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Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Employer
Dean College
Location
Massachusetts, United States
Salary
Salary Commensurate with experience
Date posted
Apr 19, 2023

Company Description:

Dean College is a private, residential New England college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. A personal and transformative community since 1865, Dean tirelessly inspires our students to unimagined heights through personalized support and integrated delivery of academic, co-curricular and experiential learning. Our graduates are lifelong learners who thrive in their careers, embrace social responsibility and demonstrate leadership.

Recognized as a Top Regional College by U.S. News & World Report for eleven consecutive years and named a College of Distinction for five consecutive years, Dean serves approximately 1,200 full-time students and 400 part-time students and offers more than 50 combined bachelor's and associate degree programs and specializations, as well as a robust schedule of continuing studies, EMT and certificate programs throughout the year.

Dean College is perfectly situated in Franklin, Massachusetts, which is conveniently located between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island and is accessible to Boston by commuter rail. The Dean College/Franklin station is only a five-minute walk from campus. Approximately 87 percent of the College's student population lives on campus.

Dean provides a supportive academic environment that thrives on hands-on engagement and exceptional teaching. This community-wide commitment of always going the extra mile for students is known as The Dean Difference.  Outside of the classroom, students participate in 16 athletic teams and more than 30 on-campus groups and organizations.

Ninety-six percent of our bachelor's degree students are employed or enrolled in graduate school within 12 months of graduation. Alumni are hard at work in top-ranked graduate programs and are employed by organizations such as Universal Studios, Dell Technologies, Liberty Mutual, Kraft Sports + Entertainment, the Boston Ballet, and more.

What is The Dean Difference?
The Dean Difference isn't any one thing. It's not a program or a professor. It's not a single class or a club. It's the way our academics support networks and community overlap, interweave and magnify each other. Our difference unites us. It's our secret formula. It's the nucleus around which we orbit. It isn't one thing, it's everything

Job Description:

The Vice President for Institutional Advancement reports to the President of Dean College. This position provides strategic direction, vision, and management of the College's overall institutional advancement efforts, including annual and major gift fundraising and capital campaigns, community and public relations, alumni relations, marketing, institutional research, planning, and continuous improvement efforts. The President, Executive Vice President, Vice President for Financial Services and Treasurer, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Vice President for Enrollment Services and Marketing, Vice President for Student Success and Campus Life, and Vice President for Institutional Advancement form the College's senior leadership team.

 

The Vice President for Institutional Advancement:

 

  • Provides leadership for all institutional advancement, marketing, communications, institutional research/planning efforts of the College.
  • Advises the College President on matters related to institutional advancement, institutional effectiveness, and marketing, including appropriate policy recommendations.
  • Provides leadership for development and implementation of a college marketing plan and staff.
  • Develops and administers the Institutional Advancement annual budget in collaboration with assigned staff.
  • Supervises directors of development, alumni/ae relations, and institutional marketing.
  • Supervises a departmental assistant.
  • Serves as a member of the President's Senior Leadership Team.
  • Ensures that the activities of all College institutional advancement areas are coordinated for maximum effectiveness.
  • Facilitates and monitors external funding requests from within the College.
  • Provides leadership and support for identifying and securing external funding sources and developing and implementing cultivation strategies.
  • Provides leadership and support for planning and implementation of advancement services and programs, including major giving, corporations and foundation, alumni relations and planned giving.
  • Provides leadership and support to foster continuous improvement in the quality and effectiveness of institutional marketing and effectiveness/research areas.
  • Recommends policies and procedures that improve customer service, operational efficiency, and enhance the ability of the College to realize its Mission, strategic priorities, and goals.
  • Serves as an ex officio member of selected Board of Trustees standing and ad hoc committees.
  • Establishes and maintains positive community relations that contribute to the College's ability to fulfill its Mission.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the President.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated excellence in written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equal opportunity, and the academic, intellectual, and social development of all students and employees.
  • An understanding of and commitment to the College's Mission.
  • Acts as a team player.
  • Serves on institutional committees as appointed by the President.
  • Enhances unrestricted funding while generating new programmatic funding.
  • Serves as a key leader in the department and successfully balance an occasionally rigorous travel schedule to meet with potential and current funders.
  • Serves as coach, mentor, and leader of deans, faculty, and vice presidents for developing proposals, soliciting, and closing gifts.
  • Establishes credibility as an effective developer of solutions to business challenges.
  • Guides staff in their respective areas of functional expertise.

Additional Information:

Dean College is an equal-opportunity, Title IX institution and pledges to recruit, select and promote diversity by providing equality of opportunity in higher education for all persons, including faculty and staff with respect to hiring, continuation, promotion, and applicants for admission, enrolled students and graduates without discrimination or segregation.

The College is interested in candidates who have the communication skills and cross-cultural abilities to maximize their effectiveness with diverse groups of colleagues, students, faculty, and community members. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis.

Dean College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law.

This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in College programs, services, and activities. A pre-employment background screen is required for all employees.

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