Director of Advancement
- Employer
- Goucher College - Goucher Prison Education Partnership
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Salary
- $70,000.00 - $75,000.00
- Date posted
- Jun 14, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Development & Advancement
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Director of Advancement, Goucher Prison Education Partnership
Build and nurture meaningful relationships with stakeholders
including individual donors, regional and national foundations,
corporations, and other funders. This currently includes 3000+
stakeholders including 45+ major donors;
Engage potential donors and stakeholders with GPEP’s mission
and impact;
Successfully identify, cultivate and solicit potential and
current donors;
Create a strategy to build awareness and support of GPEP among
new audiences locally, regionally, and nationally;
Communicate with stakeholders including sharing regular
updates, one-on-one engagement, formal reporting/communications,
and appreciation for support;
Research and identify opportunities for and write, revise, and
submit grant proposals, reports, and related budgets and all
related attachments. (Currently approximately 20 proposals per year
plus reporting.);
Accurately track timelines and ensure internal and external
deadlines are met. Communicate and coordinate successfully with
stakeholders internal and external to the college (relationship
building, communication, project management, grant and report
writing, budgets, etc.);
Work closely with the Goucher’s Office of Advancement to ensure
excellent donor management and coordination; and
Engage and manage volunteer and other stakeholder's
participation in GPEP fundraising efforts. Continue to widen and
deepen relationships with such stakeholders.
Event Management (20%)
Plan and manage GPEP's stakeholder and fundraising events
including house parties, stakeholder lunches/coffees/breakfasts,
informational sessions, presentations, graduation/impact
celebrations, etc., participation in larger public-facing events,
and targeted diverse stakeholders’ events;
In collaboration with the Goucher’s Office of Communications,
manage engagement with the media including the coordination with
staff, faculty, alumni, prison partners;
Manage event logistics including arrangements, planning
processes, and paperwork for such opportunities;
Lead, coordinate and manage the success of guest visits to
Goucher classes and with Goucher students the prisons (typically
4-6 events per year with up to 150 total external participants),
including faculty, administrators, donors, press, and government
officials; and
Serve as representative for GPEP & Goucher College at
relevant conferences and other events.
Marketing & Communication
(10%)
Plan, create, and distribute communications to GPEP contacts,
utilizing and building on GPEP’s existing messaging and
framing;
Draft, curate, and update brochure and website content as
needed; and
In consultation with GPEP’s Director and Goucher College’s
Office of Communications and the Office of Advancement, create and
produce 4-6 annual postal and/or email campaigns to current and
prospective donors.
Related Project Management (10%)
In collaboration with GPEP’s Director, create and monitor the
program’s annual operating budget. Create budgets as needed
internally for funders;
Maintain accurate records for grants, donations, and
development-related expenses and document them accurately in GPEP
records;
Maintain records of upcoming grants, proposals, deliverables,
and shared electronic files including all submitted grants,
reports, supporting documents, etc.; and
Manage the gift acknowledgment process including ensuring
Goucher’s Office of Advancement has needed information for
processing and providing official acknowledgment for gifts.
The GPEP Director of Advancement
position travels regularly to stakeholder meetings, largely in the
Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area, and to prison locations as
needed. Some evening and occasional weekend hours are
required.
QUALIFICATIONS
A Bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree
preferred;
A minimum of four (4) years of experience with frontline
fundraising experience is required;
Experience building philanthropic partnerships with national
foundations are strongly preferred;
Strong organizational, interpersonal, and written and oral
communication skills;
Demonstrated experience and success with grant writing and
reporting, creating content for marketing materials, communication
with stakeholders including funders and prospective funders,
students, and staff;
Demonstrated experience creating, managing, and maintaining
internal and external budgets including accurately projecting and
updating income from funders; and
Sophisticated project management experience, with demonstrated
success accomplishing broad and visionary assignments, as well as
complex, detailed projects in fast-paced environments.
If this sounds like a compelling
opportunity, and you are innovative, a strong collaborator, with
the skill set described above, we would love to hear from
you!
Goucher College is committed to
increasing the diversity of our community and seeks applicants
dedicated to applying principles of equity and inclusion in all
areas of the campus community.
SALARY AND COMPENSATION
The salary for this position is
expected to be between $70,000 and $75,000, in addition to a
comprehensive benefits package.
ABOUT US Named one of the top 10 most innovative colleges in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized as one of the forty Colleges that Changes Lives, Goucher College, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is a private, coed, liberal arts college dedicated to teaching students to be complex problem solvers prepared for the jobs of the future. A Goucher education focuses on creating lifelong learners through an interdisciplinary, experiential approach. The Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP) offers individuals incarcerated in Maryland the opportunity to pursue an outstanding Goucher College education. GPEP offers Goucher College courses onsite at the prisons as well as all resources needed for student success, from college preparatory courses to books and calculators to skilled tutors and in-person office hours with professors and academic advisors. Through this work, GPEP is also part of the public conversation about access to education, poverty, and mass incarceration. Leverage your experience and skill to support 130 scholars and leaders pursuing their college education while in prison. Join a dynamic, hard-working team to advance a national model for higher education in prisons. POSITION SUMMARY GPEP is seeking a Director of Advancement with demonstrated success setting and realizing ambitious fundraising goals. The right candidate brings the necessary experience to sustainably support GPEP students’ educations through a diversified strategy including grants from regional and national foundations, individual giving, events, and relationship development with new and existing partners. The Director of Advancement builds on existing successful practices to raise the financial support necessary for the operation of GPEP. This position serves as the primary fundraiser responsible for an approximately $1.4 million annual budget and works in close collaboration with GPEP's Executive Director and Goucher College's Office of Advancement. LOCATION This position is based on Goucher’s Towson campus, with occasional responsibilities at Goucher College’s additional locations inside state prisons in Jessup, Maryland as well as offsite responsibilities related to donors and other partners. RESPONSIBILITIES Fundraising & Relationship Building (60%)
Candidates must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the USA. No Visa sponsorship is offered for this position. Employment is contingent on a background check and the ability to maintain the clearance necessary to enter the state prisons where GPEP serves students. Goucher College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This search is being managed by ATS+Partners and all inquiries can be directed to careers@atspartners.org.
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