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Executive Director of Development for WFUV

Position Number: 6784307
Location: New York, NY
Position Type: Development and Fund Raising

Executive Director of Development for WFUV

Fordham University

About Fordham
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Department: Development - WFUV

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Position Summary
Reporting to the Senior Associate Vice President for Development, the Executive Director of Development for WFUV provides leadership and strategic direction to a team of fundraising professionals responsible for securing gifts in support of the University's member-supported public radio station and other university priorities.

This position serves as a member of WFUV's senior management team and DAUR's development leadership team.

This position requires occasional evening and weekend hours.

Essential Functions
Leads a team of professionals responsible for securing annual gifts, leadership annual gifts, and major gifts.
Builds and maintains a portfolio of approximately 150 major gift and leadership annual gift prospects.
Devises individual engagement strategies for each prospect in their pool with the goal of soliciting annual gifts and/or multi-year gift commitments at the $100,000+ level, with specific solicitation goals to be determined in an annual goal-setting process.
Solicits advisory board members and other major gift prospects and develops and executes campaign strategy for the station's capital and endowment needs.

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree.

Minimum of 7 years of professional fundraising experience, including demonstrated success at raising major gifts.

Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience.

Demonstrated record of successful major gift solicitations, including the design and execution of qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies.

Strong communication skills, high attention to detail and follow-up, and excellent organizational and project management skills.

Demonstrated ability to write effective solicitations, proposals, acknowledgements, case for support documents, and donor communications.

Proven ability to provide strategic direction, leadership, and daily management of fundraising teams, resulting in improved performance and increased philanthropic revenue.

Demonstrated competency in using Google and Microsoft suites, as well as CRM and other relevant office applications.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in fundraising for public radio and/or cultural organizations.

Special Instructions

To apply, please visit: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/10350

Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.

Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories