Director of : Beaumont School

# Director of Advancement:
Beaumont School Full Time Beaumont School Cleveland Heights, OH Director of Advancement
** Beaumont School | Cleveland Heights, Ohio**## Position Summary Beaumont School seeks an accomplished, relationship-driven
** Director of Advancement
** to lead the School’s comprehensive Advancement program, with a primary focus on major gifts, campaign leadership, and transformational philanthropy.

Reporting to the President, the Director of Advancement will serve as Beaumont’s senior fundraising professional and principal development officer. This individual must be mission-driven and inspired by the Ursuline tradition of educating young women for life, leadership, and service.

The Director will be an active, visible fundraiser—not simply a manager of fundraising activity. A significant portion of the role will involve building relationships with high-capacity donors, developing individualized cultivation and solicitation strategies, securing major and principal gifts, and building a sustainable pipeline of future philanthropic leadership.

The successful candidate will personally cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of the School’s most significant donors and prospects while providing strategic leadership for a comprehensive Advancement program encompassing major gifts, campaigns, planned giving, annual giving, alumnae engagement, foundation and corporate relations, grants, and events.

The Director will partner closely with the President, Board of Directors, Advancement Committee, and volunteer leaders to advance Beaumont’s strategic priorities and strengthen the culture of philanthropy throughout the School community.## The Opportunity Beaumont is entering an important new chapter in its 176-year history. With its largest campaign well underway and significant opportunities to invest in the student experience, the School is building a stronger culture of major and transformational philanthropy.

The Director of Advancement will play a central role in this work by:
* Personally leading cultivation and solicitation strategies for Beaumont’s highest-priority donors and prospects.
* Securing significant gifts in support of the comprehensive
** Heart of Beaumont 175 campaign**.
* Building and strengthening Beaumont’s major-gift pipeline for the future.
* Partnering with the President on the School’s most important donor relationships and solicitations.
* Engaging trustees and volunteers as ambassadors, connectors, and fundraising partners.
* Leading and developing a professional Advancement team.
* Strengthening the systems, strategies, and culture necessary for sustained philanthropic growth.## Essential Responsibilities### 1. Major Gifts — Primary Responsibility
* Personally manage a portfolio of approximately 30–50 qualified major-gift prospects and donors.
* Develop and execute individualized strategies for donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
* Conduct regular face-to-face donor visits and meaningful engagement with prospects and donors.
* Identify new prospects and develop strategies to move donors from annual giving and event participation into major-gift relationships.
* Maintain a disciplined moves-management process and accurate documentation of donor activity.
* Partner with the President and volunteer leaders on the School’s most significant solicitations.
* Establish a clear major-gift pipeline, including visit, solicitation, and revenue goals.### 2. Campaign Leadership
* Provide professional leadership for Beaumont’s comprehensive and capital fundraising initiatives.
* Develop campaign prospect strategies, solicitation plans, and timelines.
* Identify and prioritize campaign leadership prospects.
* Prepare the President, trustees, and volunteers for…