Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience:
7+ years experience in major gift fundraising/campaign work, especially with parents and families, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Preferred Experience:
Experience building a parent leadership giving program in a University setting
Documented individual major gift results
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Demonstrated ability to identify, lead, empower, and mentor experienced fundraising professionals
Demonstrated ability to create and promote a professional work environment that rewards individual and collective success, builds confidence, and promotes diversity in all its forms
Results-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, adapts easily to change, and has strong judgment
Demonstrated success in cultivating productive, collaborative relationships with faculty, Board members, alumni, students, and/or staff within a complex organization
Credibility as a successful high-level fundraiser with a track record of personally identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding seven-figure gifts
Excellent interpersonal skills required to relate to colleagues, donors, volunteers, and senior UDAR and University leadership
Ability to consistently exercise diplomacy and discretion
Demonstrated personal commitment to excellence, as well as an ability to admit mistakes and forgive faults in others
Demonstrated affinity for collaboration, leading through influence, and a high level of emotional intelligence
Demonstrated ability to advancing solutions across a complex organization with professionalism and patience
Ability to travel as required
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Fundraising in higher education, or other academic environment
