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Department:

Development & Alumni Relations-Development Office

Locations:

Louisville, KY

Posted:

Mar 14, 2024

Closes:

Open Until Filled

Type:

Full-time Exempt

Position ID:

173694

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About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

Summary

The development officer for athletics will have direct oversight, vision, and execution of the Bellarmine individual giving strategy for athletics. This position will secure major gifts primarily for athletics and will develop partnerships with athletics leaders.

Essential Functions:

Major Tasks and Responsibilities - Identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts from a core group of prospects and donors.

1. Maintain a portfolio list of 75 individuals that are capable of making a major gift of $50,000 or more
2. Identify, cultivate, solicit, close and steward major gifts
3. Work to match donor passions with Bellarmine University's needs which may include general support, scholarships, capital projects or other specific athletics projects
4. Coordinates with the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, the President, academic/athletics leaders, and others to ascertain specific needs in various operational areas; and acquire their assistance in developing strategies and gift solicitations (as needed)
5. Promote relationships between Bellarmine University and all potential major donors
6. Serve as an ambassador of Bellarmine University, providing information on the institution's capabilities, mission, vision, and its ability to contribute to the region's growth, security, and culture
7. Develop strategies for the acquisition of gifts which may involve the participation of staff and faculty, vice presidents, the president, or prominent alumni and friends of Bellarmine University
8. Prepare written proposals to be submitted for prospect consideration
9. Assure that all gifts received are properly recorded, acknowledged, and administered by Bellarmine. Ascertain that donors receive appropriate stewardship for their gifts
10. Coordinate communication through the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations and the DAR team to ensure that all necessary individuals are aware of the specific, ongoing efforts to acquire major gifts
11. Develop an annual plan of work, including contact goals, fundraising goals, and annual cost estimates of expenditures to the Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations
12. Plan, coordinate, assist, and attend various donor relations and special events for donors and Bellarmine University community
13. Work closely with senior athletics leaders on determining funding priorities
14. Assist with strategy setting with the Knights Athletics Association
15. Perform other duties as assigned by the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations

This position will be in a basic office environment and is a full-time, 12 month per year position and will require evening and weekend work. Travel away from Bellarmine University, by car or other means of transportation, is required. This job description identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by their supervisor.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, an advanced degree is preferred
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must have a thorough understanding of all aspects of fundraising
• Individual should have a proven record of cultivating, soliciting, closing and stewarding major gifts
• Prior experience, preferably in a higher education setting, of major giving development is necessary
• A high degree of diplomacy and integrity is required, as well as exceptional motivation and creativity
• The individual must be able to engender confidence, enthusiasm, and promote financial support among various Bellarmine University constituencies
• Must be able to present well-developed strategies and implement effective courses of action in prospect solicitation
• Travel may be required to call on prospects, both locally in the Louisville area and nationally

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

URL: bellarmine.edu

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