The University’s Office for Advancement invites applications for the full-time position of Regional Director of Development (RDD). Responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding alumni, parents, and friends of IWU for annual, major, and planned gifts. Build and strengthen relationships within an assigned portfolio and facilitate philanthropy at the major gift level. As an externally facing position, this role is expected to serve as an informed spokesperson for the University. While the position is intended to be on-campus, remote work opportunities may be considered. Generous benefits include health, retirement, considerable time off and access to multiple tuition programs for self and dependents.
Responsibilities:
Cultivate meaningful relationships on behalf of Illinois Wesleyan with assigned prospects to personally solicit for annual, major, and planned gifts to the University; close endowed gifts (outright and deferred) and high level annual gifts from those prospects over time; exceed annual overall production goals; make 150 personal visits to prospects a year, providing consistent and timely communication and experiences to the prospects to create long-last relationships; plan logistics of University leadership when meeting prospects; directly collaborate with the Director of Planned & Structured Giving.
Document all contacts, communications, visits, opportunities, and other related information about prospects in a timely manner; in collaboration with the AVP and VP for Advancement, create and sustain annual goals for assigned portfolio; evaluation of prospects; partner within the department to support annual and major gift stewardship; periodically assigned special projects ensuring data accuracy
Develop key internal relationships with campus partners (athletics, school deans) to identify fundraising priorities; leverage key partnerships for fundraising visits; actively participate in department and alumni relations activities; other duties as assigned by VP and AVPs of Advancement
