Bring your drive for fundraising, abilities to engage and strong communication skills to join us as the Associate Director, Development, UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Development Department. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing strategies for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors at multiple giving levels for facility improvements, endowments, and annual fund initiatives. You will assess and articulate goals and priorities for increasing support for Athletics. You will work collaboratively with Athletics Development Officers to determine and establish long and short-term goal objectives for major gifts, planned gifts, endowments, special projects, capital projects, and high-level annual fund gifts in Los Angeles area and the state of California. As the Associate Director, you will work with volunteer committees and organizations to identify potential supporters for Athletics and develop strategies to engage those individuals, corporations, and foundations. You will regularly interact with prospects and donors through personal meetings, attendance at special events and UCLA athletic competitions, telephone conversations and correspondence. In addition, as the Associate Director, Development, you will work in conjunction with the Director of Special Events on occasional event management for the UCLA Athletics Development Department. As a valued member of our team, you will be given the guidance, inspiration and resources to excel among the many professional opportunities for growth we offer at UCLA.
Percentage of Time:
100
Shift Start:
variable
Shift End:
variable
Qualifications for Position
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Qualifications
Required/Preferred
Minimum of two years of annual giving or fundraising experience preferably in intercollegiate athletic fundraising, including a strong documented record of gifts solicited and/or prior experience in a related field such as sales, marketing or business development.
Required
Experience in making cold-calls and resilience to withstand rejection.
Required
Well-developed interpersonal and strong team-building skills, to create and sustain liaisons with coaches, staff, campus development colleagues, faculty, and administrators to develop effective cultivation and solicitation strategies.
Required
Demonstrated working knowledge of the principles and practices of major gift fund raising for intercollegiate athletics or environment of equivalent complexity with the ability to conceptualize and implement broad ranging and specific individual identification, cultivation and solicitation strategies.
Required
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to write and edit reports, business correspondence, solicitation materials, appropriate letters of acknowledgement, proposals and other cultivation and solicitation materials; ability to prepare clear and compelling materials for fundraising events, initiatives and programs.
Required
Strong oral communication skills to collect and convey information with accuracy, diplomacy and tact; ability to persuasively express the mission of the university and the fundraising goals of the campus, especially as they relate to UCLA and specifically to intercollegiate athletics.
Required
Detail-oriented with ability to take initiative, work independently and accept responsibility; adept at setting priorities and managing work flow to fulfill objectives and meet goals according to deadlines in a high-paced work environment under minimal supervision.
Required
Knowledge of and the ability to comply with PAC-12 Conference and NCAA rules and regulations.
Required
Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor files and information; impeccable integrity and discretion in dealing with donors, alumni, students, administrators and colleagues.
Required
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft suite of applications as well as familiarity with other database, spreadsheet, scheduling and email applications; willingness to learn new programs and applications in a prompt and efficient manner.
Required
Ability to travel and work some nights and weekend as needed.
Required
Demonstrated proficiency in Blackbaud CRM or equivalent development database and the use of databases to generate reports is preferred.
Required
Bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred.
Preferred
Additional Posting Information
Bargaining Unit:
99-Policy Covered
Application Deadline:
03-25-2024
External Posting Date: