospects through an active schedule of solicitation, cultivation, and stewardship calls to donors and new prospects. Build relationships among prospective donors, alumni, and volunteers to support programs and priorities. Negotiate and close philanthropic gifts.
- Collaboration: Partner with faculty and administrators to align priorities of the school/unit with donor goals and interests. Work with central advancement offices to ensure that potential gift prospects are properly qualified, cultivated, and stewarded.
- Communication: Communicate in ways that are donor-centric, while furthering the mission of the University of Tennessee. May coordinate or create fundraising materials including, but not limited to, case statements, brochures, solicitation letters, gift proposals, appreciation letters, donor reports, campaign status reports.
- Administration & Leadership: Maintain accurate information on selected donors and prospects including contact reports in CRM system. Interact with development officers and academic leadership as appropriate. Assume a leadership role in accordance to the high standards of performance and professionalism expected of the Arts and Sciences Development Office and UTK development staff.
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5 or more years of full-time, professional experience in development, sales, or related field
- Aggressive sales mentality with the ability to provide strategic leadership
- Strong customer service orientation; strong oral and written communications skills; customer-centered thinking
- Ability and willingness to travel on nights and weekends
- Master’s degree
- Demonstrated ability to secure major gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other private funding sources
- Knowledge of fundraising approaches specific to an academic institution
- Experience in pipeline development
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with academic leadership, faculty, colleagues, prospects, and donors in a wide range of roles
- Generous
- Education
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