Leadership Gifts Officer

Title:Leadership Gifts Officer

Position Purpose:

Reporting to the Director of Leadership Giving the Leadership Gifts Officer is responsible for identifying cultivating soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of current and potential donors with the capacity to make gifts of $50000 or greater in support of college initiatives. The successful candidate will develop and implement strategic plans aimed at maximizing each individuals support of the college by working with colleagues in College Advancement faculty Purposeful Work Admission and highlevel volunteers.

Job Duties:

• Create opportunities to conduct facetoface meetings for the purposes of cultivating soliciting and
  stewarding an assigned portfolio of 125 current and prospective donors according to bestpractice
  standards.
• Create detailed cultivation/solicitation plans for the top 50 donor prospects each year.
• Spend 810 days of each fourweek period traveling both independently and with key volunteers or
  other members of the college administration to meet with current and prospective donors.
• Work with a departmental team to identify qualify and assign new leadership gift prospects.
• Plan and organize events for highlevel donors to showcase Bates and college priorities.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of Bates history academic extracurricular and athletic programs
  and its faculty students and administration.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the colleges priorities and initiatives of the faculty and
  administration.
• Participate in departmental and professional training programs to increase expertise in the
  profession.
• Understand and meet departmental standards policies and procedures with respect to all aspects
  of work.
• Serve as the department point person for specific projects priorities or for campus partners.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelors degree required.
• Drivers license required.

Experience

• 5 years of experience in advancement in a higher education setting or equivalent experience.
• Progressive achievement in fundraising financial services marketing/sales or educational management.
• Proven experience cultivating and closing major or deferred gift commitments.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• High attention to detail balanced with a strategic vision for multifaceted programs.
• Selfstarting strategic thinker whose hallmark qualities include being persistent personable teamoriented and possessing a desire to succeed.
• Must be able to relate to a variety of people of all ages and backgrounds.
• A personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a toptier liberal arts college and the ability to work in a goal oriented environment.
• Flexibility and a sense of humor are both essential.
• Excellent communication (written verbal and presentation) skills. Ability to write concise logical analytical
  reports to convey complex issues. Lead group discussions.
• Ability to remain composed friendly and demonstrate poise under stress while working in a deadline driven environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills; ability to synthesize complex or diverse information; and experience working with complex data sets.
• Impeccable organizational skills and ability to coordinate resources and staff within the college community.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to develop dynamic presentations.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships. Must be flexible collaborative and have a positive attitude.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Keen attention to detail necessary for successful documentation planning and .
• Proficiency in basic data management systems business office software and prospect moves management platform and basic computer applications (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint).
• Willingness and ability to learn additional applications as needed.
• Ability and willingness to travel (by car air train or bus) domestically and internationally as needed.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends evenings and other nontraditional schedules.
• Personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a toptier small liberal arts college.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries excellent benefits (health dental sick leave 24 days of vacation 2 personal days 13 paid holidays dependent care subsidy free parking access to library and athletic facilities & more) and a supportive collegial environment in a drug and smokefree workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression age disability genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students in the administration of its education policies and programs or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty staff students contractors visitors and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the NonDiscrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the colleges policies compliance with applicable laws statutes and regulations (such as Title VII Title IX and ADA/Section 504 and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow Title IX Officeror via email at .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855 Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender race religion or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends demographic changes and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions graduates over 90 percent of its entering students and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community Maines secondlargest urban area with a population of approximately 65000. Bates is located on a beautiful 133acre traditional New England campus in Lewiston an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate a lively arts scene and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland 140 miles north of Boston and 350 miles north of New York City.