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The Associate AD/Executive Director, Development provides leadership for athletic fundraising programs and engages in strategic planning and development of major and principal gift needs for the department of athletics. Further, the Associate AD/Executive Director, Development provides leadership to the frontline fundraising officers while preparing and maintaining a master plan of funding priorities that help guide and focus fundraising efforts.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

Current Employees:

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The Associate AD/Executive Director, Development provides leadership for athletic fundraising programs and engages in strategic planning and development of major and principal gift needs for the department of athletics. Further, the Associate AD/Executive Director, Development provides leadership to the frontline fundraising officers while preparing and maintaining a master plan of funding priorities that help guide and focus fundraising efforts.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Collaborates with Assistant VP – Athletics Development to build, cascade, and execute an athletic philanthropy program which leverages institutional strengths to preserve and forward the athletic mission into the future.

2. Provides leadership to frontline fundraising team, responsible for generating the philanthropic revenue required to resource a best-in-class athletic department.

3. Develop, cultivate, solicit and steward a donor portfolio of 75-100 major giving prospects.

4. Meet impactful interaction and solicitation goals set annually by supervisor, in alignment with department priorities.

5. Assist in the establishment and execution of fundraising goals for applicable divisions.

6. Identifies prospective donors and funding sources and develops cultivation and solicitation plans.

7. Enlists volunteers to help identify, cultivate, and solicit other prospective donors.

8. Ensures regular communications and stewardship with donors, including re-solicitations, proper acknowledgement of gifts and pledge payments, reporting, visiting, and providing regular information on the progress.

9. Determines fundable projects and packages them appropriately for consideration by donors.

10. Prepares annual work plan with measurable objectives and courses of action for all relevant activities.

11. Documents all contacts, communications, visits, and other appropriate case history files and places pertinent information in applicable database.

12. Formulates appropriate fundraising budgets and revenue projections.

13. Supervises department staff, freelance and temporary employees, and volunteer organizations.

14. Ensures internal control oversight and compliance with laws and regulations, safeguarding of assets, compliance with University policies and procedures, reliability of internal and external reporting, and efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Creates an effective control environment, conducts risk assessment, implements and monitors controls.

15. Develops and administers policies and procedures in order to ensure compliance with Title IX, NCAA and other athletic conference rules, regulations and risk management procedures and protocols to minimize the risk of liability.

16. Collaborates with University offices and community agencies in order to effectively manage assigned functions.

17. Supervises staff and student employees. Resolves personnel and operational issues.

18. Provides direct supervision to selected sports teams. Ensures fiscal soundness and compliance with intercollegiate athletics rules, regulations and procedures.

19. Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field required

Experience:

7-10 years of relevant experience. Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form

• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships

• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems

• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations

• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

A19