Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement
- Employer
- The Aspen Institute
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Jul 7, 2021
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- Position Type
- Executive, Fundraising, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Fundraising Administration, Major Gifts, Other Fundraising
- Fields
- Academic Centers, Advocacy, Community Development, Education, Environment, Health, International, Other Fields, Research, Technology, Youth
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the Aspen
Institute in the search for an Executive Vice President for
Institutional Advancement.
Reporting to the President and CEO, the Executive Vice President
for Institutional Advancement is a critical role ideally suited for
a transformational philanthropic leader who is eager to help
advance the mission of the Aspen Institute at a time when it is
poised to build upon its legacy of impact and drive change in new
ways towards solving society’s greatest challenges. As a member of
the Institute’s Senior Executive Team—which leads all strategic,
operational, and management functions of the Institute—the
Executive Vice President will serve as a key partner to the
President and CEO in developing the reach and impact of the
Institute. The Executive Vice President will oversee a team of 20
professionals in OIA and a budget of approximately $7 million. The
preferred location for this position is Washington, D.C. or the
Washington, D.C./New York City corridor year-round and Aspen,
Colorado in the summer months (required).
The Executive Vice President will lead the Institute’s Office of
Institutional Advancement (OIA), which includes principal and major
gift fundraising, corporate and foundation relations, annual giving
and membership programming through the Institute’s Society of
Fellows, planned giving, trustee engagement, major events,
stewardship, research, gift accounting, and Advancement
Communications. The Executive Vice President will commit to working
tirelessly to advance the principles of diversity, equity,
inclusion, and anti-racism across the Institute—externally and
internally—including in the recruitment, compensation, training,
and advancement of staff. The Executive Vice President will manage
a principal gifts prospective donor portfolio, staff the Board of
Trustees’ Advancement Committee, and work closely with the full
Board. The Executive Vice President will play a lead coordination
and strategy role across the organization in supporting program-led
and program-specific fundraising, strategic partnerships, and
Advancement best practice sharing among programs and their
directors, and will also be asked to evaluate whether a significant
fundraising campaign may be feasible for the Institute in the near
future.
The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to
realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in Aspen,
Colorado, in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies,
the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and
action to help solve the most important challenges facing the
United States and the world. It brings together thoughtful people
with diverse backgrounds and points of view, cultivates and
supports values-based, purpose-driven leaders in many communities,
and turns ideas into action and impact for individuals and society.
The Aspen Institute has earned a reputation for gathering diverse,
nonpartisan experts, creatives, scholars, and grassroots leaders to
address some of the world’s most complex problems. Its goal is
always to have an impact beyond the convening space, and to
provoke, further, and improve actions taken in the world.
The Aspen Institute's enduring purpose requires it to live the
values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in
everything it does. By fostering a community of diverse talents,
voices, and backgrounds, it lives and renews its mission and
values. To achieve its mission, the Institute commits to working
proactively to advance the principles of diversity, equity,
inclusion, and anti-racism across its myriad endeavors—from program
design, policy development, convenings, network-building, and
leadership initiatives to internal matters such as the recruitment,
compensation, training, and advancement of staff.
A bachelor's degree is required for this position as is at least
fifteen years of management experience, ideally in a complex
nonprofit or other mission-driven environment. All applications
must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters
should be responsive to the mission of the Aspen Institute as well
as the responsibilities and qualifications presented in the
position prospectus.
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