Director of Major Gifts College of Science
Director of Major Gifts College of Science
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$ 129008 - 187059
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About the Opportunity
Job Summary: The Director of Major Gifts College of Science (COS) is the content specialist responsible for building and executing COSs fundraising strategy.
Reporting to the Executive Director Advancement the Director of Major Gifts works with the faculty at COS and Advancement staff across the university to discover identify and build relationships with prospective donorsdeveloping strategies for their cultivation and soliciting gifts. The Director of Major Gifts plans organizes and carries out COSs major gifts fundraising program for alumni parents and friends of COS.
They discover build and manage a portfolio of 100 prospective donors who exhibit considerable promise for evolving to major gift capacity over time and whose philanthropic priorities match the education and research programs at COS. They solicit gifts in the $100K$1M range. They identify key regions nationally for cultivating and soliciting prospective donors.
The Director of Major Gifts coordinates efforts with Advancement colleagues and works collaboratively where appropriate with colleagues in corporate & foundation relations leadership giving international and regional giving gift planning and family philanthropy as well as with other directors of major gifts on special crossdisciplinary projects.
This position is Bostonbased and is not available for remote work.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Lead major gifts fundraising effort and serve as the COS content expert for Advancement
Cultivate solicit and build alumni parent and friend relationships. Strategize with faculty and other colleagues on next steps with prospects within COS and across disciplines. Travel as needed to build relationships with existing volunteers prospects and donors. Solicit gifts in the $100K $1M range. Work with the Executive Director Advancement and other advancement teams (corporate & foundation relations leadership giving international and regional giving gift planning and family philanthropy) to ensure the development goals of COS are met. Advise faculty fundraising colleagues and administrators on alumni and parent areas of interest. Partner with fundraising colleagues (corporate & foundation relations leadership giving international and regional giving gift planning and family philanthropy) to develop interdisciplinary strategies for donors providing support across the university.
Management of Staff
Mentor and develop the Assistant Director Major Gifts. Empower their efforts to manage their own prospect pools with also fostering collaborative multiunit strategies. Provide strategic guidance and motivation that enables staff to achieve activity and dollar metrics. Promote best professional practices via exemplary behavior staff training and professional development opportunities.
Building Prospect Portfolio and Pipeline
Discover new prospects and build pipeline to feed gifts at the major gift level. Work closely with the Executive Director to create a strategic development plan for COS and develop and manage a large portfolio of prospects (approximately 120. Establish regionbased plans for cultivating and soliciting alumni and current parents in targeted areas nationally. Engage faculty strategically with prospects; maintain correspondence; and keep the Executive Director faculty and appropriate University administrators apprised of funding opportunities and trends. Travel as needed to strategically identified regions to support prospect identification cultivation solicitation and stewardship. Achieve annual fundraising goals and activity (visits video meetings calls proposals etc. metrics set by the Executive Director.
Maintain Prospect Portfolio
Maintain highquality development process for active alumni parent and friend prospects and donors. Create call reports and maintain database system. Maintain the data integrity of prospect portfolio using the Development Office data management systems (Ascend). Prepare monthly progress prospect reports for the Executive Director. Work with Advancements Stewardship team to ensure that past present and future donors are appropriately recognized including their administration and accounting.
Knowledge Skill Sets and Experience
- 46 years of professional experience with at least 3 years of demonstrated success in soliciting and closing six and sevenfigure gifts in support of a nonprofit institution
- Demonstrated experience cultivating and soliciting alumni parents and friends and maintaining positive relationships with donors
- Superior communication skillshighly collaborative and entrepreneurial in approach and possessing interpersonal skills necessary for building relationships with various university constituents both internal and external
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of the Northeastern University Advancement team
- Data and metricdriven mindset
- An appreciation and understanding of the mission of Northeastern University
- Overnight travel and some evening and weekend work required
- BA/BS degree required (STEM degree a plus but not required)
Position Type
AdvancementAdditional Information
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical vision dental paid time off tuition assistance wellness & life retirement as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Compensation Grade/Pay Type:
114SExpected Hiring Range:
$129008.00 $187059.50With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarlysituated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
