**Senior Director of Development, College of Engineering and Applied Science** **Requisition Number:** 61593 **Location:** Boulder Colorado **Employment Type:** University Staff **Schedule:** Full Time **Posting Close Date:** 03-Feb-2025 **Date Posted:** **Job Summary** Advancement at CU Boulder encourages applications for a Senior Director of Development! The Senior Director is a key partner for the College of Engineering and Applied Science and is a crucial part of the Office of Advancement. The Senior Director demonstrates a high level of independence and expertise in advancing fundraising efforts for the College of Engineering and Applied Science advancement team. This position is responsible for leading, managing, and mentoring a small team of 2-3 with at least 1 frontline fundraiser and some programmatic/admin staff while also carrying a personal portfolio of donors within an assigned region. The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. **Who We Are** CU Boulder Advancement is committed to a culture of joy, motivated by collaboration, passionate about excellence and driven by impact. These four values define the culture and drive engagement and fundraising success. The division consciously allocates time and resources to diversity, equity, and inclusion. These efforts contribute directly to the division's core values and to advancing CU Boulder's mission through impactful fundraising and engagement results. As a team and as individuals, the Advancement Division commits to learning about and challenging systems, policies, and practices that enable oppressive ideologies to recur in the CU Boulder community. Embracing the responsibility to lead and model helps promote the desired culture while supporting internal and external constituents. Accountability for the division's commitment to these values is established through specific individual and team goals that evaluate progress and growth. **What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be** **Portfolio Management and Donor Engagement** + Develop and manage a portfolio of 40-60 individual prospects capable of making gifts at a major and principal gift level. At this level, the portfolio is expected to be mature and stable with about 1/3 of the portfolio in the discovery phase. + In partnership with the Assistant Dean, develop annual goals around development work (face to face meetings, proposals, dollars raised, and assists). + Develop strategic plan for cultivating, soliciting and stewarding each donor, collaborating with the system's gift planning team, colleagues and academic partners when appropriate. + Regularly travel (8-10 trips a year) to visit with donors to achieve established goals and metrics. + Document prospect strategies and contact reports, evaluate new prospects and help generate stewardship reports and general correspondence to cultivate major gift prospects. + Serve as advancement liaison to one academic program or department within CEAS. **Team Leadership and Management** + Complete all aspects of managing and leading a small team. Examples include: + Provide coaching and mentorship, especially to new team members. + Assist with developing proposal and visit strategy. + Carry out administrative personnel actions (performance management, hiring, training, onboarding, offboarding, etc.). + Collaborate on annual metric setting and provide regular feedback to help employees meet goals. + Serve as a member of the Advancement Management Team. Attend scheduled meetings and collaborate with colleagues on a regular basis. + Serve as member of Assistant Dean's leadership team. **Other Development Duties as Assigned** + Grow philanthropic totals by deepening collaboration with advancement and other campus colleagues for enhanced donor engagement. This involves participating in regular internal meetings and engagement opportunities (task forces, frontline fundraiser meetings, etc.). + Work closely with the dean, academic partners, faculty and volunteers to develop and implement fundraising strategies in order to meet established goals and objectives. + Facilitate positive relationships daily between donors and CU administrators, faculty and staff to ensure efficiency of programs. + Represent the University at events to support CU and cultivate donors. + Other duties as assigned. **What You Should Know** + This position will occasionally be required to work evenings/weekends. + This position has the ability to work a hybrid schedule with some days on campus and some days remote. + This position requires local, regional, and out-of-state travel to meet with donors. **What We Can Offer** The salary range is $120,000 - $130,000 annually. Relocation assistance is available within Advancement guidelines. **Benefits** The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits) , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/about) . **Be Statements** Be dynamic. Be impactful. Be Boulder. **What We Require** + Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute. + 4+ years of professional, job related experience including 1+ years of team lead or supervision experience. **What You Will Need** + Ability to lead, encourage and empower a team towards achieving goals. + Ability to strategize plans for employee retention and happiness. + Ability to practice situational leadership and discover what motivates individual team members to achieve goals. + Expert knowledge of fundraising techniques, especially in a higher education/nonprofit environment. + Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities; ability to appropriately manage time and meet set timelines. + Ability to take constructive feedback from leadership and campus partners. + Knowledge of organizational change techniques and the ability to communicate decisions in a clear manner. + Ability to embrace the shared values of the Office of Advancement. + Ability to exercise a high degree of tact, discretion, and collaboration in working with a diverse range of constituents including employees, students, volunteers, alumni, donors, and campus colleagues. + Phenomenal relationship building skills. + Growth mindset, resilience and perseverance. **Special Instructions** To apply, please submit the following materials: 1. A current resume. 2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position. We may request references at a later time. Please apply by **February 3, 2025** for consideration. Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs (http://colorado.edu/jobs) . In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. **To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Senior-Director-of-Development-College-of-Engineering-and-Applied-Science/61593 (https://apptrkr.com/5943004)** Copyright 2024 Jobelephant.com Inc. All rights reserved. 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