Assistant Director for Leadership Gifts

5 days ago

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States Commonwealth of Virginia Full time

Job Summary

A highly motivated and organized individual is sought to serve as an Assistant Director for Leadership Gifts. This role involves building strong relationships with alumni and friends to secure long-term support for the University.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist with fundraising activities for colleges and programs within designated time frames.
  • Travel to cultivate, solicit, steward, and identify prospects for colleges and programs.
  • Manage and cultivate a primary portfolio of 50-250 prospects.
  • Cultivate and solicit gifts from prospects with typical solicitation ranges of $5,000 to $100,000.
  • Closing $500,000 per year using a three-year rolling average.
  • Establish strong working relationships with central advancement, fellow gift officers, and college and program staff.
  • Ensure compliance with University, state, and federal laws, policies, regulations, and the CASE Donor Bill of Rights.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree with related fundraising or relevant experience, or Master's degree.
  • Ability to build relationships with volunteers and donors, self-motivated, and embrace the concept and attitude of teamwork in a complex organization.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to articulate the importance of higher education and understand the critical role and priorities of the university and the advancement division.
  • Demonstrated experience in fundraising, sales/marketing, advertising, public relations, client relations, communications, or experience in cold calling.
  • Demonstrated experience in relational database manipulation.
  • Experience with office software applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook or similar programs.

About the University

Virginia Tech is a comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight colleges and a graduate school. Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.

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