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Advancement and Giving

The Advancement and Giving Manager strategically works with the Office of University Development and the Commonwealth Campus locations or unit in the efforts to encourage and increase participation and annual support of funds for the University; facilitates, manages, and promotes alumni relations and development programs to benefit the campus or unit and its surrounding communities.

• Direct, lead and manage all aspects of giving and advancement programs
• Manage and promote alumni relations and development programs to benefit the campus and community
• Develop and execute plans for evaluation, cultivation, and solicitation of a portfolio of prospects for annual gifts; travel to visit donors
• Manage, assess, cultivate, solicit, and steward a small portfolio of highly complex gifts prospects
• Establish and steward relationships of advancement and giving with high-level university staff and administrators
• Establish and evaluate plans to solicit philanthropic support from alumni, friends, parents, local corporations, and regional foundations
• Manage all strategic advancement initiatives in coordination with senior leadership; manage and promote events to enhance the philanthropic culture for the University
• Oversee selected fundraising activities, including direct mail, telemarketing, e-communications, personal solicitations, and event planning as assigned
• Evaluate results, budgets, and staff activities
• Build and maintain relationships with volunteers, donors, committees, and boards
• Manage the efforts of other staff ensuring all initiatives and expectations are carried out and goals are met
• Manage the campus Board of Advisors
• Hire, mentor, and evaluate staff

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00