Overview

Reporting to the Vice President for Advancement, the Director of Development works to achieve the fundraising goals of Touro University Nevada (Touro).

The director is the only devoted, full-time fundraising professional at Touro.

This opportunity allows an early career, mission-driven development professional to excel and grow their professional skills in the areas of donor stewardship, major gifts, and corporate and foundation gifts and grants. The director serves as a major gifts officer with a focus on prospecting and qualifying potential donors who have the capacity to give $25,000 or more to the University.

At its core, the director’s role is a consultative sales position that advances the mission, vision, and values of Touro with alumni/ae and stakeholders in the Las Vegas Valley and beyond. The director will be responsible for meeting individual fundraising goals and will support the team’s larger fundraising targets.

Located in Henderson, Nevada, approximately twenty-five minutes from the notorious Las Vegas strip, Touro University Nevada is a non-profit medical, health sciences, and education graduate university focused on positively impacting our community in healthcare and education. Our values surrounding social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity are steadfast and are clearly visible in the actions of our students, faculty, staff, and graduates.

We invite you to apply to our position for consideration to join the ranks of our diverse, talented, and professional staff and faculty. Please visit the tun.touro.edu/administration/human-resources website where you can see a comprehensive listing of optional benefits and Human Resources contact information.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties:

• In partnership and close collaboration with the VP for Advancement, the Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services:
  • Design a multi-year development strategy for the University that culminates in a comprehensive fundraising campaign.
  • Design a near-term naming campaign for newly constructed/renovated areas.
  • Introduce the value of the Touro degree to university stakeholders and build a portfolio of potential donors and partners who have the capacity to give $25,000 or more to Touro. Depending upon the time of the year, the director will initiate and conduct a targeted amount of visits per month for the purpose of determining philanthropic interests, readiness to give, and giving capacity. The director will solicit gifts directly and when appropriate, involve University leaders.
• Lead gift acceptance for incoming gifts under $100,000, including crafting gift agreements and correspondence with donors (including acknowledgement letters) and designing follow-up donor stewardship activities that include campus representatives.
• Serve as the lead on auction events including procuring gifts-in-kind and planning and executing auction events.
• Lead private grants development, stewardship, and reporting, liaising with the Office of Sponsored Programs when appropriate.
• Lead the faculty/staff giving campaign.
• Design and maintain a donor stewardship plan including for (established) scholarship funds.
• Collaborate with Advancement Services to host fundraising and stewardship events such as the annual gala, check presentations, gift agreement signing ceremonies, scholarship luncheons, preceptor events, and other donor appreciation events.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.

Experience:

Minimum of three years of experience in sales or nonprofit fundraising as a development professional.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in higher education development preferred.

Experience in a consultative sales role preferred, such as an investment advisory representative.

Essential Characteristics: 

• Teammate
• Collegial
• Great interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Heartfelt commitment to Touro’s cause
• Detail-oriented
• Adaptable
• Resilient
• Determined
• Humble
• Having deep integrity, honesty, and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• Willing to persevere through adversity and the prototypical ‘no’ of sales work
• Storyteller
• Motivator
• Researcher
• Creative thinker

Weekend, evening work, and occasional overnight travel will be necessary.

Institutional and Cultural Commitments:

Demonstrated commitment to fostering a professional experience and team culture that feels fluid, calm, and harmonious through the use of soft skills such as an enduring positive attitude, communication, problem-solving, teamwork, critical thinking, creativity, and empathy.

Demonstrated commitment to Touro University’s values, including:

• Ethics: Personal accountability and professional ethics in all things we do. Demonstrated understanding of Touro policies and guidelines. Simultaneous focus on individual development and the greater good.
• Integrity: Teamwork to achieve departmental goals and fulfill the Touro mission, focused on the needs of our students. Robust communication and collaboration to include others and ensure continued learning. Contribution to a workplace environment that fosters growth, intellectual inquiry, and innovation.
• Respect: Treatment of all people with dignity, respect, and inclusion. Interactions with students, employees, partners, and members of the community that always conveys an attitude of helpfulness, client service with a focus on positive outcomes, and cheerfulness. Recognition that the little things are often the big things: being on time, giving your best effort, helping others, keeping promises. Being kind.

For full consideration, please submit a resume and cover letter by Sunday, July 16. 

Touro offers a wide range of employee benefits and perks including a flexible work schedule and a 38-hour base work week (early close on Friday at 3:00 pm, year-round). To learn more about Touro’s benefits, visit https://tun.touro.edu/administration/human-resources/benefits/.

**SPECIAL NOTICE**

As we work to keep everyone safe and healthy, Touro will be requiring every student and employee to be fully vaccinated prior to coming on campus, starting June 1, 2021. Medical or religious exemptions can be requested through Human Resources or Student Health. A comprehensive policy regarding vaccinations will be distributed to the campus in the near future.