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Director of Major Gifts, Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
🇺🇸 Leesburg, VA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $90K - $100K
💻 Development & Advancement
🗓️ May 14th, 2025
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Highlights
- Lead major gift fundraising efforts for the Equine Medical Center.
- Manage a prospect portfolio with solicitation ranges of $250,000 to $1,000,000.
- Expected to close $3,000,000 annually using a three-year rolling average.
- Develop and implement cultivation, solicitation, and engagement strategies.
- Collaborate with central advancement, college staff, and university colleagues.
- Provide strategic coordination of the EMC Advisory Council.
- Requires a master’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
- Salary range is $90,000 - $100,000 annually.
Director of Major Gifts, Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center Full Description
Reporting to the Assistant Dean of Advancement for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, the Director of Major Gifts will:
- Assist with fundraising and engagement activities for the EMC within designated time frames
- Cultivate, solicit, steward, and identify prospects for the EMC
- Have a portfolio of between 75 and 100 prospects
- Have typical solicitation ranges of $250,000 to $1,000,000
- Close $3,000,000 per year using a three-year rolling average
- Close on average 10 to13 gifts per fiscal year
- Provide strategic direction and coordination of the EMC Advisory Council
- Develop and implement cultivation, solicitation, and engagement strategies which include building, managing, and soliciting a portfolio of major gift prospects and the broader EMC community
- Establish strong working relationships with central advancement, collegiate and constituent development officers and the College staff to foster a productive work environment
- Work closely with the Assistant Dean of Advancement of VMCVM, Director of the EMC, Dean of VMCVM, faculty, residents, farriers, as well as staff of EMC and VMCVM to develop and implement cultivation and solicitation strategies in support of their programs.
Regional and national travel is required for the purposes of conducting field research, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship, which may include overnights and weekends. The director must have the ability and willingness to travel utilizing standard, commercial, and/or personal modes of transportation. Additionally, the ability to work nights and weekends, and participation in college or university programs when possible is necessary.
Demonstrated experience in fundraising, sales/marketing, advertising, public relations, communications or a related field.
Willingness to travel on a frequent basis.
Demonstrated professionalism, with strong communication skills and be capable of motivating volunteers as well as donors.
Self-motivated and have the ability to work as a team member in a complex organization.
Ability to develop and implement strategies with increasing complexity.
Experience with volunteer board management.
Preference given to candidates with experience in higher education fundraising.
Proven success in building productive, relationships with senior administrators, key business leaders, faculty, staff, institutional boards, volunteers, and/or donors.
Previous major gifts experience working with progressively complex strategies.
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Safe driving record
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