Development Associate, Individual Giving

Position: Development Associate, Individual Giving, New York
Location: New York
** Department
* * Booth Advancement:
Major Gifts - East Coast
** About the Department
** The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment. Chicago Booth is proud to claim:

-an unmatched faculty.

-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.

-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.

-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities. As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

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** Job Summary
** The Development Associate supports and leads targeted projects in coordination with Chicago Booth’s Advancement Team in the New York Regional Office. This position provides administrative support for the New York Regional Office, collaborates with the Director, Major Gifts, East Coast and all Booth gift officers in the office, and supports the fundraising goals of Chicago Booth’s Individual Giving Team. The Development Associate provides information in response to specific requests, directs calls and e-mails, and provides other relevant information to appropriate individuals while using discretion and judgment working with confidential information.

The Development Associate will develop a network of professional contacts and provide assistance to other Booth and University offices that seek it. They will initiate projects that will be beneficial to the Individual Giving Team and will anticipate next steps and follow-up related to fundraising activity and active prospect management. It is required that they travel to Chicago 2-3 times a year.
** Responsibilities
* ** Assists with implementation of regional strategy, planning and executing advancement-focused events, and collaborates with University colleagues and volunteers to advance the fundraising and engagement goals of Chicago Booth.
* Supports the planning and execution of New York based events and contributes to the strategic development of new events and programs; staff events as needed in New York. Manages event follow-up with attendees.
* In conjunction with the two Chicago-based Individual Giving Team Development Associates, continues to build and manage a set of internal communications for the Major Gifts and Leadership Giving Teams partnering cross-functionally with the Communications, Donor Relations, Alumni Engagement, and Annual Fund Teams.
* Participates in prospect strategy development as it relates to prospect qualification, cultivation and stewardship and supports gift officers with effective prospect qualification, cultivation, and stewardship tracking and outreach as needed.
* In partnership with the Prospect Research team, supports the creation and preparation of research briefings to inform and equip senior leadership.
* Serves as liaison to the PhD Alumni Steering Committee, partners with New York-based gift officers and events team to source speakers, handles logistics, and creates briefings for faculty speakers for 3-4 events per year.
* Leads the drafting of informational…