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Job Summary

The Executive Director of Development is the Chief Development Officer for the WVU Cancer Institute (WVUCI) and is a key fundraiser for the WVU Foundation in the Medical and Health Sciences Office of Philanthropy.

The Senior Director will lead a team of three dedicated professionals and represent the WVU Cancer Institute in a range of venues and activities.  Reporting directly to the Associate Vice President of Medical and Health Sciences Development, the Executive/Senor Director will lead a comprehensive, integrated development program to an unparalleled level of accomplishment in support of the WVU Cancer Institute’s mission. This position will have a strong working partnership with the Director and leadership of the Cancer Institute and other members of the Hospital leadership team.

As the chief development officer, this position exerts strategic leadership related to the engagement of high-potential prospects and volunteers in support of the Cancer Institute’s priority funding objectives.  WVUCI is the State of West Virginia's most comprehensive cancer treatment, research and education facility.  Priority objectives include offering a multidisciplinary approach and state-of-the-art treatment options; access to current clinical trials; a variety of education and prevention outreach programs; and some of the top medical researchers in the country. The WVUCI is striving to become an NCI-Designated Cancer Center.

Key support is provided by the  Medical and Health Sciences Office of Philanthropy and the central office of the West Virginia University Foundation in the areas of: prospect management, communications, donor relations, corporation and foundation relations, annual giving, planned giving, and regional major gifts.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead and direct private philanthropic support for the WVU Cancer Institute including leadership, major, annual and planned giving.  The Senior Director will utilize and coordinate several outreach activities to identify and engage prospective donors including personal contact, electronic and social media, direct mail campaigns and special events;

• Personally identify, select and manage a portfolio of 50 high-potential prospects in order to expand the WVU Cancer Institute’s base of philanthropic support from a regional, local and selected national prospect pool. Coordinate and manage work to focus on leadership and major gift prospects with evaluated gift potential as identified by the WVU Foundation prospect research program.  Emphasis on face-to-face contact with prospects and donors, including travel as needed.  Meeting quantifiable (personal and team) work objectives established for each fiscal year;

• Actively participate in the ongoing creation of the WVU Foundation’s Grateful Patient Families and Friends Program, representing the interests of the Cancer Institute;

• Work with and support the WVUCI Leadership Council to focus on major gift prospect identification, engagement, and fundraising;

• Work closely with (and report to) the Associate Vice President of Medical and Health Sciences Development on prospect strategy, needs coordination, necessary support functions, work implementation, and progress reporting;

• Directly supervise team members, including (at present) two gift officers. Engage WVUCI and Hospital leadership as appropriate in raising private support.  Develop and maintain collegial relationships with Cancer Institute physicians, researchers, and staff;

• Capitalize on all fundraising resources available through the WVU Foundation, for advancing and supporting the Cancer Institute’s funding priorities and development program;

• Coordinate fundraising activities and prospect management with colleagues throughout Medicine and Health Sciences, as well as the University, to further collaboration and develop multiple interest donors. Develop engagement and solicitation strategies with leadership and partners, to increase productivity;

• Identify, enlist, motivate, guide and encourage volunteers to further drive support for the program, especially in the areas of leadership and major gift cultivation and solicitation. Align with and support the WVUCI Leadership Council and lead (potential) future campaign committees;

• Partner with colleagues in the Medicine and Health Sciences Office of Philanthropy and the central office of the WVU Foundation in the areas of prospect management, communications, donor relations, corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, planned giving, and regional major gifts.

Qualifications

Education, Experience and Competencies:

• Education/Experience – Bachelor’s degree and 7-10 years of direct fundraising experience with a preference for previous work in an academic medical center or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have a proven track record as a successful individual fundraiser, having closed a significant volume of major gifts, ideally at the six and seven-figure level.
• Experience in leading a staff is preferred
• Specialized knowledge

• Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel), and instructional software

Skills

• Ability to work with staff from all services and at all levels
• Ability to analyze issues and identify possible solutions
• Ability to plan and prioritize own workload
• Excellent organization and time management
• Excellent interpersonal skills and sound experience of client contact
• Ability to be flexible and prepared to exercise initiative.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations: N/A

Physical requirements

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use his/her hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, and possibly at times, climb or balance, stoop or kneel. Vision abilities required to perform this job include close vision. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Two gift officers

Grateful Patient

Grateful Patient’s Family and Friends system access.

WVU Medicine and the WVU Foundation established the Grateful Patients, Families and Friends Program to provide opportunities for individuals, family members and friends to recognize the exceptional care provided by WVU Medicine healthcare professionals.  The West Virginia University Foundation, Inc. (WVUF) operates the Grateful Patient Families and Friends (GPFF) fundraising program as a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliant program. As such, access to the data and the GPFF system is restricted. 

This position will be granted access to the GPFF module of the Blackbaud CRM system to fulfill the job responsibilities of fund raising for the GPFF program.

Other Duties

Work Environment: The position is expected to be in-person primarily, but over time, hybrid may be acceptable in alignment with the WVUF work/telecommuting policy.  Travel is required at times for this position.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.