Location: Charlottesville,VA, USA
University Advancement at the University of Virginia (UVA) is seeking a highly qualified candidate to join the Corporate and Foundations Relations team as a Senior Director of Corporate Relations. The University of Virginia has a strong and reputable advancement community, boasting effective, results-oriented, and resourceful professionals. Our community comprises a robust central advancement organization, 12 University schools, and more than 25 University-related programs. We offer a wide variety of career opportunities, as well as an outstanding environment for professional growth and development.
The Senior Director of Corporate Relations role is integral in leading UVA Advancement's Corporate Relations Team. Corporate Relations is a program of the Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) department that helps generate financial support for the university's priorities by developing mutually beneficial relationships with corporations. The Senior Director will report to the Assistant Vice President for CFR.
Key responsibilities:
* Supervise development staff to create fundraising strategies. Present current and future endowment and gift opportunities to alumni and friends of the University.
* Increase private funding available to students and faculty for scholarships, research projects, professorships, and other restricted and unrestricted needs.
* Work collaboratively with development colleagues across UVA Grounds and establish team approaches to fundraising.
* Mentor and provide guidance to development officers regarding best practices in alumni engagement and fundraising, trip planning and follow up, stewardship of donors, and building working relationships with faculty.
* In consultation with senior leadership, develop and implement goals, objectives and metrics for measuring performance.
* Cultivate, solicit, and secure major gifts, typically above $100,000.
* In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience in corporate and foundation relations, higher education fundraising, strong leadership and mentorship skills, excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, and the ability to work collaboratively across teams and departments.
Required Qualifications:
* Education: Bachelor's degree
* Experience: eight years of fundraising experience, including several years in corporate and/or foundation relations
Preferred Qualifications:
* Proven success leading a high-functioning team
* Experience in higher-education development
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Strong history of collaboration
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, University Advancement honors your experiences, perspectives, and unique identity. Together, we strive to create and maintain working environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming so we can best achieve our mission of supporting our broadly diverse partners, schools, and networks of engaged alumni, parents, and friends of the University.
Work Location
UVA Advancement offers a flexible and hybrid workplace. All team members must have access to and maintain a secure home office environment with high-speed internet service and work collaboratively with others using a variety of technologies and tools. This position is eligible to be worked remotely although a frequent presence in our shared office space located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is required.
This is an Exempt level, benefited position. This position is a restricted position and is dependent upon project need, availability of funding and performance. The anticipated Hiring Range: $140,000 - $160,000 and will be commensurate with education and experience. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.
For additional information about the position, please contact April Sibiski, at ...@virginia.edu.
To Apply:
Please apply through the UVA job board, and search for R0064843. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs'. Complete an application online with the following documents:
* CV or Resume
* Cover letter
Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.
References will be completed via UVA's standardized process Skill Survey. A total of five references will be requested via SkillSurvey during the final phase of the interview process.
For questions about the application process, please contact Jon Freeman, Academic Recruiter at ...@virginia.edu.
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The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.