Senior Director of Development, Humanities and Social Sciences - Pasadena, United States - Caltech

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    Description

    The purpose of Advancement and Alumni Relations (AAR) is to
    foster a thriving and engaged community of support for Caltech. By
    connecting the people who share and support Caltech's mission and
    values, we will ensure the Institute receives the necessary
    resources to achieve Caltech's aspirations and sustain its
    excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship in
    perpetuity.

    Reporting to the Executive Director of Individual Giving, the
    Senior Director of Development for Humanities and Social Sciences
    (SDOD, HSS) manages and executes the major and principal gift
    fundraising for the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
    (HSS) at Caltech. As an individual contributor, the SDOD provides
    leadership in fundraising to advance the mission and goals of the
    Division and the Institute. The SDOD will collaborate broadly with
    campus and academic leadership, Advancement and Alumni Relations
    colleagues, faculty, and volunteer councils to ensure strategic
    coordination and integration of Division funding priorities across
    the Institute. The SDOD, HSS will be personally responsible for a
    portfolio of donors affiliated with the Division, interdisciplinary
    institutes, and centers associated with the Division, as well as
    Institute wide funding priorities.

    Essential Job Duties

  • Execute the Division's major and principal gift fundraising
    plan engaging established and prospective donors, building a major
    and principal gift pipeline, collaborating with faculty members,
    organizing events, and performing other activities to promote and
    achieve the fundraising goals of HSS and the Institute.
  • Collaborate with the Executive Director of Individual Giving;
    Vice President of AAR, Associate Vice President of Development, HSS
    Division Chair, and others to develop, direct and implement all
    aspects of the Division's development program.
  • Consult with the HSS Division Chair to identify the Division's
    fundraising goals, including the Division's priorities, and develop
    a comprehensive plan to meet those goals.
  • Work with HSS Division Chair to build and manage the Chair's
    Council, a group of key volunteers for HSS. Create meaningful
    engagement opportunities for the Council that strengthen the
    commitment of Council members to HSS and ultimately lead to
    increased support for HSS priorities.
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of HSS, its programs and
    priorities to leverage emergent opportunities within the framework
    of the Division's and the Institute's strategic development
    priorities.
  • Actively identify and manage a portfolio of major and principal
    gift prospects and develop and implement donor cultivation,
    solicitation, and stewardship strategies.
  • Represent HSS to development stakeholders (donors, parents,
    alumni, faculty, Associates, students, campus leadership, etc.) and
    ensure the involvement of stakeholders in supporting HSS and
    contributing to the direction of its development function. Build
    strong relationships with donors and prospects, faculty, alumni,
    and volunteers.
  • Work with Advancement Communications to create a compelling
    case for support of the HSS's fundraising priorities that are
    consistent with the communications strategy follow Caltech's brand
    strategy.
  • Prepare proposals to established and prospective donors.
  • Provide leadership and ensure coordination with colleagues
    regarding annual, major and planned gifts, corporate and foundation
    gifts and grants, as well as Advancement Services and Alumni
    Relations.
  • Collaborate and communicate with colleagues to ensure strategic
    focus, outcomes and documentation of prospect identification and
    management, and gift agreements and documentation.