Director of Development, West Coast

Position Information

Title:

Director of Development, West Coast.

Department:
Annual Giving Support. Worker type:
Regular.

Pay type:

Salary. Salary range: $115,000 - $128,000. Scheduled weekly hours: 40. Benefit eligible:
Yes.

Miami University is a public university founded in 1809 with over 200,000 alumni and 20,000 enrolled students. With its close proximity to the city of Cincinnati coupled with a nationally recognized excellence in undergraduate education, there is a significant opportunity to increase support from alumni, friends, and partners. Everyone on our team plays a part in achieving this goal.

The Director of Development, West Coast will help advance the mission of Miami University by planning, organizing, and implementing strategies to increase the level of personal involvement and financial commitment of donors and prospects through the major gift program.

• Implement and direct a comprehensive university advancement program for the Western region in response to the goals and initiatives established by the Division of University Advancement, with emphasis on Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Arizona, and surrounding states.
• Effect solicitation and stewardship calls to alumni and friends alone and in collaboration with other staff, faculty, administrators and alumni volunteers.
• Develop and implement assessment, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for assigned prospects with the Office of Development staff, and university faculty and administrators.
• Develop and maintain a prospect pool focused primarily on major gift ($50,000+) prospects.
• Prepare and present gift proposals to prospects with the input and assistance of faculty, administrators, and deans, as well as other constituent and central development officers. Proposals may include establishing multi‑year commitments and facilitating gifts of real estate, personal property, securities, and gifts in wills, trusts, annuities and insurance.
• Encourage and coordinate involvement of alumni and friends through campus visits and regional events.
• Serve as the direct point of contact and liaison for activities in the Western region related to the Division of University Advancement.
• Perform other duties related to the mission of the Office of Development under guidance of the Assistant Vice President, National Team.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum five years of fundraising or comparable work experience.

• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout the Western region, with frequent focus on California, Colorado, and Arizona.
• Ability and willingness to reside in or near a metropolitan city in California, Colorado or Arizona and work from residence.
• Commitment to collaborative approach to fundraising.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to work with little day‑to‑day supervision.

• Experience working in an educational setting.
• Direct fundraising experience.

• Criminal background check is required.
• All campuses are smoke‑ and tobacco‑free.
• Remote work arrangement is not a right; it can be modified or revoked by the University for any reason.

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Miami University, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, encourages applications from protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. The University prohibits harassment, discrimination and retaliation on the basis of age (40 years or older), color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, military status, national origin (ancestry), pregnancy, race, religion, sex/gender, status as a parent or foster parent, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.