Associate Director of Development, Ucla Athletics

3 weeks ago


Los Angeles, United States UCLA Full time

Bring your drive for fundraising, abilities to engage and strong communication skills to join us as the Associate Director, Development, UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Development Department. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing strategies for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors at multiple giving levels for facility improvements, endowments, and annual fund initiatives. You will assess and articulate goals and priorities for increasing support for Athletics. You will work collaboratively with Athletics Development Officers to determine and establish long and short-term goal objectives for major gifts, planned gifts, endowments, special projects, capital projects, and high-level annual fund gifts in Los Angeles area and the state of California. As the Associate Director, you will work with volunteer committees and organizations to identify potential supporters for Athletics and develop strategies to engage those individuals, corporations, and foundations. You will regularly interact with prospects and donors through personal meetings, attendance at special events and UCLA athletic competitions, telephone conversations and correspondence. In addition, as the Associate Director, Development, you will work in conjunction with the Director of Special Events on occasional event management for the UCLA Athletics Development Department. As a valued member of our team, you will be given the guidance, inspiration and resources to excel among the many professional opportunities for growth we offer at UCLA.**Salary & Compensation**
- UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.

**Qualifications**
- Three to five years of progressively responsible experience, preferably in intercollegiate athletic fundraising, including a strong documented record of gifts solicited in the special and major-gifts (required) And
- Demonstrated progressive experience and responsibility as a development officer and/or prior experience in a related field such as sales, marketing or business development. (required) And
- Experience in making cold-calls and resilience to withstand rejection. (required) And
- Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and implement broad ranging and specific individual identification, cultivation and solicitation strategies. (required)
- Proven strong team-building skills, creating liaisons with coaches, staff, campus development colleagues, faculty, and administrators to develop effective cultivation and solicitation strategies. (required)
- Demonstrated working knowledge of the principles and practices of major gift fund raising for intercollegiate athletics or environment of equivalent complexity. (required)
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to write and edit reports, business correspondence, solicitation materials, appropriate letters of acknowledgement, proposals and other cultivation and solicitation materials; ability to prepare clear and compelling materials for fundraising (required)
- Strong oral communication skills to collect and convey information with accuracy, diplomacy and tact; ability to persuasively express the mission of the university and the fundraising goals of the campus, especially as they relate to UCLA and specifically to intercollegiate athletics. (required)
- Ability to take initiative, work independently and accept responsibility; adept at setting priorities and managing work flow to fulfill objectives and meet goals according to deadlines in a high-paced work environment under mínimal supervision. (required)
- Ability to work independently and with mínimal supervision. (required)
- Knowledge of and the ability to comply with PAC-12 Conference and NCAA rules and regulations. (required)
- Impeccable integrity and discretion in dealing with donors, alumni, students, administrators and colleagues. (required)
- Demonstrated proficiency in Blackbaud CRM or equivalent development database and the use of databases to generate reports is preferred. (preferred)

**Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations**
- Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree in related area. (preferred)
- Master's Degree Master's degree. (preferred)

**Special Conditions for Employment**
- Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
- CANRA: The position is designated as a mandatory reporter under CANRA. The employee must sign the "Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse".
- Must possess the ability to work some nights and weekends. (



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