Director of Development, Rutgers School of Public Health

Reporting to the Executive Director of Development (EDOD), the Director of Development (DOD) will support the School of Public Health in New Brunswick, Piscataway, and Newark. The DOD will focus on building relationships with the faculty and other academic leaders, as well as fellow fundraisers and central Rutgers University Foundation (RUF) teams. They will proactively seek out connections with individuals, corporations, and foundations to raise philanthropic support on behalf of the School of Public Health. The DOD will focus on funding opportunities for talent (student scholarships, endowed chairs and professorships), programs and research, facilities and programmatic funds, as well as naming opportunities for the school.

DOD must think strategically and creatively in their efforts to build pipelines and relationships with cultural fluency, empathy, and high emotional intelligence. The DOD will focus on funding opportunities for talent (student scholarships, endowed chairs and professorships), programs and research, facilities and programmatic funds, as well as naming opportunities for the school.

Essential Functions

• In partnership with the Executive Director of Development and Dean of the School of Public Health, contribute to the design and execution of a strategic development plan that results in increased philanthropic support for the school, both in the near term and for future support.
• Manage complex organizational details while multitasking. Meet with current and prospective donors with the capacity to make gifts $25K+ with an emphasis on growing a pool of donors in the six and seven figure range; hold 75-100 unique meetings with prospects/donors annually; shepherd donors/prospects through every step of the donor solicitation cycle (identify-qualify-engage-solicit-steward).
• Increase engagement and identify additional capacity from existing donors while simultaneously discovering, identifying, and soliciting new donors.
• Strategically organize the Dean's time and resources to achieve advancement priorities. Staff the Dean appropriately in School/University leadership meetings and conversations, at donor solicitations, and special events.
• Support the Dean and faculty in organizing and facilitating donor/prospect meetings, managing logistics for these meetings, and drafting briefing materials, follow-up reports, documents, and other external correspondence.
• Maintain information about donors/prospects in the development database; prepare meeting briefing memos for the Dean and other campus partners; draft meeting activity reports for the University’s files.
• Cultivate, manage, and develop the Dean’s Leadership Council including giving opportunities from council members
• Attend school, alumni, and campus functions to develop a strong understanding of the culture of the university, school, and alumni base.
• Other duties as assigned

Competency Aptitudes

Leadership

• Demonstrate ability to successfully manage and lead a team (and/or staff volunteers) in a way that maximizes potential of each team member
• Lead a comprehensive unit or central development department/program

Autonomy

• Manage an implementation team and projects/program with moderate supervision from leadership
• Set goals, manage budgets and meet deadlines for themselves and the team
• Manage a personal major gift donor/prospect portfolio with a primary focus on securing gifts at or above the $100,000 level and a personal fundraising goal of $1M

Complexity

• Partner with other peer directors and department leads across the organization
• Effectively up managing your supervisor and University partners across the enterprise
• Able to devise and execute increasingly complex projects
• Set direction and approach in partnership with assigned RU leader’s vision
• Able to adapt to changing situations and different fundraising partners

Strategy

• Demonstrate an ability to set priorities and determine strategy for unit, including staffing and budgets
• Develop and submit written proposals, budgets and other collateral materials as needed for securing philanthropic investments

Education And/or Experience

Bachelor's degree and/or 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising as a major gifts officer. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in higher education.

Working Conditions

This position requires clarity of focus while juggling complex projects or deadlines with little physical effort. Will work evenings, weekends, or odd hours to meet resource-raising commitments. Typical working conditions with an absence of disagreeable elements. This position requires some early mornings and late evenings to accommodate meetings, travel, events, and external constituents’ schedules.

Workplace Arrangements

This is classified as an office-centric hybrid position. Colleagues working under an office-centric hybrid arrangement have a primary workstation in a university or foundation location and are in the office between one and five days a week. The frequency with which they are present in the office depends on their role and function and the interdependency of other functions.

Compensation And Benefits

The position is budgeted at a starting salary of $121,000/year. Final offers are based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and other job-related reasons for the role. In addition to salary, Rutgers University Foundation offers:

• Office-centric hybrid work schedule
• Comprehensive medical
• Comprehensive no cost dental, and no cost vision insurance for employee and dependents
• 403(b) plan with matching employer contribution
• Accrual of three weeks of annual vacation time, in addition to five wellness days and fifteen sick days per year
• Nine holidays, as well as four floating holidays
• Significant tuition reductions
• Professional development is highly valued at the Rutgers University Foundation, where employees are encouraged to look across the organization to develop new skills and abilities for professional career progression.
• $40 monthly cell phone reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is Foundation policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants. The Foundation prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and/or local laws. Equal employment opportunity applies to hiring, placement, transfer, promotion, demotion, recruitment, advertising or solicitation for employment, treatment during employment, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, layoff, or termination.