Associate Vice President, Advancement Operations and Strategies

2 days ago


Washington, United States George Washington University Full time
Job Overview

The George Washington University is seeking a seasoned professional to serve as Associate Vice President for Advancement Operations & Strategies. This key leadership role will play a critical part in driving the university's fundraising efforts and promoting a culture of philanthropy throughout the university community.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of strategic plans to enhance the university's advancement operations and achieve its fundraising goals. This will involve collaborating with senior administrators, staff, and colleagues to facilitate inter-departmental partnerships and achieve full divisional alignment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement strategic plans to enhance the university's advancement operations and achieve its fundraising goals.
  • Collaborate with senior administrators, staff, and colleagues to facilitate inter-departmental partnerships and achieve full divisional alignment.
  • Lead the development and implementation of management information tools, data mining, and data modeling to produce actionable findings.
  • Provide guidance and demonstration of competency in the functional area of finance and accounting, working closely with the University's CFO as a thought partner at the executive level.
  • Deliver guidance and demonstration of competency in the functional area of human resources and talent management, working closely with the University's Vice President of Human Resources as a thought partner at the executive level.
  • Conceptualize a scalable suite of reporting tools and products for management information data-informed decision-making for use by the Vice President, executive officers, deans, school development officers, and DAR staff.
  • Serve as primary liaison to other information technology teams on campus to ensure seamless integration of advancement and administrative computing planning and system management and maintenance.
  • Ensure ongoing functionality enhancement for all web-based internet and intranet applications and services.
  • Design and establish programs for innovative use of proprietary and commercially available data for demographic and psychographic enhancement of constituent data records.
  • Create programs (i.e., data modeling) to inform proprietary scores applied to constituent data records to inform solicitation and engagement strategies.
  • Develop an extensive understanding of the University's academic and fundraising priorities.
  • Cultivate long-term, collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders.
  • Protect confidential information and follow all DAR and GW guidelines pertaining to public records and constituent information.
Minimum Qualifications

Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 10 years of relevant professional experience, Master's degree, or higher, in a relevant area of study preferred. Relevant experience must include at least 4 years of senior leadership/executive level experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Deep appreciation for, and an ability to articulate eloquently, the educational mission and aspirations of GW.
  • Stature, professional experience, and relationship-building skills to engage, motivate, and support the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, high-caliber administrative and academic leadership, staff, and colleagues.
  • Proven ability to expand and strengthen partnerships with administrative colleagues, superiors, and supervised staff, ideally in a complex research-intensive higher education institution.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate communication regarding multi-unit planning, budgeting, human resource, and information technology opportunities for win-win partnerships across the University, resulting in a thorough and inclusive planning and execution process.
  • Deliberate agility, flexibility, and intellectual prowess to build alliances across the University.
  • Superb strategic vision and leadership and management experience, providing staff with the direction, motivation, and support needed to continually surpass ambitious goals.
  • Results-oriented professional comfortable with quantitative performance measurement with excess initiative and sound judgment.
  • Collaborative team player with superlative interpersonal skills.
  • Proven competence in developing and implementing management information tools, data mining, and data modeling that produce actionable findings.
  • Network administration experience within a multi-unit organization.
  • Excellent influencing and communication skills and impeccable writing ability.
  • Genuine team player with a creative manner of approaching issues and devising sound solutions based on good judgment and collaboration.
  • Highly advanced facilitation skills to promote partnerships across GWU, resulting in a thorough and inclusive development planning and execution process.
  • An inspirational leader with the ability to motivate, mentor, and leverage a team's existing capacity to strengthen performance, deepen dedication, and incentivize all members of the advancement community to define and embrace high performance.
  • Unquestioned integrity and sound judgment, as well as a sense of perspective.
  • Substantial direct experience with at least 8 years of fundraising management experience.
Hiring Range

$159, $334,609.86

Campus Location

Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm

Required Background Check

Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search

EEO Statement

The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.



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