Associate Director of Development, Leadership Gifts , Haas School of Business

Position: Associate Director of Development, Leadership Gifts (7547U), Haas School of Business - #83007
Associate Director of Development, Leadership Gifts (7547U), Haas School of Business

About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff. As a world-leading institution, Berkeley is known for its academic and research excellence, public mission, diverse student body, and commitment to equity and social justice.

Since our founding in 1868, we have driven innovation, creating global intellectual, economic and social value. We are looking for applicants who reflect California’s diversity and want to be part of an inclusive, equity‑focused community that views education as a matter of social justice.

Departmental Overview

As the second oldest business school in the United States, UC Berkeley Haas has been redefining business education since 1898. Situated in the heart of Bay Area innovation and rooted in UC Berkeley’s public mission, we’re a place where ambition meets purpose and innovation meets impact. We develop leaders who challenge assumptions, ask the right questions, and make business better. What sets us apart is our focus on the human edge: judgment, rigor, ingenuity, conviction, and confidence.

Our ’One Haas’ culture is collaborative and unified, bound by four Defining Leadership Principles:
Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, Beyond Yourself. Join us in moving business and society forward.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is:.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards leadership prospects for increased levels of annual support for Berkeley Haas, focusing on gifts of $2,500 to $100,000 with a special emphasis on raising unrestricted support (~$500k Annually).

• Qualifies, cultivates, and solicits major and planned gifts as a secondary area of focus.

• Manages a prospect portfolio ofprospects using a combination of in-person contact combined with email, phone, social media, video, and text message.

• Conducts visits (in-person, online, or via phone) to solicit annual gifts, cultivate and solicit major gifts and planned gifts, and/or steward current donors.

• Develop strategies to ensure that all prospects are solicited each fiscal year at appropriate levels.

• Serves as a thought partner with Director and LGO teammates to implement new digital engagement tactics and strategies for reaching donors.

• Collaborates and partners with a variety of colleagues across Haas and the greater campus as necessary to ensure all tracked prospects are adequately engaged, solicited, and stewarded.

• Identifies new major and/or planned gift prospects, and conducts major/planned gift proposal development and solicitation activities, in consultation with Major Gift Officers and Planned Giving Officers when appropriate.

• Takes on shared responsibility for ensuring the integrity of our donor database including adding timely contact reports and updating data points including biographical details, contact information, relationships, etc.

• Ensures that predetermined fundraising goals are met.

• Participates in short- and long-range strategic planning.

• Participates in annual strategic planning retreats and collaborates with colleagues in developing and implementing best practices.

• Assists in detailed planning of fund development and annual solicitation programs.

Professional Learning and Growth

• Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of belonging for all, within the unit and mplifies Haas’ four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself.

• Completes required training on time and engages in opportunities for learning pertinent to the position or at the suggestion of the supervisor.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Thorough working knowledge of fundraising, donor relations, or business development concepts, principles, procedures, and techniques.

• Can quickly learn about UC Berkeley’s and the…