Senior Director of Advancement

Employer: Nova Southeastern University
Location: Florida, United States
Salary: Salary Not specified
Date posted: Nov 22, 2021

Position Type: Executive, Executive Directors
Employment Level: Executive
Employment Type: Full Time

Advancement and Community Relations

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) invites leaders in advancement to apply for the position of Senior Director of Advancement to support the NSU Art Museum.

Located on a sprawling 314-acre campus in the heart of South Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is the nation's ninth-largest, not-for-profit, independent university with a presence in 12 countries around the world. Through five decades of explosive growth, our reputation for academic excellence and innovation continues to flourish. Founded in 1964, the university has grown to more than 23,000 students nearly 180,000 alumni, and offers undergraduate degrees, graduate and professional degrees, and certificate programs to full-and part-time students in medicine, health sciences, computer sciences, law, education, psychology, business, marine biology, and more.

Position Summary:

The Senior Director of Advancement solicits, and stewards existing donors while developing new donors and funding opportunities. Manages a prospect portfolio of assigned prospects in the assigned area. Provides leadership, supervision, and day-to-day management of an integrated development program in order to raise both unrestricted and restricted philanthropic gift commitments of $50,000+ for the University.

Manages a pool of approximately 150-200 individuals. This pool should represent a balance of individuals at various stages in the development continuum. As a guideline, the following distribution is recommended (the mix might change based on the status of the campaign or project): Cultivation; Solicitation; Stewardship.

Makes or causes to be made 150 meaningful contacts per year. Based on experience, a full-time major gifts officer can make 200 face-to-face personal calls per year. However, other meaningful contacts may be included, such as joint visits with the senior management team, Vice President, or President. Each meaningful contact MUST be reported through the prospect management system by filing a contact report.

Makes or causes to be made a minimum an appropriate number of major gift solicitations each year. This should produce 25-30 gifts at major gifts level and a number of gifts at a lesser level.

Identifies new prospects to be managed through the prospect management system that have the inclination and capability to qualify as major gift prospects. In general, 50 individual contacts will have to be made to identify and qualify 15-20 new prospects and these prospects will replace individuals who have been removed from the prospect pool.

Leads the planning and implementation of a strategic development plan for the assigned area of focus in collaboration with management.

Supervises colleagues who have gift planning, events, major gifts and annual giving solicitation responsibilities; develops gift planning and annual giving solicitation strategies, information, and other related data with the purpose of raising philanthropic dollars through various solicitation vehicles.

Organizes and addresses public gatherings; conducts meetings of volunteers and donors designed to identify prospective donors and advance prospects.

Performs other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate must have a bachelor’s degree and:

At least five years’ experience in major gifts, planned giving, or senior level development work with preference for background in higher education or healthcare philanthropy.

Minimum of five years of progressively responsible fund-raising experience.

For more information and to apply go to: https://nsucareers.nova.edu/en-us/job/500865/senior-director-of-advancement-998450

Senior Director of Advancement

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