Job description
Position Purpose
In partnership with the executive director of annual giving, and as informed by Tuck’s strategic initiatives, the special gifts officer solicits and secures current-use gifts from a portfolio of prospects.
Description
Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp
Bachelors or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
1. Experience and skill successfully raising gifts for higher education institutions, or highly transferable sales and customer/client relationship management experience in organizations with similar methods and standards for engaging with new business prospects. Experience and skill using fundraising management systems and technology (e.g., Ellucian Advance) to enter and report donor contact activities.
2. Knowledge of higher education economics, philanthropy, and administration gained through a business or liberal arts education, continuing education, and/or relevant work experience.
3. Able to travel extensively to meet with donors and attend fundraising events.
4. Able to support, contribute to, and strengthen a vibrant, culturally diverse, and inclusive learning community of students, alumni, faculty, and fellow professionals.
5. Able to anticipate, deliver on, and exceed the expectations of donors and colleagues.
6. Able to introduce and drive innovation in ways small and large.
7. Able to collaborate effectively with colleagues across Advancement, Tuck, and Dartmouth to achieve shared goals and objectives.
8. Able to proactively identify and pursue relevant learning and professional development opportunities and apply new knowledge, insights, and skills to enhance results.
Preferred Qualifications
Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries
Lorin Parker
Department Contact Phone Number
603.646.2904
Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title
Heather Ermarth
Department Contact's Phone Number
Equal Opportunity Employer
Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged.
Background Check
Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?
Not an essential function
Special Instructions to Applicants
All Dartmouth College employees, whether working on-site or remotely, are required to be up to date with vaccination against COVID-19 (or to have received an approved exemption from vaccination through the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity). Please visit
https://dartgo.org/vaxpolicy for details. Compliance with this requirement is a condition of employment. Failure to meet this condition of employment within the first 30 days may result in Dartmouth in its sole discretion ending employment.
Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy
Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy
Additional Instructions
Key Accountabilities
Description
1.
Gift Solicitation and Commitments: Solicits five and six-figure annual fund and restricted current-use gifts from a portfolio of alumni prospects. Secures written commitments for these asks and ensures prompt payments on pledges.
Percentage Of Time
70%
Description
2.
Donor Prospect Identification and Cultivation: Applies prospect research, fundraising expertise, creativity, and intuition in identifying and cultivating potential donors, particularly those who have not given previously or who have not given at their full capacity, as well as other prospects selected in partnership with the executive director and the leadership giving team. Refers prospects to the annual giving and leadership giving teams when appropriate.
Percentage Of Time
15%
Description
3.
Gift Proposals: Prepares and finalizes with support from the philanthropic engagement team gift proposals associated with the specific strategic initiatives of interest to prospective donors.
Percentage Of Time
5%
Description
4.
Contact Activity Reporting: Enters donor contact activities into advancement systems and shares/collaborates with relevant partners.
Percentage Of Time
5%
Description
5.
Team Development: Contributes ideas, input, and support to Tuck Advancement initiatives, decisions, communications, and other activities with annual giving and leadership giving implications. Seeks out, applies, and shares knowledge of higher education fundraising trends and innovations.
Percentage Of Time
5%
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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
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