Director of Development, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
- Employer
- ASU Enterprise Partners
- Location
- Arizona, United States
- Salary
- $100,000.00 - $110,000.00
- Closing date
- Aug 31, 2021
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Major Gifts
- Fields
- Education
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Who We Want:
Director of Development - Sandra Day O'Connor
College of Law
ASU Foundation, one of five nonprofit entities that
make up ASU Enterprise Partners, is seeking a Director of
Development for the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
ASU Law is the most innovative law school in the
country. Housed in the state-of-the-art Beus Center for Law and
Society in the heart of Arizona’s capitol, ASU Law has strong
relationships to business, the legal community, and government,
giving our students unparalleled opportunities to launch their
legal careers. ASU Law is named for Supreme Court Justice Sandra
Day O’Connor and strives to honor Justice O’Connor’s legacy by
advancing justice through education and public service. With a
comprehensive curriculum that includes more than 250 unique courses
offered each year, our students can tailor their education to their
interests. ASU Law is driven to make an impact in our community, in
our student’s lives, and in the world.
The Director of Development for the Sandra Day
O’Connor College of Law is a senior professional who works
collaboratively with the ASU Foundation for A New American
University (ASUF) and the College of Law leadership team to lead
the school’s comprehensive development program. Proactively
managing a major gift donor/prospect portfolio, the director will
foster significant philanthropic investments in the college by
providing strategic direction to the academic leadership and
collaborating with development colleagues across the university to
promote opportunities to interested prospects. S/he must be a
dynamic development leader with a proven track-record in higher
education or related non-profit development. The director will
report to the ASUF Vice President of Unit Development, has a
liaison reporting line to the interim deans of the College of Law,
and serves as a member of the college’s senior leadership team.
What you’ll do:
- Work closely with college leadership to support the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s fundraising priorities.
- Create strategy and lead the implementation and coordination of a comprehensive unit-based development program.
- Collaborate with deans, directors and others on identification and prioritization of funding opportunities within the college.
- Foster successful fundraising in the college by preparing deans, directors and others to participate effectively in development activities.
- Direct programs to encourage productive relationships with the school’s donors, prospects, alumni, parents and board members, as appropriate.
- Oversee the school’s stewardship efforts including gift recording, reporting and acknowledgment systems.
- Lead the development team for the College of Law. Direct reports currently include team members focused on major gifts, stewardship and donor relations, and administrative support.
- Proactively manage a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects regionally and nationally, developing and executing strategies leading to solicitation and investment that leverage the donor’s interests and connect them to ASU’s opportunities.
- Collaborate with various ASUF offices and functions – including corporate and foundation relations, estate and gift planning, donor relations, research and prospect management, financial services, annual giving, and development – to advance prospect strategies and use the ASUF prospect management and tracking system.
- Participate, as a member of the ASUF constituent development team, in development activities on a university level and serve as a resource to development colleagues regarding the Cronkite School’s fundraising opportunities.
- Plan and monitor an annual operating budget.
- Work in a fast-paced, results oriented environment with complex and evolving relationships and priorities.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Knowledge of and experience utilizing principles and techniques of development/fundraising, preferably in higher education
- Strong and collegial interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate effectively in person and by phone
- Strong and detail-oriented writing skills
- Exceptional listener
- Self-starter able to secure personal appointments and qualify new prospects
- Demonstrated success in personally implementing sophisticated, multi-year cultivation strategies that use a relationship-building and moves management approach leading to successful gift closure
- Demonstrated achievement in securing philanthropic investments
- Demonstrable experience in stewardship plans leading to additional investments
- Ability to prepare complex and detailed proposals and related materials
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Problem solver who can take initiative and set priorities while being flexible
- Team-oriented strategist able to effectively manage complex situations involving numerous and sometimes competing constituencies
- Attention to detail and thoroughness in completing assigned duties
- Highly organized and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and comfortable working in donor/prospect computer data base systems (Salesforce)
- Adept at navigating complex environments with evolving priorities and communication plans
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to include early mornings, evenings and weekends to accommodate meetings and events
- Willingness and ability to meet demanding work schedule expectations
- Ability to represent the both institution and the college well
- Belief in the vision of ASU as the New American University
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