ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

About The Position

The Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs (DCA) is seeking a seasoned fundraiser to join its tight-knit team. In this role, the fundraiser will use expert communication skills and a keen sense of initiative to spot fundraising opportunities, develop relationships with potential donors, and manage fundraising campaigns. The ideal candidate will be motivated, professional, and organized and have a knack for research. We’re looking for someone who believes in the missions of Duke University, Duke Health, and DCA and has exceptional drive for furthering our office’s fundraising efforts as well as strategizing and delivering on new ones. This position regularly interacts across units within DCA, the DCA senior team, liaises with Alumni Engagement and Development, and engages with a wide array of campus and community partners.

Requirements

Collaborating with others: Ability to work collaboratively, formally and informally within one’s team and across the organization.
Listening: Be an “active listener.”Receptive tospeaker. Is easy to talk to and gets people to open up. Picks up on underlying messages. “Hears between the lines.”
Goal & Task Management: Prioritize and coordinate tasks with attention to deadlines, concurrent management of projects and ability to create and follow a set strategy to goals and objectives.
Curiosity & Information Seeking: Expresses an underlying curiosity in people and an ability to go beyond questions that are routine to gain an understanding of the prospects capacity, affinity & inclination.
Decisiveness & Judgment: Avoids making assumptions about the facts. Requires the consideration of multiple factors and influences in making decisions.
Expressing ideas orally and in writing: Ability to effectively, and persuasively communicate ideas, thoughts, and facts orally and in writing.
Self-Management: Manages time efficiently and effectively. Gives and seeks feedback on own performance. Perseveres in the face of performance obstacles for the achievement of work objectives.
Consistently chooses an ethical course of action for workplace behavior. Forms relations with seniors, staff and peers that produce trust and approachability
Flexibility: The ability to adapt to and work effectively with a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups.
Models Integrity and Ethics: Demonstrates accountability for actions. Keeps promises and commitments made toothers. Serves as a role model of ethical behavior by consistently conforming to the highest ethical standards and practices. Champions organizational values.
Organizational Awareness: Ability to learn and understand organizational relationships and dynamics and use them to achieve objectives and goals.
Ability to Influence: Ability to move or persuade others to act in a desired way.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Makes decisions and takes action with as much relevant information as possible.
Ability to think strategically about identifying prospects and connecting donors to the Duke Office of Durham & amp; Community Affairs.
Demonstrated ability to handle multiple fundraising activities simultaneously.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
High level of creativity, initiative, and motivation.
Demonstrated ability t o handle multiple, complex fundraising activities simultaneously.
Must be willing to travel.
Ability to plan and implement a fundraising plan for areas of strategic importance to Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs.
Work requires communications, analytical and organizational skills generally acquire d through completion of a bachelor's degree program.
Work generally requires a minimum of five year of successful experience in major gift fundraising, preferably in an education setting; demonstrated ability to handle multiple complex fundraising activities simultaneously and to coordinate solicitation strategies in a decentralized environment; experience working with volunteers and volunteer groups; demonstrated successful experience in soliciting five and six-figure gifts. OR AN EQUIVALENTCOMBINATION OFRELEVANT EDUCAT ION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.
Thoughtful Cover Letter (required)
Resume (required)

Nice To Haves

Seven years of progressively responsible experience, preferably in an academic environment.
Proactive approach to fundraising.
Strong ability to manage multiple projects and time lines.
Ability to work cooperatively and strategically in a team environment with all levels of professional, technical, and administrative staff and to integrate resources on a timely and organized basis.
Experience with Duke administrative systems(e.g., R/3 - SAP and DADD) and Airtable is beneficial.

Responsibilities

In partnership with Duke Alumni, Engagement, and Development teams, solicit, cultivate, and secure gifts for all DCA strategic priorities and units, with an emphasis on gifts of $100, 000 - $5M.
Oversee, coordinate, and implement annual giving programs that will increase support for DCA unrestricted funds and special initiatives.
Develop and maintain personal relationships with prospects, friends, and donors via telephone, email, online platforms, and domestic and local travel in order to qualify interest, cultivate awareness, secure support, and provide stewardship.
Support overall efforts to grow and enrich DCA’s prospect pipeline.
Solicit and secure gifts from foundations and corporations in support of DCA strategic priorities and programs.
Create case statements and proposals for outreach to corporations, foundations, and individual donors.
Provide leadership and administration of the Doing Good Employee Giving Campaign, the Duke-Durham Fund, and the Corporate Partnership.
Provide oversight of the fund-raising operations, including systems that support excellent cultivation and stewardship of donors.
Liaise with Duke Alumni Engagement and Development and work closely with DCA Senior Team in the development and management of possible volunteer boards, committees, advisory groups, and other service activities as appropriate.
Maintain donor records using SAP and Duke Alumni Development Database (DAAD)and oversee the tracking of all gift commitments.
Engage in timely and accurate gift acknowledgment to donors.
Lead and provide oversight, planning, and implementation of special events.