Director, Development

Directs and coordinates funds raising efforts for the School of Dentistry and coordinates institution-wide fund raising activities within the school. Identifies and cultivates sources of funding. Leads the solicitation of major gifts for defined school and institutional priorities. Manages a portfolio of high potential prospects and collaborates with the institutional advancement team to coordinate cultivation and solicitation strategies to close gifts to drive private support for the school and institution. Leads the strategic development of relationships with donors and prospects in a manner that best meets the needs of the donor and maximizes fundraising potential for institutional priorities. Collaborates with the Dean, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, Program Directors, faculty and staff to prepare and submit private funding proposals. Responsible for donor stewardship plans for assigned prospects. Establishes and maintains strong and effective relationships. Utilizes Salesforce database to coordinate donor plans and donor recognition as well as report on progress of activity. Plans and implements short, medium, and long-range fund raising programs to meet current and future needs. Provides supervision and management of department employees. Measures and assesses performance for employees and contributes to decisions regarding assignments, schedules and promotions. Serves as the primary point of contact for department personnel hiring and termination. Performs all other duties as assigned. Experienced fundraiser with strong knowledge of institutional advancement and development. Ability to make persuasive presentations to the community and close major and planned gifts. Demonstrated leadership in raising major gifts to advance strategic organizational goals in a University environment. Experience utilizing Salesforce database software. Ability to travel as required to maintain relationships with donors and to cultivate prospects. Excellent writing and communication skills with the ability to write complex documents in a prescribed format including proposals and grants, also correspondence and letters. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) required.