Wentworth Institute of Technology
Vice President of University Advancement
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298
Vice President For University Advancement
Wentworth Institute of Technology is seeking a new Vice President for University Advancement to lead the development of a comprehensive campaign, provide robust leadership, secure major gifts, and oversee the annual fund as well as build out a planned giving program. The VP will report directly to Wentworth's President. The VP will be highly influential in integrating fundraising throughout the university and will collaborate and partner with colleagues up and down the institution to achieve ambitious revenue goals in service to Wentworth's mission. The VP will serve as a key member of the President's cabinet by enriching team culture and creating and implementing overall strategy.
Through collaborative team performance, the VP will align major gifts and grants to effectively source and cultivate a heightened level of fundraising production aimed at mission-centric opportunities. The VP will work at multiple levels of the organization, with the cabinet, with Deans, with Board members, and the advancement team to support opportunities that drive substantial growth in identified areas of need aligned to institutional priorities and the campaign. The VP will work cross-functionally to drive the revenue and engagement goals of Wentworth, as well as develop and execute a unified fundraising plan. An excellent communicator, the VP will provide clarity to internal constituents on fundraising goals, progress, and opportunities. The VP will actively seek out partnerships across Wentworth leadership and subject matter experts to enhance donor and prospect cultivation, engagement, and stewardship.
The VP will have a best-practice mentality for the use of data to drive strategic and robust market and leadership-level donor engagement domestically and globally. The successful candidate will be extremely collaborative, goal-oriented, creative, mission-driven, and a team player who can unlock potential to achieve transformational results. The VP will be a visionary leader that harvests entrepreneurial thinking to accelerate philanthropic revenue generation, to steward existing and cultivate new corporate and industry partners and unlock new resources from a broader partner base. The VP will lead by example when deploying best practices for high-performing advancement teams, including staying proximate to Wentworth's core business of serving students.
The VP will leverage several built-in strengths of the organization, including positive reputational awareness and a dedicated team. The VP and the advancement team will have the opportunity to steward and grow multidimensional relationships in collaboration with Wentworth colleagues, including cabinet members, Deans, and Board members. The VP will be a key team player who can help us enhance the connection with current and potential leadership-level donors, future board members, and add value throughout the organization.
Specific duties and responsibilities of the VP include : Fundraising Strategy and Execution Deliver significant impact to Wentworth by building, driving, and stewarding the university's first ever comprehensive campaign.
Achieve an annual fundraising goal to support strategic initiatives and priorities.
Secure significant philanthropic commitments in the six, seven, and eight figure levels. Align philanthropic investments with high-impact institutional and research opportunities.
Support the President as a fundraising President. Collaborate with the Advancement Team to identify the moves management strategies that most effectively leverage the President to open doors, cultivate, solicit, and / or steward top prospects. Coach the Advancement Team to utilize the VP in a similar manner.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to help cultivate, solicit, and steward current and planned gift donors. Utilize key talent within the institution, including prominent members of the Board, key supporters, and faculty to help engage current donors and to diversify the breadth of prospective donors.
Provide executive management over the strategies, performance orientation, and structure of the Advancement Team. This includes expert leadership over principal, major, and planned gifts, signature and board-level events, donor relations, and campaigns. Create, monitor, and report on fundraising plan progress as well as budgets.
Develop strategies, forecast, and budget resources that advance the overarching Wentworth plan.
Build an innovative vision for using technology to engage current and prospective donors. Utilize data and analytics to inform new ways of working to support fundraising.
Communicate compelling, clear department goals to key constituents to create and cultivate a culture of philanthropy throughout the institution.
Advancement Team Leadership Establish meaningful and measurable team and individual performance goals that underpin strategic objectives.
Lead and develop three direct reports with a broader team of approximately 20 individuals. Collaborate with direct reports and their respective teams on market-and-program-based fundraising performance. Continue a culture of celebration, mentorship, and real-time coaching.
Lead by example, staying proximate to all the happenings on campus, visiting with faculty and staff and students to model intentional integration throughout the institution.
Collaborate internally to ensure complementary teams (such as finance, marketing, communications, accounting, and IT) are aware of the market development / event business needs and workflow and vice versa.
Recruit, train, and mentor the Advancement Team, maximizing opportunities for growth and continued success.
Support efforts which ensure donors and prospects are informed of key organizational initiatives and individual donation impact through continuous and relationship-oriented communication.
Location and Compensation Please note that the VP of Advancement is an onsite role. The expected salary range for this position is between $325,000 - $350,000 annually which reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Wentworth is committed to pay transparency and equal pay for equal work. Wentworth carefully considers a range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, internal equity, and other factors consistent with job requirements and business needs. Please visit here to see the comprehensive benefits package offered to support the best experience for our employees.
Candidate Profile Wentworth seeks an exceptional, results-oriented VP of University Advancement to build on the momentum of the organization's current base of supporters to take the fundraising program to new levels of success. Wentworth is keen to consider candidates with experience in high-growth, fast-paced, mission-focused organizations, with specific functional experience in fundraising and business development.
The successful candidate will be an inclusive leader that is dynamic, creative, mission-oriented, and accomplished with excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with senior leadership to produce superior results. Characteristics associated with being intellectually curious, showing innate drive, and decisiveness are also positive. The candidate will possess proven leadership, strategic thinking abilities, strong management skills, demonstrated success in growing revenue, and the personal energy, enthusiasm, and collaboration to mentor others and rally a team to consistently surpass goals. This person will come with a track record of operating as a deeply collaborative and relational leader.
