Director of Development and Alumni

Director of Development and Alumni Office of Institutional Advancement Office of the President Tsaile Campus Duty

Schedule:

8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday; regular evening/weekend and travel required for donor cultivation, campaign events, and Board of Regents meetings across Diné College sites. Position is funded by 55% Gen Funds and 45% grant funds for fiscal year .

The Director of Development and Alumni provides strategic leadership for Diné College's development and alumni relations functions, directing the design, execution, and evaluation of a comprehensive fundraising and alumni engagement program that builds a culture of philanthropy across the Navajo Nation and beyond in support of Diné College's mission and Sá'ah Naagháí Bik'eh Hózhóón principles. Reporting to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement, the Director sets annual giving, capital campaigns, and alumni-engagement strategy, supervises staff and interns, manages the department's operating budget, and serves as a senior representative of the College to major donors, businesses, tribal enterprises, foundations, and Board of Regents members.

The Director ensures donor, prospect, and alumni data are collected, shared, and used consistently across the College. Collaborates closely with the Marketing and Communications staff to ensure donor relations, fundraising initiatives, capital campaigns, and philanthropic activities are strategically and positively represented across digital platforms and external communications, including appropriate donor recognition, campaign messaging, and promotion of the impact of philanthropic support of Dine College.

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to reflect the current job accurately, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• 60% Strategic Leadership of Development and Alumni Programs
  • Direct and continually refine a comprehensive, multi-year fundraising plan for annual giving, major gifts, and alumni giving, including mail, digital, and direct-solicitation strategies, aligned with Diné College's capital campaign and institutional priorities.
  • Set strategy and annual goals for donor acquisition, upgrade, renewal, and stewardship; conduct regular and year-end assessments of Annual Fund performance and report results and recommendations to the Vice President, Chief of Staff, President, and Board of Regents.
  • Direct the College's alumni engagement strategy, including alumni database integrity, lost-alumni recovery, volunteer and mentorship pipelines, alumni/parent/grandparent giving programs, and alumni-facing digital and social media content.
  • Serve as a senior liaison between the College and prospective and current donors, tribal enterprises, foundations, and other organizations; lead cultivation and solicitation strategy for leadership- and major-gift-level prospects in coordination with the Vice President of Institutional Advancement.
  • Represent the Development and Alumni function within the capital campaign, including gift-range strategy, prospect identification, campaign materials, and donor stewardship tied to campaign phases.
• 20% Staff Supervision and Budget Management
  • Create and maintain a fiscal management system for the Development department - tracking restricted and unrestricted revenue, pledge payments, expenditures against budget, and grant/gift compliance - and use it to produce regular financial reports for the Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Board of Regents.
  • Supervise, coach, and evaluate development and alumni staff (e.g., Development Officer(s), Alumni/Development Coordinator, interns), including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.
  • Develop and manage the Development and Alumni department's annual operating…