Inside Higher Ed
Director, Parent and Family Giving
Inside Higher Ed, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Director, Parent and Family Giving
The Director of Parent & Family Giving develops the vision and leads the strategy for a comprehensive parent and family fundraising program as part of Occidental’s annual fundraising efforts and in support of the College’s mission.
Job Summary
Under the direction of the Associate Vice President of Individual Giving, the Director builds on existing momentum and implements new fundraising strategies focused on increasing philanthropic support from parents and families, including oversight of the Parents Council. The Director maintains a portfolio of key leadership and major gift rated parent and family donors, conducts discovery visits, and collaborates with colleagues to develop campaigns by mail, phone, and digitally for parent donor constituencies. Responsibilities
Build and implement a comprehensive development plan for parent and family philanthropy at Oxy. Partner with Internal Giving, Principal Giving, Alumni & Parent Engagement, Donor Engagement and Events, and Advancement Services to create collaborative strategies that encourage engagement and support amongst the Oxy parent and family community. Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of parent and family donors and prospects. Build relationships and solicit annual gifts, major gifts, principal gifts, and multi-year commitments to achieve annual fundraising goals and performance metrics. Develop and execute strategy to engage parents of incoming students and parents of alumni. Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, philanthropic studies, fund-raising, public relations, communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field. Seven years of progressively responsible experience in development/fundraising/parent and/or alumni relations. Proven record of initiating and securing a high volume of development visits and personally soliciting and securing gifts from individual donors. Experience working in a performance-based environment with tracking of meeting goals, contacts and dollars raised. Knowledge of the principles and practices of development and fundraising. Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in higher education development. Experience managing volunteer board/s. EXPECTED HIRING RANGE: $82,800/yr-110,000/yr
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Under the direction of the Associate Vice President of Individual Giving, the Director builds on existing momentum and implements new fundraising strategies focused on increasing philanthropic support from parents and families, including oversight of the Parents Council. The Director maintains a portfolio of key leadership and major gift rated parent and family donors, conducts discovery visits, and collaborates with colleagues to develop campaigns by mail, phone, and digitally for parent donor constituencies. Responsibilities
Build and implement a comprehensive development plan for parent and family philanthropy at Oxy. Partner with Internal Giving, Principal Giving, Alumni & Parent Engagement, Donor Engagement and Events, and Advancement Services to create collaborative strategies that encourage engagement and support amongst the Oxy parent and family community. Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of parent and family donors and prospects. Build relationships and solicit annual gifts, major gifts, principal gifts, and multi-year commitments to achieve annual fundraising goals and performance metrics. Develop and execute strategy to engage parents of incoming students and parents of alumni. Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, philanthropic studies, fund-raising, public relations, communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field. Seven years of progressively responsible experience in development/fundraising/parent and/or alumni relations. Proven record of initiating and securing a high volume of development visits and personally soliciting and securing gifts from individual donors. Experience working in a performance-based environment with tracking of meeting goals, contacts and dollars raised. Knowledge of the principles and practices of development and fundraising. Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in higher education development. Experience managing volunteer board/s. EXPECTED HIRING RANGE: $82,800/yr-110,000/yr
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