A hallmark of this executive's success is fundraising evidenced by personal work with donors that resulted in substantial gifts that achieved organizational objectives. Experience managing a team in a complex, matrixed environment, leveraging best practices in campaigns as well as strategies, technology, systems, data and analytics that drive development work, including major gifts, planned gifts, and donor stewardship, will be a strength of this executive.
An ideal candidate will have a demonstrated passion for and commitment to Wentworth's mission.
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Through collaborative team performance, the VP will align major gifts and grants to effectively source and cultivate a heightened level of fundraising production aimed at mission-centric opportunities. The VP will work at multiple levels of the organization, with the cabinet, with Deans, with Board members, and the advancement team to support opportunities that drive substantial growth in identified areas of need aligned to institutional priorities and the campaign. The VP will work cross-functionally to drive the revenue and engagement goals of Wentworth, as well as develop and execute a unified fundraising plan. An excellent communicator, the VP will provide clarity to internal constituents on fundraising goals, progress, and opportunities. The VP will actively seek out partnerships across Wentworth leadership and subject matter experts to enhance donor and prospect cultivation, engagement, and stewardship.
The VP will have a best-practice mentality for the use of data to drive strategic and robust market and leadership-level donor engagement domestically and globally. The successful candidate will be extremely collaborative, goal-oriented, creative, mission-driven, and a team player who can unlock potential to achieve transformational results. The VP will be a visionary leader that harvests entrepreneurial thinking to accelerate philanthropic revenue generation, to steward existing and cultivate new corporate and industry partners and unlock new resources from a broader partner base. The VP will lead by example when deploying best practices for high-performing advancement teams, including staying proximate to Wentworth's core business of serving students.
The VP will leverage several built-in strengths of the organization, including positive reputational awareness and a dedicated team. The VP and the advancement team will have the opportunity to steward and grow multidimensional relationships in collaboration with Wentworth colleagues, including cabinet members, Deans, and Board members. The VP will be a key team player who can help us enhance the connection with current and potential leadership-level donors, future board members, and add value throughout the organization.
Specific duties and responsibilities of the VP include : Fundraising Strategy and Execution Deliver significant impact to Wentworth by building, driving, and stewarding the university's first ever comprehensive campaign.
Achieve an annual fundraising goal to support strategic initiatives and priorities.
Secure significant philanthropic commitments in the six, seven, and eight figure levels. Align philanthropic investments with high-impact institutional and research opportunities.
Support the President as a fundraising President. Collaborate with the Advancement Team to identify the moves management strategies that most effectively leverage the President to open doors, cultivate, solicit, and / or steward top prospects. Coach the Advancement Team to utilize the VP in a similar manner.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to help cultivate, solicit, and steward current and planned gift donors. Utilize key talent within the institution, including prominent members of the Board, key supporters, and faculty to help engage current donors and to diversify the breadth of prospective donors.
Provide executive management over the strategies, performance orientation, and structure of the Advancement Team. This includes expert leadership over principal, major, and planned gifts, signature and board-level events, donor relations, and campaigns. Create, monitor, and report on fundraising plan progress as well as budgets.
Develop strategies, forecast, and budget resources that advance the overarching Wentworth plan.
Build an innovative vision for using technology to engage current and prospective donors. Utilize data and analytics to inform new ways of working to support fundraising.
Communicate compelling, clear department goals to key constituents to create and cultivate a culture of philanthropy throughout the institution.
Advancement Team Leadership Establish meaningful and measurable team and individual performance goals that underpin strategic objectives.
Lead and develop three direct reports with a broader team of approximately 20 individuals. Collaborate with direct reports and their respective teams on market-and-program-based fundraising performance. Continue a culture of celebration, mentorship, and real-time coaching.
Lead by example, staying proximate to all the happenings on campus, visiting with faculty and staff and students to model intentional integration throughout the institution.
Collaborate internally to ensure complementary teams (such as finance, marketing, communications, accounting, and IT) are aware of the market development / event business needs and workflow and vice versa.
Recruit, train, and mentor the Advancement Team, maximizing opportunities for growth and continued success.
Support efforts which ensure donors and prospects are informed of key organizational initiatives and individual donation impact through continuous and relationship-oriented communication.
Location and Compensation Please note that the VP of Advancement is an onsite role. The expected salary range for this position is between $325,000 - $350,000 annually which reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Wentworth is committed to pay transparency and equal pay for equal work. Wentworth carefully considers a range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, internal equity, and other factors consistent with job requirements and business needs. Please visit here to see the comprehensive benefits package offered to support the best experience for our employees.
Candidate Profile Wentworth seeks an exceptional, results-oriented VP of University Advancement to build on the momentum of the organization's current base of supporters to take the fundraising program to new levels of success. Wentworth is keen to consider candidates with experience in high-growth, fast-paced, mission-focused organizations, with specific functional experience in fundraising and business development.
The successful candidate will be an inclusive leader that is dynamic, creative, mission-oriented, and accomplished with excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with senior leadership to produce superior results. Characteristics associated with being intellectually curious, showing innate drive, and decisiveness are also positive. The candidate will possess proven leadership, strategic thinking abilities, strong management skills, demonstrated success in growing revenue, and the personal energy, enthusiasm, and collaboration to mentor others and rally a team to consistently surpass goals. This person will come with a track record of operating as a deeply collaborative and relational leader.
A hallmark of this executive's success is fundraising evidenced by personal work with donors that resulted in substantial gifts that achieved organizational objectives. Experience managing a team in a complex, matrixed environment, leveraging best practices in campaigns as well as strategies, technology, systems, data and analytics that drive development work, including major gifts, planned gifts, and donor stewardship, will be a strength of this executive.
An ideal candidate will have a demonstrated passion for and commitment to Wentworth's mission.
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