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Diversity Statement:

Department: VP of University Advancement

Salary/Rate: $66,555 - $76,500@ 1.0 FTE

FTE: 1.0

Position Summary:

Minimum Classification Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum five years of work experience in a professional, related field
   Energetic, creative, resourceful, and demonstrated initiative
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to engage individuals in-person and in writing through articulate, compelling, and well-reasoned proposals.
• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to work on deadline and manage multiple
  assignments at once.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills with all constituents along with a
  proven record of working independently and as part of a team, to achieve organizational goals.
• Interest in and a passion for all aspects of education and a dedication to promoting the
  university's fundraising priorities for the benefit of the campus
• PC proficiency (MS Office Suite in Windows environment); facility with Word and Excel
  required.
• Valid driver's license. Local/regional/national travel required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a college environment with alumni and parent constituencies.
• Previous work experience in fundraising.
• Work with fundraising database software, Raiser's Edge preferred.

All Listed Duties:

• Build and manage a portfolio of prospects capable of supporting SOU with gifts of between $1,000-$25,000.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit donors and prospects with a focus on building a portfolio of donors
  capable of making mid-size annual gifts to the university.
• Participate in all aspects of the philanthropic gift cycle. Develop appropriate cultivation,
  solicitation, and stewardship strategies.
• Manage a portfolio of 75-100 individuals, making at least 80 visits per year to potential
  philanthropic partners for the purpose of soliciting President's Circle level gifts, as well as mid-
  level gifts for annual funds.
• Plan and implement strategies to grow the President's Circle and oversee programmatic
  initiatives to manage and steward this donor group with colleagues in University Advancement.
• Recruit and engage the Academic Division Directors, faculty, alumni, and staff to assist in
  identifying potential donors and implement engagement strategies that move prospective
  donors through the giving pipeline.
• Develop and implement communication strategies with leadership annual fund donors, such as calling leadership annual fund donors throughout the year to cultivate, reporting on gift impact, soliciting their continued support at the leadership level of giving, sending acknowledgment letters, and providing responses to telephone, mail, and email inquiries.

• Serve as an ambassador of SOU to both internal and external constituencies.
• With the Alumni Relations Program and major gift officers, identify and collaborate to build
  university presence and engagement in geographic regions with high numbers of SOU alumni.
• Recommend and collaborate on programming involving the university leadership, faculty, board members and volunteers; planning events in some cases and assisting with others.
• Collaborate with colleagues on stewardship/recognition efforts for donors, helping to promote a culture of philanthropy among internal and external constituents.
• Effectively utilize the prospect management system (Raiser's Edge) to record prospect/donor
  activity and other relevant data in a timely fashion

• Other duties as assigned.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Must be willing to travel and attend training programs off-site for
occasional professional development.

Must be able to work additional hours and adjust working hours to meet
special jobs. May be called back periodically to perform work as needed on
an emergency basis.

Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.

Under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
-Position classification defined as

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About Southern Oregon University

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