Associate Director​/Director, Development

Associate Director/Director, Development

Florida Gulf Coast University

The Associate Director/Director, Development develops and implements comprehensive fundraising strategies designed to build meaningful, long-term relationships with donors and prospective donors. This position manages an assigned portfolio of approximately 150 prospects and donors, with a focus on identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewardingindividuals whose philanthropic interests align with WGCU and University priorities. The Director collaborates with leadership and colleagues across the organization to understand funding needs,develop individualized donor strategies, and secure philanthropic support for high-priority projects and programs.

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• Develops fundraising strategies, goals, and objectives for theunit, including prospect identification, qualification, portfoliodevelopment, and relationship management.
• Prepares gift proposals, solicitation letters, gift agreements,and other materials for donors and prospects.
• Applies a moves-management and relationship-based fundraisingapproach to an assigned portfolio, developing individualizedstrategies to qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and prospects based on their interests, capacity, and relationship withWGCU.
• Oversee the design of fundraising campaigns and communication plans with donors and prospective donors.
• Works cross-departmentally with WGCU and University colleagues to identify organizational priorities, understand funding needs,and develop philanthropic opportunities that align donor interests and institutional priorities.
• Participates in the development and coordination of special events and programs for donors and prospects.
• Maintains integrity of donor data and recommends appropriatecoding to reflect donor information and interests.

• Represents WGCU at donor and community events, meetings, andother engagement opportunities as needed to strengthen relationships, increase awareness of WGCU's mission and priorities,and support broader development efforts.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

• This position requires either six years of directly related full-time experience or, as an alternative, a Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization and two years of full-time experience directly related to the job functions.
• Professional full-time experience with Advancement,fundraising, or other relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success identifying new funding donorsources.
• Experience operating a personal computer and proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook).
• Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience, and/or certifications may be considered.