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Position Announcement
Position Title: Associate Director of Development
Position # 230260
Position Status: Exempt
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Executive Director, Community College of Aurora Foundation
Supervises: Administrative Assistant, Hourly and Student Employees
The Position: Located near the beautiful Rocky Mountain of the front range of Colorado, the Community College of Aurora resides in one of the fastest growing suburbs of the Denver metropolitan area. The college is a progressive, dynamic, culturally diverse institution experiencing rapid growth, but with a strong commitment to high quality education and student success. The Community College of Aurora is looking for someone to serve as the Associate Director of Development. In coordination with the CCAF Executive Director, the individual hired will develop, coordinate and administer activities and special events designed to cultivate both the internal and external communities, with specific emphasis on donor relations and development for major gifts.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Development:
Donor Cultivation, Solicitation and Stewardship:
- Help develop and implement annual fundraising plans, budgets and cash flow projections for major gifts program
- Participate in identification, cultivation and solicitation of scholarship donors in person, over the phone and in writing.
- Work closely with the Executive Director to drive organizational expansion, and long-range funding strategies around major gift program.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date files, records and systems.
- Increase donor commitment and participation through regular and sophisticated communication.
Management of Scholarship Program:
- Review, monitor and revise plan to ensure that every Foundation scholarship is awarded on an annual basis.
- Oversee monitoring program for every Foundation scholarship which will on an annual basis:
- Ensure that there is availability of funds in each scholarship account for award and communicate the amount available for award to FA office
- Set up appropriate support mechanisms, where required, for scholarship recipients and coordinate with appropriate college personnel regarding monitoring of recipient progress
- Prepare appropriate progress and/or other reports in a timely fashion to scholarship donors for review and signature of Executive Director
- Schedule one-on-one meetings with all scholarship donors to be attended by Associate Director of Development and Executive Director
- Respond to inquiries from scholarship donors
- Work with Executive Director to determine appropriate reporting mechanism to Foundation board that will assist in sound business decision making
- Develop plan to increase visibility of scholarship program through working with college personnel and Executive Director
- Develop plan to ensure solid working relationship with scholarship recipients
Overall Administration:
- Represent the Foundation at both on and off campus events
- Meet with Executive Director bi-monthly to review activities and related issues
- Develop and maintain a record (name and number of attendees, volunteer committees, event goal(s), etc.) of all activities for inclusion in the Foundation newsletter and annual report
- Hire, train and supervise work study students, when appropriate
- Other duties as assigned
In order to perform the essential functions of this position, the individual must possess the ability to effectively lead, communicate, concentrate, analyze data, pay attention to detail, retain learned knowledge, instruct/teach demonstrate strong organizational skills and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
Minimum Qualifications: (In order to move forward in the search process, candidates must demonstrate that they meet the following requirements):
- Bachelor’s Degree, previous work experience may be substituted for degree.
- Minimum three years experience managing a scholarship or similar program.
- Minimum three years experience in a fundraising position.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience in an educational setting
Highly Desirable Qualifications: While no one person will embody all of the qualities enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:
- A self-starting and energetic individual who has the ability to elicit the respect and trust of staff and external partners. A professional with a proven track record of successfully managing multiple priorities; or an up and comer with innate sense of good management and direct experience doing comparable work preferably in a professional organization serving urban, multi-cultural constituents.
- A highly professional demeanor, able to work successfully with a wide variety of constituents including donors, students, board members, and volunteers.
- Strong oral and written communications skills, used in one-on-one settings and in large group meetings. The ability to set the tone for an organizational culture that combines respectful collaboration with disciplined productivity within a business-like and process-sensitive environment.
- Experience working with a volunteer-driven organization, leveraging staff, external partners, and board talents and time. Familiarity with boards of directors’ and funders’ expectations of timely and accurate responsiveness.
- High levels of integrity, trustworthiness, flexibility, compassion, and humor necessary to address the practicalities of a growing nonprofit.
- Must demonstrate the ability to solve problems and to think strategically and tactically about opportunities both for donor stewardship and fundraising, balance competing priorities, and work collaboratively with colleagues.
- Able to work with minimal supervision, as well as the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, CS4 and SCT Banner.
Salary: This is a full-time, 12-month appointment. Salary placement will be in the high $30s to $45,000.00. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. CCA offers an excellent benefit plan. Leave and holiday benefits are also included. For more information on the insurance benefits, click on the following link: Benefits.
Application Process: To apply, send a letter of application specifically addressing the position requirements and a professional resume to HR@CCAurora.edu.
Deadline to Submit Application Material: Application material will be accepted until position is filled. However, we anticipate that screening will begin on January 16, 2012. E-mail HR@CCAurora.edu with questions regarding the application process.
By submitting an application for this announced position, applicants are certifying that all statements, information and documents provided are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and are made in good faith. Further, applicants understand that omissions, misleading, false or untrue information, or any attempt at fraud or deceit in any manner connected with this application and/or subsequent testing may result in them not being considered for jobs with the Community College of Aurora; may constitute grounds for discipline and/or termination after hire; and/or constitute grounds for further actions pursuant to law.
The Federal Clery Act (The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990) requires all institutions of higher learning to make available to prospective employees our agency's Annual Security Report. A copy of this information is available on the CCA website at http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/student-right-know. A paper copy of this report can be obtained at the College Security Office upon request. This report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning crimes that occurred on campus or on property controlled or owned by Community College of Aurora, as well as public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, our campuses.
Notice to all Applicants:
* Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be produced within three (3) days of hire.
* Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
* Final candidate is subject to a criminal background check prior to final selection process.
* Final candidate is required to submit official transcripts.
* CCA is affiliated with the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and as such, employees contribute to PERA in lieu of Social Security for retirement benefits. For more information, visit www.copera.org.
* Former employees of the Colorado Community College System or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in your application material.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The Community College of Aurora does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, or disability in the admission, access, treatment or employment in its programs or activities. Inquiries about Title VI, Title VII, Title IX and Section 504 should be made to Debbie Irvine, 16000 E. CentreTech Parkway, Suite A201, Aurora, CO 80011-9036
CCA Mission:
“The Community College of Aurora provides lifelong educational opportunities, prepares the current and future workforce, and promotes excellence in teaching, learning and service to our diverse community.
