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Harvard University

Location: CambridgeMA 02138 Document ID: AB483-0REZ Posted on: 2018-02-0902/09/2018 Job Type: Full-time

Job Schedule:Full-time
2018-03-11
 

Assistant Director, Principal Gifts Strategy, University Development Office

Duties & Responsibilities
Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Executive Director, Principal Gifts, UDO, and working closely with the team's senior leaders and front-line fundraisers, the assistant director is responsible for developing and maintaining the prospect/donor pipeline for University Principal Gifts, including monitoring progress towards securing individual gifts and meeting collective fundraising goals. Working in close collaboration with the UDO Operations and FAS Prospect Management teams, the assistant director will lead the Principal Gifts prospect review, ensure data is aligned with processes in place, and that our team is focused on the priority prospects and donors.

Projects include managing the pipeline of priority principal gifts prospects for post-campaign focus, organizing a systematic series of strategy conversations, developing/collecting the relevant supporting materials, and tracking next steps and outcomes.

The Assistant Director will also contribute to the team's principal gifts prospect strategy efforts, in partnership with the Sr. Executive Director. He/she will develop an overall annual plan for team meetings an all related material for each meeting; identify names and develop relevant materials for university prospect strategy meetings; and drive the increased use of data to inform our work.

As we move toward a strong finish to The Harvard Campaign and the transition to the post-campaign period, the Assistant Director will work with the UDO principal gifts team as a whole and teams across AA&D to enhance and best utilize our systems to track progress against goals. He/She ensures that next steps for prospect engagement are captured and are moving forward. This includes tracking the following: UDO principal gifts prospects pipelines; action steps with prospects and fundraising related activities; fundraising activity in support of specific University priorities; and volunteer engagement to lead to new prospect identification and engagement. The Assistant Director is responsible for leveraging the team's coordinators and staff assistants to enter data in Advance to accurately reflect these pipelines, and utilizing the Operations team, as needed, to assist with data integrity and presenting a range of metrics related to UDO principal gift prospects and donors.

As needed, assists with donor proposals, written correspondence, and prospect briefings using specialized knowledge through the prospect and donor pipeline work. Attends planning and strategy meetings within UDO principal gifts team, including as appropriate meetings with administrative and faculty leaders. Helps translate the discussions from those meetings into action work plans.

Proactively facilitates frequent interaction and communication with colleagues across the departments, as well as with School-based fundraisers, to effectively fulfill these duties.

The above covers the most significant responsibilities of the position. It does not, however, exclude other duties, the inclusion of which would be in conformity with the level of the position.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter and able to devise and maintain methods of facilitating streams of fundraising activity, develop internal and external meeting agendas, prospect tracking, meeting follow-up and other material as required advancing the prospect and donor pipeline in service to achieving campaign goalsBasic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 4 years related work experience required.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
  • Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
  • Familiarity with basic fundraising principles and strategies.
Additional Qualifications
  • Familiarity with Advance donor database a plus.
  • Previous work experience in an academic setting preferred.
  • Must be highly organized, detail oriented, and have the ability to work competently and efficiently in a multi-task environment. Must have proven organizational skills, ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment with multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities. Initiative and conscientiousness are prized.
  • Ability to synthesize large amounts of information and make a recommendation; ability to track down information from a variety of sources; ability to evaluate problems accurately and display good, sound, and confidential judgment.
  • Able to work effectively with internal and external constituencies in a University environment. Must be able to evaluate problems accurately and display good, sound, and confidential judgment in developing solutions.
  • Must be able to listen carefully as well as to influence and persuade others.
  • Must be interested in and motivated by the intellectual community at Harvard.
  • Creative, proactive, and can-do work ethic; self-starter with ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to innovate, think strategically and conceptually, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to anticipate all the steps needed to accomplish a task; exhibits a tenacity to complete work even when the path forward is not obvious. Able to streamline work volume in order to focus on goals and maintain bottom line efforts in midst of multi-tasking and daily reprioritizing.
Additional Information
Please include a cover letter with your application.

Skills testing may be a component of the interview process for this position.

The department of Alumni Affairs and Development at Harvard University is committed to diversity. We welcome applicants who bring varied experience, thought, and practice to the department s mission to maintain and enhance an engaged community of alumni and friends worldwide and to lead the University s fundraising efforts.

Harvard University Benefits Package
Vacation/Sick/Personal/Holidays: Harvard offers 3 (union roles) - 4 (exempt) weeks paid vacation, a paid holiday break between Christmas and New Year s Day, 12 paid sick days, 11.5 paid holidays, and 3 paid personal days each year.
Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit: Harvard offers a variety of excellent medical, dental, and vision plans which all begin on the first day of employment.
Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with full vesting after 3 years of service.
Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive tuition assistance program, $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and discounted study options through participating Harvard Graduate Schools.
Transportation: Harvard offers a 50% discounted MBTA pass as well as parking options to assist employees in their daily commute to campus.
Wellness Options: Harvard offers programs and classes at little or no cost, including stress management, massages, nutrition, meditation, and complimentary health services. There are also fee-based athletic facility memberships available at various locations around the university for employees.




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