Leadership Giving Officer
- Employer
- Colby College
- Location
- Maine, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Oct 13, 2022
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Major Gifts, Other Fundraising
- Fields
- Academic Centers
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Colby
College in the search for a Leadership Giving Officer.
Reporting to the Director of Leadership and Planned Giving, the
Leadership Giving Officer will manage a robust portfolio of
prospects for gifts of $100,000 and above as a critical component
of Colby’s Dare Northward campaign. The Leadership Giving
Officer will build and grow the College’s prospect pool, create
action plans for developing relationships with these prospective
donors, partner with the Colby Fund team and the Director of Parent
Giving, and create opportunities for the President, trustees,
faculty, and staff to engage in the fundraising program. The
Leadership Giving Officer will develop solicitation strategies in
collaboration with the Director of Leadership and Planned
Giving.
Founded in 1813, Colby College is the 12th oldest liberal arts
college in the United States. Located in Waterville, Maine, Colby
is a global institution with students representing nearly every
U.S. state and almost 70 countries. Approximately 2,000
undergraduate students can choose from 54 distinctive majors and 30
minors. Colby provides an intimate, vibrant, and fully integrated
academic, residential, and cocurricular experience in a diverse and
supportive community. With a student-faculty ratio of 10 to 1,
students build relationships with professors that go beyond the
classroom and lead to conducting research together or career and
grad school opportunities.
The College’s wide variety of programs and labs provides students
and the community access to unique experiences. The Colby College
Museum of Art is the finest college museum in the country, and
paired with the Lunder Institute for American Art, has made the
College a nationally and internationally recognized center for art
scholarship. DavisConnects, a program that grew from the global
pandemic, prepares Colby students for lifelong success by
integrating Colby's leading liberal arts education with unique
internship, research, or global experiences for every student,
regardless of their personal and financial networks. The 350,000
square-foot Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center, which
opened in 2020, provides the NCAA Division III athletes with the
most advanced and comprehensive facilities in the division. And the
most recent addition to the 714-acre campus is the Davis Institute
for Artificial Intelligence, which is the first such institute at a
liberal arts college.
Colby College is regularly recognized as a leading educational
institution. U.S. News & World Report rated it the
11th best liberal arts college in the U.S., 16th for “Best Value”,
and 18th for “Most Innovative.” Colby was also ranked 37th among
214 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. by Washington
Monthly and 75th overall in Forbes America’s Top
Colleges ranking of 650 military academies, national universities,
and liberal arts colleges. The same publication named Colby 32nd
among liberal arts colleges. NECHE (New England Commission of
Higher Education) gave the College an A+ for academics,
administration, food, campus quality, and diversity. Colby was also
ranked 13th by the 2011 Sierra Club rankings of “America’s coolest
schools.”
Colby College offers a wide range of resources that enhance
diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus including the Pugh
Center, an integral resource and catalyst for engagement and
advocacy that supports the College’s fundamental goal of academic
excellence through cultivating an inclusive and equitable campus
community; the First-Generation-to-College Program for Student
Success which supports students and their families throughout their
Colby career; and the Ralph J. Bunche Scholars Program, named in
honor of Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and civil rights activist
Ralph J. Bunche, which offers a select group of students of color
exclusive access to leadership development opportunities and grants
for independent scholarship, internships, or humanitarian
projects.
A bachelor's degree is required for this position as is at least
three years of fundraising or related experience. All applications
must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters
should be responsive to the mission of Colby College as well as the
responsibilities and qualifications stated in the
prospectus. Review of applications will
begin immediately and continue until the successful candidate has
been selected.
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