Director of Parent and Family Philanthropy

3 weeks ago


Los Angeles, California, United States InsideHigherEd Full time

Job Summary

InsideHigherEd is seeking a seasoned development professional to serve as the Director of Parent and Family Philanthropy. This key role will be responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy to engage and solicit support from parents and families of Occidental College students.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a strategic plan to increase philanthropic support from parents and families, including oversight of the Parents Council and other parent fundraising initiatives.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key leadership and major gift-rated parent and family donors, conducting discovery visits and collaborating with colleagues to develop campaigns by mail, phone, and digitally.
  • Partner with offices across Occidental to cultivate, solicit, and steward current and incoming parents, as well as parents of alumni and parent volunteers.
  • Oversee parent fundraising efforts during Oxy's annual giving day, the Day For Oxy, including securing challenge gifts from Parents Council and other parent prospects.
  • Manage the Parents Council, Occidental's primary parent fundraising body, and engage all Council members via in-person visits, conference calls, and newsletter distributions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in liberal arts, philanthropic studies, fund-raising, public relations, communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field.
  • Seven years of progressively responsible experience in development/fundraising/parent and/or alumni relations.
  • Proven record of initiating and securing a high volume of development visits and personally soliciting and securing gifts from individual donors, including at the major gift level of $100,000 and above.
  • Experience working in a performance-based environment with tracking of meeting goals, contacts, and dollars raised.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in higher education development.
  • Experience managing a volunteer board/s.

Expected Hiring Range: $105,000 - $113,000/yr

Occidental College offers a generous compensation and benefits package.



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