Executive Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations

Boston College • Newton, MA

3d

About The Position

As we enter the third year of the public phase of Soaring Higher: The Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to join our community. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.

Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of nearly 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs.

Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are. We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.

See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!

Job Description

The Executive Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations reports to the Associate Vice President, Schools, Units, and Organizational Giving, and is responsible for:
Planning, implementing, marketing and managing an aggressive multi-year strategic effort that focuses and defines corporate and foundation giving within the context of Boston College’s current fundraising program and its comprehensive campaign.
Providing leadership to University officers, deans, faculty and administrators in systematically developing a strategic corporate and foundation program that builds on the dynamic growth achieved to date.
The success of Boston College’s organizational fund raising efforts, including defining and implementing a strategic vision; leading a systematic prospect engagement effort; delivering timely and accurate stewardship to donors; engaging the Provost, Vice-Provosts, Deans, faculty, and administrators as partners in developing funds for University priorities; and contributing to the overall success of the broader Advancement mission.
Providing managerial oversight of an eight-person team: five fundraisers, an exempt writing position, and two administrative professionals.
Maintaining a portfolio of prospects.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The salary range for this position is listed below, with the final salary based on various factors, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and internal equity considerations.

Requirements

• This position requires a Bachelor’s degree, an advanced degree is preferred, and a minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience in development, preferably at an institution of higher education.
• Significant experience in fundraising in a research-directed environment.
• Demonstrate a successful track record of securing gifts at the six- and seven-figure levels, ideally within a complex non-profit institution.
• Significant experience working directly with faculty and academic leaders; exhibit an ability and interest to develop a working knowledge of the faculty’s research, accomplishments, and aspirations and to convey the University’s academic priorities to a variety of audiences.
• In addition, the successful incumbent must present exceptionally strong writing skills; proven leadership, management, and organizational skills, particularly while working within a large development organization; experience in a campaign setting; and the personal energy, enthusiasm and drive to set and achieve ambitious goals.
• Must be a team player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education and have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals and values of Boston College.
• The office of University Advancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build teams reflecting our community; students, alumni, parents and friends of Boston College.

Nice To Haves

• This position requires a Bachelor’s degree, an advanced degree is preferred

Responsibilities

• Planning, implementing, marketing and managing an aggressive multi-year strategic effort that focuses and defines corporate and foundation giving within the context of Boston College’s current fundraising program and its comprehensive campaign.
• Providing leadership to University officers, deans, faculty and administrators in systematically developing a strategic corporate and foundation program that builds on the dynamic growth achieved to date.
• The success of Boston College’s organizational fund raising efforts, including defining and implementing a strategic vision; leading a systematic prospect engagement effort; delivering timely and accurate stewardship to donors; engaging the Provost, Vice-Provosts, Deans, faculty, and administrators as partners in developing funds for University priorities; and contributing to the overall success of the broader Advancement mission.
• Providing managerial oversight of an eight-person team: five fundraisers, an exempt writing position, and two administrative professionals.
• Maintaining a portfolio of prospects.

Benefits

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees