TITLE: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT
GRADE: 16
JOB CODE: 0998
FLSA: MANAGEMENT
Job Summary
Assists in the organization and implementation of the
resource development (fundraising) program, to raise funds from private sources
for the colleges and centers.
Scope
This position works in the area of Resource
Development. Work contacts include
Foundation Board members, donors, prospective donors, corporate and private
foundation employees, volunteers representing leadership levels in the
community, faculty, staff and administrators.
Equipment used includes standard office equipment.
Supervision Received
This position reports to the Director Development or other
assigned administrator; receives general direction regarding routine and
standard matters and specific instructions regarding highly sensitive matters.
Supervision Exercised
This position supervises assigned staff.
Representative Duties
Assists in development and administration activities to
support fundraising programs for corporate and foundation, major gifts and
planned giving; administers financial operations of the Foundation including
receipt of gifts, budgeting, accounting, expenditure of gift audit and
preparation of reports for Foundation board of directors; coordinates
fundraising for non-corporate associations and organizations, Foundation
scholarship programs that awards scholarship annually to students in the
colleges and centers; supervises staffing for committees that oversee financial
operations and distribution of monies annually to colleges and centers;
supervises volunteer program; maintains liaison with Foundation board members
regarding confidential matters related to fundraising calls and gifts; manages
individualized Donor Stewardship Program to acknowledge, recognize and provide
accountability for expenditure of gifts to high level donors that includes
preparation and delivery of confidential reports; recommends policies and
procedures to the director regarding operations; performs related duties as
assigned.
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of: principles of fundraising, volunteer
development and management; financial operation and accounting for nonprofit
organizations; gift management and donor relations; financial aid and
scholarship award policies and procedures.
Ability to: communicate with a diversity of persons in
corporations, private foundations, associations and organizations; execute
complex and multiple tasks efficiently; maintain high degree of discretion and
confidentiality in activities with volunteers and board members; communicate
effectively orally and in writing; establish cooperative working relationships
with persons contacted during the course of performing assigned duties.
Training and Experience
Any combination of education, training, and experience that
provides the required knowledge and abilities.
An example of this would be a college degree and/or responsible
experience in fundraising, volunteer development, gift management, and
financial aid or scholarship award.
Special Conditions of Employment
Working Conditions
Position may require evening or weekend hours.
This class specification is intended to indicate the basic
nature of positions allocated to the class and examples of typical duties that
may be assigned. It does not imply that
all positions within the class perform all of the duties listed, nor does it
necessarily list all possible duties that may be assigned.