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Senior Director of Devel, Osteo Med/ Development Officer III/S

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Work type: Support Staff

Pay Grade:15

Major Administrative Unit / College:University Advancement

Department:Constituency Program Dir 4 40001269

Sub Area:APSA- Pro Supervisory

Salary:Salary Commensurate with Experience

Location: East Lansing

Categories: Administrative/Business/Professional, PR/Media/Graphics/Comm/Fund Raising, Professional Supervisory- APSA, Full Time (90-100%), Union, Remote-Friendly

Working/Functional Title

Senior Director of Devel, Osteo Med

Position Summary

BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY

The College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University seeks a results-oriented individual to lead its advancement team as the Senior Director of Development. The MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine is the recognized leader amongst all osteopathic medical schools nationally on several fronts, most notably for research, with MSUCOM faculty earning recognition for their numerous research programs, publications, and other scholarly works. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has a long-established network of over 33 community teaching hospital partnerships throughout Michigan to support D.O. medical students in their third and fourth years of clinical education, as well as 2,000 residents and fellows undertaking their graduate medical education. The chosen candidate will be an exceptional fundraiser, an accomplished motivator and mentor, an effective manager of people, a visionary leader who has a proven track record in successfully implementing comprehensive development programs and who can be a strategic partner to the Dean. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned fundraiser/manager who thrives on fundraising and who wishes to serve in a leadership role for one of the up-and-coming development programs at Michigan State University.

Serving as the units’ chief development officer, the Senior Director maintains a personal prospect portfolio of major and principal gift prospects and employs an aggressive, strategic moves management program to ensure movement along the development pipeline. Leading by example, the Senior Director will oversee a team of 4, including one major gift officer, an alumni relations officer and 1.5 administrative support professionals. The Senior Director will partner closely with the Dean, senior administrators, research faculty leaders and volunteer leadership to ensure that the unit grows to reach its full philanthropic potential.

As MSU strategically positions itself to prepare for its next campaign, the Senior Director will assume a leadership role in planning and assessing the feasibility for campaign goals and priorities. This includes recruiting and training volunteers, conducting a needs assessment of programs, preparing case statements, identifying and cultivating prospects, developing and reviewing proposals, and actively soliciting contributions. While funding from all sources of support certainly is stressed, focused attention should be on prospects with known or suspected principal and major gift capacity.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Fundraising:

• Plans and implements methods of prospect identification, solicitation, and cultivation in order to achieve successful solicitations for funds and match donor's interest with the needs of the College.

• Plans and implements the major, planned, and principal gifts program for the College as well as funding from other sources, including corporations and foundations.

• Provides assistance to donors regarding tax laws, policies, and procedures and resolves problems in order to maintain a positive image of the University.

• Collaborates with colleagues across campus to ensure that the donors’ philanthropic interests are being met.

Personnel Management:

• Supervises, directs, motivates, and evaluates support staff in order to assure consistency, quantity, and quality of work performed.

• Set clear directions and priorities for professionals and administrative support personnel. Promote excellence through well-defined and measurable goals.

• Lead by example; foster a work environment that recognizes and rewards cross functional collaboration and team-based efforts. Celebrate current achievements and set clear expectations for future success.

• Actively mentor and train staff, providing frequent opportunities for professional learning and growth; emphasizing retention as a means of increasing capacity and expertise of the team. Fully leverage human and financial resources and promote greater efficiency.

• Provide the structure and guidance necessary to promote a high-performance culture that meets the needs and expectations of a successful and diverse alumni community.

• Recruits, trains, motivates, and evaluates volunteers in order to accomplish college goals and objectives.

Programmatic Management:

• Audits internal operations to develop standardized procedures and to ensure conformity with established policy.

• Plans, hosts, and communicates at meetings of the public and University personnel in order to provide information on the College and/or University.

• Assists in budget preparation to ensure consistency with departmental goals.

• Assists in setting both long- and short-term goals/plans to determine resources required.

• Supervises and/or coordinates with external relations staff, including development, alumni, public relations, and communications, in order to ensure coordination of information to alumni and friends of the College.

• Coordinates the composing, editing, and publishing of College materials in order to provide staff and volunteers with campaign case statements and progress reports.

COMMUNICATIONS/INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Michigan State University Alumni/Individuals/Major Corporations/Businesses/Employees and Corporate Leadership - to solicit as potential donors, handle their donor requests, and to cultivate and train them as potential volunteers.

• Faculty - to educate and engage them in Development process, to seek their advice on needs, and to answer funding questions and advise them on funding strategy.

• Staff - to train and oversee their work and to establish priorities.

• Department Heads/Michigan State University Executive Management - to consult and coordinate work within the University structure, to aid in the identification of potential donors, and gain support of special projects.

• Michigan State University Vice President of University Advancement and Associate Vice President of University Development - to advise on the progress of specific College campaigns.

• Michigan State University campaign leadership - to seek their advice on the cultivation and solicitation of major donors and to assist them in soliciting donors.

• Michigan State University Trustees - to seek advice and obtain assistance for solicitation.

• Peers/Professional Organizations - to obtain advice and counsel on options being considered for programs.

• Government Agencies/Foundations - to assess current funding priorities and particular donor procedures.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Direction is received from the Executive Director of Constituency Programs – Health Sciences and from the Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Supervision over one major gift officer, an alumni relations officer and 1.5 administrative support professionals.

Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing and/or Business; five to eight years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in professional and higher education fundraising, public relations, marketing, development of budgets, preparation and presentation of case statements and analysis of operations; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Travel is required.

Desired Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree; Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, and/or Business preferred.

• Eight years of successful fundraising experience (preferably in higher education) including several years at a director or manager level. Experience in related fields such as public relations or marketing may be taken into consideration.

• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, and written/oral communications.

• Demonstrated experience in facilitating major gifts through planned giving instruments.

• Working knowledge of tax laws affecting charitable giving.

• Travel involving automobile.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume and cover letter

Special Instructions

HOW TO APPLY

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Patricia Karam, Director of Recruitment, atkarampat@msu.edu.

Screening of applicants will continue until the position is filled.

Work Hours

8 am - 5 pm with some evenings and weekends

Website

Advancement.msu.edu

Remote Work Statement

MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.

Bidding eligibility ends 7/9/24 at 11:55 PM

Advertised: Jul 3, 2024 Eastern Daylight Time