Job Description
Discover, cultivate, and successfully solicit individual donors for the purposes of securing major, annual, and planned gifts for Ball State University; plan and implement ongoing major gift activities on behalf of the university in order to increase the number and size of private gifts.
Join Our Team: Director of Development - Major Gifts
Are you ready to be part of an energetic and unified team dedicated to transforming higher education? Our foundation is breaking down barriers between advancement, alumni relations, and stewardship to create a cohesive environment where philanthropy and innovative partnerships thrive. This is your chance to make a significant impact as we fulfill Our Call to Beneficence: The Campaign for Ball State University, aimed at elevating student support both financially and academically.
Why Join Us?
- Dynamic Team Environment: Collaborate with passionate professionals who are committed to our mission.
- Cutting-Edge Initiatives: Be at the forefront of redefining philanthropy in education.
- Unified Structure: Work within a seamless organization with no barriers between key departments.
- Supportive Culture: A high-achieving work environment that values camaraderie and collaboration.
- Impactful Work: A mission that changes lives through education and philanthropy.
The Director of Development - Major Gifts plays a crucial role in shaping the organization's public image and success as a frontline fundraising with responsibilities to discover, cultivate, and successfully solicit individual donors for the purposes of securing major, annual, and planned gifts for Ball State University. If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for philanthropy, we invite you to join our team and make a difference. Join us in our mission to support students in realizing their purpose, achieving their dreams, and leading meaningful lives.
Job Function:
Discover, cultivate, and successfully solicit individual donors for the purposes of securing major, annual, and planned gifts for Ball State University; plan and implement ongoing major gift activities on behalf of the university in order to increase the number and size of private gifts.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Preferred Education:
Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
Minimum Experience:
At least three years of experience in philanthropy, fundraising, or related profession.
Preferred Experience:
Prior fundraising experience in higher education setting.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide development leadership by identifying, engaging and successfully soliciting individuals for major gifts towards annually determined fundraising and solicitation goal.
- Develop solicitation strategies for assigned major gift donors. Cultivate and prioritize top prospective donors, create plans for engaging donors with the university, and establish philanthropic relationships leading to major gifts.
- Responsible for conducting a minimum of 125 substantive contacts annually with donors and prospects once trained.
- Provide overall philanthropic leadership for a major gift priorities as assigned. Exercise independent judgment and initiative in creating comprehensive major gift strategies which are aligned with the fundraising priorities of the university.
- Coordinate relationships and development activities with other administrative areas, campus units, peer development officers, and departmental leaders.
- Manage and monitor donor relationships and prospects effectively; ensure appropriate contact reports and gift documentation are properly recorded in the system of record.
- Contact donors as needed for purposes of gift acknowledgment, stewardship, pledge fulfillment, and gift renewal.
- Promote information about giving societies and donor recognition to prospects and donors.
- Participate in planning or managing special donor events and other functions, when necessary.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
At Ball State University, we recognize inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill our University’s mission and our strategic plan. We recruit, support, and retain a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff. We encourage and reward diversity of thought. We promote a work environment that encourages and rewards innovation and creativity. We pledge to keep Inclusive Excellence at the highest level of institutional importance and as a foundation in all that we strive to do. Our over-arching goal for Inclusive Excellence is to adopt a university-wide Inclusive Excellence approach to academic, administrative support, and service functions of the university. We believe Inclusive Excellence must be infused in every step we take.
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