Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations

Case Western Reserve University is committed to providing a transparent estimate of the salary range available for Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations positions available at the time of its posting. The salary range is between $96,651 and $159,853, depending on qualifications, experience, department budgets, and industry data.

Employees receive more than just a paycheck. University employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare, retirement plans, tuition assistance, paid time off, and a winter recess.

• Relocation Assistance
• Hybrid-eligible work arrangement: up to 2 days remote per week
• Vacation Time: earn 21 days/year (14 hours per month)
• Sick Time: earn 1 2/3 day per month for the first year
• University Paid Holidays: 11 days plus Dangling Holidays for the Fourth of July and Juneteenth, when either of these holidays falls on a Tuesday or Thursday.
• Take Two Staff Appreciation: paid two hours each Friday during two summer months
• Winter Recess Staff Appreciation: paid time off between Christmas and New Year holidays
• Retirement Benefits: employees are subject to a one-year waiting period before the CWRU contributions begin. The waiting period can be waived if the employee has at least one year (12 consecutive months) of prior service at a U.S. university or research institution in a retirement eligible position. Additionally, there is Plan A Supplemental Contributions: employees can elect into either or both the tax-deferred and the Roth option.
• Educational Benefits: employees, their spouses and their dependents can enjoy the Tuition Waiver Program, while employees may also utilize the Tuition Reimbursement Program.
• Wellness Program and Incentives
• Exempt employees are paid once per month on the last working day of the month.

Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations

• Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

The associate dean of development and alumni relations has primary responsibility to provide the strategic leadership of a comprehensive advancement program for assigned school/college’s highest strategic priorities that impact the university’s future and national reputation. The associate dean is responsible for leading the national and international leadership gifts program, which includes major and principal gift strategies and opportunities. The associate dean is responsible for the development of overall fundraising plans for the strategic priorities in alignment with the overarching strategies of the assigned school and the university’s University Relations and Development division.

As an experienced development professional, the associate dean is expected to engage in direct face-to-face cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors, and collaborate with university relations and development in developing strategies for the university's fundraising, alumni, annual fund and communications programs, and plan and implement initiatives for the school/college’s highest priorities, national and international development, and major and principal gifts, alumni relations programs, and the annual giving program.

The associate dean is responsible for the leadership of all the development and alumni relations functions and staff at the school/college. The associate dean is a key member of the dean's senior administrative group, advises the dean, department chairs, and members of the faculty, and serves as a primary point of contact to the external community on the positioning of development programs.

• Manage a discreet portfolio of high-capacity prospective donors to maximize gifts from the school/college’s individual and foundation constituents. (40%)
• Work in partnership with the dean and vice president to develop and execute strategies targeted at the highest-level donors and prospects for the school/college. (20%)
• Provide leadership to the school/college’s alumni relations and development staff on alumni and fundraising plans and strategies for the highest priorities. (10%)
• Collaborate with the development and alumni relations staff to formulate an annual…