University of Chicago Looking for Director of Development and Associate Dean, Humanities Full Time

The Director of Development and Associate Dean (Director) will be responsible for leading and executing comprehensive fundraising efforts
for the Division of the Humanities. The Director will design and implement holistic strategies and build meaningful relationships with
stakeholders and to identify, cultivate, and solicit annual, major, and principal gifts from the Division’s most
important donors and prospects in collaboration with the Dean, University leadership, and development colleagues.

This role is a
unique opportunity to partner with a new dean to build upon past successes while envisioning and developing a new structure to grow support
for and engagement with the division into the future. Reporting directly to the Assistant Vice President for Development, Humanities, and
the Arts and with a dotted line to the Dean of the Division of Humanities, the Director is a senior member of the ARD Humanities and the
Arts Directors cohort and a member of the Division’s senior leadership team.

The job manages a team of
professional staff responsible for programs designed to meet University fundraising goals for contributed income. Manages relationships with
alumni, faculty, administrators, and organizations with potential to make gifts in support of the University. Develops communication
strategies for projects and contributes to the development of larger advancement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, vision, and oversight for the University of Chicago’s Division of the Humanities
  comprehensive fundraising program with a focus on deepening engagement and relationships with donors and prospects at all levels with a
  focus on those with capacity to make significant philanthropic gifts ($100k+) in support of Divisional priorities.
• Builds and
  manages relationships with a portfolio of 40-60 of the Division’s most significant donors and potential prospects with
  capacity to make major ($100k+) and principal gifts ($5M+) to the Division. The Team raises $10M-$20M each year and the Director will lead
  that effort and be expected to drive the bulk of that philanthropy in partnership with the Dean and senior colleagues across ARD.
• Shapes and grows the Division’s donor pipeline at all levels through leadership annual giving, major gift, and
  principal gift programs according to best practices and in collaboration with the Dean of the Division, the AVP, and ARD colleagues.
• Coordinates all activity related to seeking philanthropic support for the Division of the Humanities, working closely with gift Officers
  University-wide to monitor and facilitate growth of the Division’s prospect pool.
• Manages two direct reports, a
  major gifts officer focused on prospects with the capacity and inclination for gifts of $100K+, as well as an assistant director that
  managing annual giving, stewardship, and other advancement services processes.
• In partnership with the Dean, functions as the point
  person, and provides leadership, for the Division of the Humanities Council.
• Travels with, and regularly staffs, the Dean of the
  Division in their work with high-capacity individual prospects.
• Provides leadership for the division’s
  development efforts by creating the case for support for key areas of priority; works closely with the Dean and ARD colleagues to develop
  divisional priorities in preparation for an upcoming campus-wide fundraising campaign.
• Establishes fundraising goals and priorities
  based on department objectives, designs strategies to meet those goals, and monitors progress against goals. Manages a portfolio of current
  and potential donors.
• Hires, manages, evaluates, and develops staff as needed and as assigned; actively encourages staff members’
  professional growth and participation in the life of the University.
• Monitors and manages an annual budget. Addresses budget
  variances as they occur.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance, including building
  networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions and with an eye towards broadly diversifying the advancement
  profession.
• Manages department strategies and plans to achieve University fundraising goals.
• May recruit staff volunteers
  and provide leadership and evaluation to staff members.
• Performs other related work as needed.

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