BJA Director of Advancement

POSITION SUMMARY: Share BJA’s mission, values, and vision to build a network of investors in the current and future generations of BJA students

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

Vital Characteristics & Behaviors

• Growing, born-again believer
• Enthusiastic and effective communicator
• Self-driven, results-oriented leader
• Collaborative team player
  
  

Key Results Area #1 – Take the lead for BJA’s outward facing initiatives including advancement, admission, and marketing

• Ensure the admission experience is smooth and meaningful
• Ensure marketing strategies and messaging are generated and executed
  
  

Key Results Area #2 – Engage current and new supporters to increase non-tuition revenue

• Grow donor network that includes individuals, corporations, and foundations
• Solicit a measurable number of major gifts annually through annual giving, planned gifts, corporate and foundation giving, capital campaigns, alumni relations, and events
• Work with BJA Head of School & BJU Advancement to connect donor interest and BJA priorities
  
  

Key Results Area #3 – Nurture relationships with BJA alumni

• Communicate to alumni BJA’s stories, vision, and goals
• Create opportunities for reunions, recognition, and volunteerism
  
  

Key Results Area #4 – Represent and incarnate BJA’s mission & guiding principles

• Communicate the religious beliefs of BJA to donors, alumni, students, and student affiliates
• Answer questions concerning faith, doctrine, and creed of BJA to constituents, students, or those inquiring about BJA.
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills, both oral and written
• Fundraising ability
• Knowledge of and support for a Christian educational philosophy
• Ability to learn and efficiently use a variety of computer programs including Raiser’s Edge
  
  

An applicant for a position in the Bob Jones University group — Bob Jones University, Bob Jones Academy or BJU Press — must be a born-again Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Each applicant must agree with and affirm the Bob Jones University creed, mission (see https://www.bju.edu/about/creed-mission.php) and core biblical doctrines regarding areas such as the Bible, the triune God, man and salvation, etc. Employees are expected to maintain a conservative lifestyle and support the group’s positions on issues such as beverage alcohol and addictive substances, creation, marriage and human sexuality and the sanctity of life, etc., (https://www.bju.edu/about/positions.php). Employees are to be active members of a local Bible-believing church which holds orthodox theology. Whether in the classroom, online, through student activities, or through the preparation of educational materials for Christian schools and homeschool families, applicants must be committed to providing students an excellent, world-class education from a biblical worldview that prepares them for a lifetime of service for Jesus Christ.

Required Education: Bachelors

Required Experience: 1-2 years related experience