Vice President Alumni Relations and Development

Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development (OARD)

Offices for Alumni Relations and Development

Full-time, exempt, 40 hours/week

$,000 annually

On-Campus

Reports to:

Law School Dean

VLGS Benefits and PTO include:

- Full benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.).

- 403b including 4% employer contribution.

- 2 weeks of paid vacation in addition to paid personal and sick days.

- 11 paid holidays plus two weeks of paid days off for Summer and Winter breaks.

- Employee Assistance Program.

- VLGS course participation with tuition assistance.

- Flexible schedule potential.

Vermont Law and Graduate School is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We grow and learn better together with a diverse group of faculty, staff, and students. In recruiting for faculty and staff, we seek unique backgrounds to enrich and challenge our community.

Position Overview:

Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) seeks a strategic, collaborative, and mission
-driven Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development to lead the institutions fundraising and alumni engagement efforts. The Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development serves as the key advisor to the Administration on all matters related to institutional advancement and serves as a member of the Senior Leadership Team. The Vice President oversees a team of seven advancement professionals in the Offices for Alumni Relations and Development (OARD).

OARD is responsible for the annual fund, corporate and foundation relations, major gifts and planned giving along with all alumni communications and alumni engagement events.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute a comprehensive advancement plan that integrates best practices in annual, major, planned, corporate, and foundation giving to achieve institutional goals.
• Collaborate with the Administration and the Board of Trustees to establish annual and long-term fundraising objectives and performance metrics.
• Serve as a member of the Senior Leadership team.
• Maintain close working relationships with internal and external constituents as well as members of the Board of Trustees and Vermont Law and Graduate School Alumni Association board.
• Oversee a robust donor and prospect research process and ensure prospect managers and solicitors effectively track donor qualification, cultivation, solicitation, gift acknowledgement, and stewardship. Ensure data integrity in alumni/donor database.
• Lead, mentor, and evaluate a high-performing advancement team, fostering professional development, accountability and alumni and community fundraising success.
• Manage departmental budgets and ensure effective allocation of resources to support fundraising priorities.
• Provide regular reporting to leadership and the Board, using data analytics to measure outcomes and inform strategic adjustments.
• Engage trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of VLGS in a culture of philanthropy.

Fundraising and Donor Relations

• Manage a personal portfolio of top prospects and donors and secure major gifts, capital, and planned gifts, as well as annual gifts and endowment support.
• Oversee all fundraising programs, including the annual fund, major and planned giving and campaign initiatives.
• Oversee foundation and corporate grant applications and solicitations. Track and report on efficacy of efforts.
• Implement comprehensive stewardship programs that recognize, retain, and inspire donors at all levels of giving.
• Ensure maintenance of donor confidentiality and adherence to tax and other legal obligations and adherence to school policy.

Alumni Relations and Engagement

• Strengthen lifelong engagement with alumni through communications, events, and volunteer programs.
• Build and sustain relationships with the Alumni Association Board and collaborate on shared goals to increase alumni participation and engagement.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of alumni and donor records and database tools to support relationship management, engagement tracking, and data-informed strategy.
• Oversee planning of events, including reunions and regional alumni events.

Communications and Collaboration

• Develop and…