Director of Development, Bruce & Robbi Toll Heart and Vascular Institute - Jefferson Center City
About The Position
The Director of Development in Jefferson's Office of Institutional Advancement will collaborate with clinical and academic faculty and staff to engage in campaigns, major gifts, and related development initiatives. This role involves maintaining an active portfolio of new prospects and existing donors, guiding them through the full donor cycle from identification to stewardship. The Director is responsible for meeting defined annual metrics and goals, including the number of proposals presented and funded, meaningful donor encounters, and total dollars raised. The position also entails creating and executing a major gifts plan to support assigned divisions/programs, developing strategies in partnership with the Major Gifts Officer (MGO) team and other Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA) centralized services to effectively engage campus partners and current and prospective benefactors.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5 years Major gift experience
- Knowledge of individual gifts fundraising including identification, qualification, cultivation, and solicitation individual gifts.
- Superior interpersonal skills and a capacity to engage, inspire, and persuade both internal and external constituents.
- Knowledge of database software systems/CRM and Microsoft Office
- Availability for in-person meetings as they arise.
- Ability and willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
Nice To Haves
- 5 years Healthcare, higher education or academic medical center experience preferred
- Knowledge of healthcare and higher education landscape
Responsibilities
- Maintain and manage a portfolio and communicate with patients/alumni/friends of Jefferson (phone calls, in-person meetings, emails) in a manner that fosters a relationship that leads to a philanthropic commitment.
- Through internal meetings and activities, develop a comprehensive understanding of the educational, research, clinical, and capital needs and priorities of the Department(s) to articulate compelling cases for philanthropic support.
- Work with OIA centralized services teams – Communications, Events, Research, Annual Fund, Planned Giving, etc – to advance donor relations.
- Maintain proactive communications with colleagues to ensure effective collaborations and synergy in achieving key fundraising goals and objectives.
- Be responsible for the creation of a major gifts plan to support assigned divisions/programs.
- Develops and designs strategies, in partnership with MGO team and other OIA centralized services, that effectively engage campus partners and current and prospective benefactors.
- Meet defined metrics and goals annually including number of proposals presented (24 at $25K+) and funded (10 at $25K+), meaningful donor encounters (125), and dollars raised ($500K - $1.5M).
Benefits
- Medical (including prescription)
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits (access to group rates on insurance and discounts)
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
- Medical (including prescription) insurance for all colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
