Associate Director, Major Gifts; Neuroscience

Target hiring range for this position will be between $95,000 - $97,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

The Associate Director, Major Gifts (Neuroscience Team) focuses on securing major gifts from grateful patients, alumni, and friends of Northwestern University for specific program areas within Feinberg School of Medicine. The person serving in this position manages a portfolio of potential donors and oversees all aspects of the fundraising cycle (e.g., conducting qualification visits with possible donors, engaging individuals based on their interests and philanthropic priorities, securing philanthropic commitments, and stewarding donors).

The Associate Director regularly interfaces with Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members and other University leaders to prepare them for prospect meetings and solicitations.

• Gathers data, assesses leads, and develops strategies designed to realize the current and lifetime giving potential of individual prospects.
• Maintains consistent and appropriate contact with faculty members (e.g., physicians, scientists) and administrators as well as program‑specific suspects, prospects, and donors.
• Facilitates or makes solicitations with a focus on major and planned gift commitments of $100K to $1M.
• Ensures effective stewardship with all existing and future constituents.

• Involves moderate to high level of collaboration with both internal department partners and moderate level of collaboration with broader University partners to identify and integrate resources in order to accomplish strategic goals and objectives.
• Key partnerships include:
• Feinberg School of Medicine faculty and administrators in the Feinberg Neuroscience Institute, along with several other departments, institutes, and centers.
• Work with colleagues within Feinberg School of Medicine Development and Alumni Relations to coordinate:
• Moves management related to the gift officer’s portfolio
• Donor recognition and stewardship
• Fundraising staff within Northwestern University (NU) and Northwestern Memorial Foundation (NMF):
• Collaborates to achieve institutional goals, coordinate program prospects/constituents and fundraising efforts, and support moves management related to the gift officer’s portfolio.

• Develops, plans and implements strategies and approaches to qualify, cultivate, solicit, and close major gifts.
• Maintains responsibility for portfolio management and achieving measurable targets for each fiscal year in the areas of qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospects and donors, in order to meet annual fundraising goals.
• Identifies, researches and personally solicits major gifts of $100K to $1M by managing a portfolio of approximately 50‑75 prospects annually.
• Completes associated stewardship activities.
• Maintains best practices in the field of philanthropy and evaluates prospects.
• Recommends changes to enhance innovation, objectives, and goals.

• Responsible for management and coordination of volunteer groups.

• Responsible for management, planning, and oversight of peer‑to‑peer fundraising (e.g., crowdfunding) campaigns.

• Gathers, records, and retrieves information about prospects and donors utilizing the Northwestern’s donor and alumni tracking database, meetings with development staff, faculty, etc.
• Ensures compliance with prospect management guidelines for tracking and maintenance of contact and progress reporting.
  
  Prepares accurate and timely contact reports on visits and interactions (e.g., phone conversations regarding a gift) with key constituents as they occur.

• Assists in oversight of Development Assistant, as well as temporary workers as needed.
• Provides training to staff within or outside of immediate department or division in regard to function.
• Performs related duties as required or assigned.

• Successful completion of a full four-year course of study in an accredited…