Associate Director, Individual Giving

Nov 26

University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Development
Chicago, IL

Anticipated Start Date: 2/1/25

Description

The job manages programs designed to meet University fundraising goals for contributed income. Serves as strategist of efforts to secure gifts and build relationships with alumni, faculty, administrators and organizations with potential to make gifts. Develops communication strategies for projects.

Working Conditions - Office Environment (hybrid schedule).

Responsibilities

The Associate Director of Individual Giving raises $1 to $5M annually to advance the strategic priorities the University of Chicago Medicine (UCM).

Manages a portfolio of 80-150 prospective donors and donors who are capable of making gifts in the $100K to $4.9M range.
Works with MBSD’s Leadership Team, UCM faculty, volunteers, and MBSD staff to identify and qualify prospects for support of their assigned Divisions, Departments, and/or Programs.
Takes primary responsibility for building relationships with faculty and administrators in the assigned Departments and/or Programs.
Qualifies individuals, rating their capability and likelihood to make a philanthropic gift to MBSD.
Wisely and judiciously uses the resources of the Research team to augment the identification and qualification of prospective donors.
Using a Moves Management process, conceives of, promotes, and coordinates the interaction of potential and current donors with faculty and other individuals who have the ability to deepen the prospective donor’s engagement with the University.
Collaborates with the Donor Relations team to individualize donor stewardship.
Conceives of and implements solicitation strategies and will participate in the vast majority of these solicitations.
Develops solicitation strategy and writes fundraising proposals.
Establishes fundraising goals and priorities based on department objectives, designs strategies to meet those goals, and monitors progress against goals.
Identifies, analyzes, and qualifies donor interest to maximize giving. Helps with overall planning efforts for the University's most important prospects. Works independently to develop communication strategies for projects, including publications and public presentations.
Performs other related work as needed.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications Education

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications

Preferred Qualifications Education

Bachelor’s degree in not-for-profit management, public relations, marketing, advertising, or business management.

Experience

A minimum of seven-years experience in development or a related service-oriented field.
At least two years of demonstrated strategic planning, budget management, and staff management experience.
Development experience and experience using CRM.
Work experience in private higher education or academic medicine.
Experience working within a complex and hierarchical organization.

Preferred Competencies

Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, characterized by the ability to listen, to speak, and to write well with a strong commitment to customer service.
Excellent organizational skills, and a high degree of flexibility and initiative.
Ability to travel and attend evening and weekend functions when necessary.
Demonstrated skill and knowledge of, or ability to learn quickly, the internal workings of the University as well as the technology tools available to the Office of Development.
An exceptional work ethic and track record of personal initiative.
Ability to work collegially and collaboratively with a team of highly motivated individuals.
Familiarity with The University of Chicago.

Salary Range and Employee Benefits

$75,000 - 108,000

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About the Organization

The University of Chicago Medicine, the Division of the Biological Sciences, and the Pritzker School of Medicine are at the forefront of tackling the world’s most pressing medical challenges.

On the University of Chicago’s compact, integrated campus, faculty doing research in the lab work alongside doctors caring for patients at the bedside. At the same time, we educate and train the next generation of physicians and scientists who go on to expand the frontiers of science and medicine.

Our scholars take an interdisciplinary approach to research, creating new knowledge to solve complex medical mysteries. Since the University’s 1892 founding, this collaborative approach has led our researchers to discover the link between cancer and genetics, first-ever treatments for diabetes and heart disease, and new keys to understanding our evolutionary past—all for the benefit of our patients and to advance human health around the world.

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