Director, Philanthropy and Alumni

🇺🇸 Pikeville, KY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $55K - $69K

💻 Development & Advancement

🗓️ June 16th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Big Sandy Community & Technical College is hiring a Director, Philanthropy and Alumni. The role involves identifying, developing, and maintaining corporate and foundation relationships to solicit investments, grants, or gifts, while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to advance institutional and partner goals.

Highlights

Lead and coordinate college advancement initiatives.
Develop and manage prospective donor, alumni, and friend lists.
Identify and cultivate funding opportunities from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Verify and edit gifts and pledges and ensure donor intentions are honored.
Oversee policies related to advancement and ensure proper stewardship of donations.
Collaborate with business and systems offices to monitor private funds processing and reporting.
Supervise advancement and alumni marketing strategies and materials.
Coordinate scholarship and cooperative programs.
Requires a Bachelor's degree and 1 to 2 years of relevant experience.
Salary range: $55,392.00 - $69,252.00 annually, exempt FLSA status.

Director, Philanthropy and Alumni Full Description

Title: Director, Philanthropy and Alumni

Salary Range: $55,392.00 - $69,252.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Big Sandy Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Prestonsburg Pikeville C.C.

Department: Advancement

Total Rewards

Big Sandy Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
Vacation/Sick Time
Work-Life Balance
9.5 Paid Holidays
2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
Employee Assistance Program

Job SummaryBig Sandy Community & Technical College is seeking a Director, Philanthropy and Alumni to identify, develop, and maintain mutually beneficial corporate and foundation relationships, often with the goal of soliciting investments, grants, or gifts. Work closely with college/System personnel and other stakeholders including boards, foundations, and alumni to identify needs and resources to advance both the institution and company/foundation goals and ensure appropriate stewardship of investments.
Job Duties:Provide leadership and coordinate college advancement initiatives.Develop and maintain a list of prospecitve donors, prospects, friends and alumni.Identify and cultivate individual, corporate and foundation funding prospects.Verifiy and edit all gifts and pledges received by the college .Ensure that donor intention and restrictions of gift are fulfilled.Ensure proper stewardship of donations.Responsible for generation, maintenance, interpretation, and implementation of all policies and procedures related to advancement.Assist the president as needed.Work closely with the business office and systems office in monitoring the processing and reporting of private funds.Supervise preparation of advancement and alumni marketing strategies, materials and publications.Coordinate scholarship program and cooperative program.Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree and 1 to 2 years relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Skills Requested:
Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection ActEqual Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.

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