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Area of Responsibility
Development/Fundraising
Type
Full-Time
Location
Hanover, New Hampshire

Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development

Dartmouth CollegeFull-TimeHanover, NH

The Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development is charged with strategic oversight of Dartmouth’s growing athletics fundraising and stewardship program. This role will develop and execute a strategic plan to inspire new levels of engagement, commitment, and philanthropic support from alumni, parents, and friends, including growth in annual unrestricted, capital and endowment gifts to support Athletics priorities. This position is accountable for spearheading initiatives focused on Athletics fundraising and monitoring and reporting on progress toward goals. Critical to success will be working closely with Development fundraisers in Principal Gifts, Leadership Giving, Family Giving, the Dartmouth College Fund and key principals in the athletic department including the Athletics Director, athletics administration, coaches, and volunteers including members of the Dartmouth Athletics Advisory Board to develop and execute on strategies to ensure success in meeting athletics fundraising goals.

Compensation Range: $151,300-$180,000

Minimum Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant fundraising or development experience in educational fundraising, or the equivalent

  • Demonstrated success in soliciting and closing six and seven-figure gifts

  • Staff and volunteer management experience

  • Demonstrated analytical and strategic thinking capabilities

  • Experience in the creation and marketing of gift opportunities

  • Maturity, intelligence, and professionalism that earn the respect of senior leadership, colleagues, volunteers and donors

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; adept at presenting complicated information

  • Highly collegial and service-oriented

  • Engaging personality and sense of humor

  • Well-refined organizational and project management skills combined with individual initiative, strong work ethic, and creative energy

  • Demonstrated negotiation skills and an understanding of prospect-centered fundraising combined with strategic planning experience

  • Ability to work both independently and as part of multiple teams

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Ability to travel, work nights, and weekends

Preferred Qualifications

  • Athletic fundraising experience

  • Background in athletics and a demonstrated commitment to competitive excellence

  • Campaign experience

  • Experience working in a large, complex development operation

  • Experience raising leadership gift funds for special projects and programs

  • Experience motivating and inspiring others to perform

  • Strong executive communication skills (verbal/written) and ability to lead and work across the organization and interact/influence/negotiate effectively

Key Accountabilities

  • Responsible for developing engagement strategies for high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting athletics priorities through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospects capable of making current-use and capital commitments of six, seven, and eight figure gifts. 

  • Leads and supervises the athletics fundraising team to develop and implement annual fundraising programs in support of Friends Of athletic teams (with a focus on direct mail and email strategies), all events including on campus receptions before and after contests and regional gatherings, and a comprehensive stewardship program including but not limited to stewardship letters and reports, donor recognition lists, donor events, and donor thank-you gifts. 

  • Develops and executes a comprehensive strategy for Athletics Fundraising to raise upwards of $9 million or more through the Friends Of programs annually, and $3 million through their personal major gift portfolio. In partnership with the Athletics Director and Vice President for Development, develops a capital project strategy that integrates seamlessly with the overall athletics engaging and philanthropy plan.

  • In partnership with the Athletics Department staff, recruits, trains, motivates, and manages volunteer members of the Dartmouth Athletics Advisory Board. May work with volunteers of other committees to ensure success in meeting goal.