Vice President for Advancement
- Employer
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Location
- Nebraska, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Dec 27, 2022
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Fundraising Administration
- Fields
- Academic Centers, Education
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Nebraska
Wesleyan University in the search for a Vice President for
Advancement.
Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Advancement will
play a leadership role in the transformation of Nebraska Wesleyan
University's culture of philanthropy through the implementation of
a strategic fundraising program, including a comprehensive
resources campaign. The Vice President will design and lead
development programs that strengthen Nebraska Wesleyan’s resource
base while engaging alumni, parents, friends, corporate and
foundation leaders, church partners, and community leaders. The
Vice President will manage all development offices including the
Archway Fund (annual giving), planned and capital giving,
externally funded grants, stewardship, research, and development
support services. The Vice President will partner with the
President and the Board of Governors to establish productive
relationships with leadership donors and volunteers. Furthermore,
the Vice President will design, implement, and launch a
comprehensive campaign that will secure support for Nebraska
Wesleyan’s strategic priorities and serve as an opportunity to set
new standards and expectations for the philanthropic culture of the
University—preparing and training a generation of volunteer
leaders; broadening the leadership donor base; integrating all
components of the advancement program; expanding the engagement of
alumni and friends; upgrading the professional donor-research
capability; and improving database management, reporting, and other
development services.
Nebraska Wesleyan University is a thriving, growing comprehensive,
liberal arts-based institution with approximately 1,600
traditional, adult, and graduate students. Its academic programs
are rooted in an enduring commitment to excellence; a belief in the
power of personal attention, teaching, and learning; and a strong
tradition of shared governance. It has a long history of producing
remarkable results with modest resources. Chartered by Methodists
in 1887, Nebraska Wesleyan has an ongoing, beneficial relationship
today with the United Methodist Church.
Nebraska Wesleyan offers five baccalaureate degrees and students
choose from over 130 majors, minors, and pre-professional programs.
The general education Archway Curriculum ensures that every student
has an experience-rich education through internships, research
projects, service learning or study abroad. The curriculum
integrates learning across disciplinary boundaries, enhances
learning through non-classroom experiences, and weaves skill
development throughout the academic program. The Archway Curriculum
has been nationally heralded within higher education as a
progressive model of liberal learning for the 21st century.
The University is guided by its new multi-year strategic plan,
which launched in fall 2021. The plan affirms an unchanging
commitment to deliver an outstanding, student-centered,
transformative education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences.
At the same time, the plan underscores the necessity of investment
in new and enhanced facilities, the latest technology, and the
faculty and staff whose skills and dedication make student success
possible.
All diverse worldviews belong in its Wesleyan community. Diversity
encompasses the range of human differences, including but not
limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual
orientation, age, social class, physical ability, or attributes,
religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political
beliefs. Inclusion is involvement and empowerment, where the
inherent worth and dignity of all people are recognized. Diversity
and inclusion are core values of Nebraska Wesleyan University’s
mission, and it embraces diversity as a source of strength.
Nebraska Wesleyan has received favorable recognition in U.S. News
& World Report, which has placed NWU in the Regional
Universities-Midwest category since 2016, following its recent
growth as a comprehensive university. NWU is in the top 15 percent
of colleges and universities named to this category, ranking 22nd
among 157 institutions. Nebraska Wesleyan has also been recognized
favorably by The Princeton Review, Forbes, Colleges of Distinction,
Washington Monthly, and Money Magazine, as well as being named a
military-friendly school.
A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and
experience is required for this position as is at least seven years
of senior advancement experience. All applications must be
accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should be
responsive to the mission and vision of Nebraska Wesleyan
University as well as the responsibilities and qualifications
presented in the prospectus. Applicants are highly encouraged to
demonstrate how they can enhance and embrace the University's core
values of excellence, liberal arts, personal attention to students,
diversity, community, and stewardship in a diversity statement
submitted as part of their cover letter.
To apply for this position, visit:
https://opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/1223.
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