What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director of Major Gifts position at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy?
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Posted: 10-Mar-25
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Categories
Development/Fund Raising
Required Education
4 Year Degree
Position Purpose
The Associate Director of Major Gifts supports the major gifts functions that provide a significant portion of total funds raised through development operations. Responsibilities include strategic and operational planning, prospect management, solicitations, and volunteer management. This is an immediate opening.
Essential Functions
To be considered, candidates must upload a cover letter, resume, and information for three professional references through our online platform. Please follow this link to apply.
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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About Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Pre-K–12 program is informed by what today’s students need to thrive in college and beyond and is supported by nearly 300 combined years of academic leadership in boys’ and girls’ education. Through a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum grounded in project- and passion-based learning, SCH students build resilience and a sense of agency while gaining an unparalleled intellectual foundation for lifelong learning and growth. Students who attend SCH experience a robust, state-of-the-art academic program intently focused on preparing them for their future. The SCH experience is designed for those who are willing to be challenged, work hard, cultivate an independent mind, and exercise their creativity and curiosity will find the curriculum engaging and rewarding. At the same time, they will discover a nurturing and stimulating learning environment led by a dedicated, passionate, and highly educated faculty. At SCH, the community created by students and faculty is authentic and strong. It is a community in which each student’s unique gifts and capabilities are respected and valued and given just the right combination of challenge and support to... ensure that each student thrives. SCH’s educational model is distinguished by single-sex education for the lower grades (Pre-K through 8) followed by a coed Upper School. This unique structure expresses SCH’s belief in the benefits of single-sex academic instruction in the lower and middle grades and recognition of the value of coeducation in a student’s final preparation for college and beyond. Through this unique structure, SCH is able to offer age-appropriate learning environments for every stage of a child’s social and intellectual development. Faculty in the Lower and Middle Schools are experts in the different ways that boys and girls learn and have designed their curriculum to support these different learning styles. Beginning with the merging of gender cultures in Upper School, students are exposed to an ever-widening array of perspectives and opinions as part of their final preparation for becoming citizens of a global community.
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Posted: 10-Mar-25
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Categories
Development/Fund Raising
Required Education
4 Year Degree
Position Purpose
The Associate Director of Major Gifts supports the major gifts functions that provide a significant portion of total funds raised through development operations. Responsibilities include strategic and operational planning, prospect management, solicitations, and volunteer management. This is an immediate opening.
Essential Functions
- Works closely with the Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving to plan targeted outreach activities to increase the donor pool and cultivating/stewarding existing prospects.
- Assists in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift prospects with an assigned portfolio and giving goals.
- Provides strategies, briefing materials, written proposals, and acknowledgments for the Head of School, Director of Development, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, and Members of the Board and accompanies them as appropriate on development-related travel.
- Provides staff support when appropriate for committees that are active in capital fundraising. Trains and oversees interaction with these volunteers.
- Participates in all aspects of development outreach and community engagement activities as appropriate.
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving or her designee.
- Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred.
- 2 years of demonstratively successful experience in fundraising in an organization with a viable and comprehensive major gifts development program.
- Experience with capital campaigns.
- Proven success in working with volunteers.
- Effective organizational, marketing, and leadership skills.
- Imaginative and entrepreneurial approach to fundraising.
- High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage many projects simultaneously.
- Proven interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel frequently, sometimes at short notice and over weekends.
- Understanding of an appreciation for SCH Academy’s mission and the capacity to project the unique aims and values of the Institution to prospective donors.
- Demonstrated sensitivity, knowledge, and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community members with a continuous focus on healthy relationship building.
- Demonstrated deep understanding of cultural competency skills and enthusiasm for issues of diversity, inclusivity, and multiculturalism.
- Regularly use close and distance vision.
- May work at a desk and computer for extended periods.
- Able to move around an office and other school environments.
- Work in a traditional climate-controlled environment with moderate noise levels.
- Be able to lift up to 20 lbs occasionally.
To be considered, candidates must upload a cover letter, resume, and information for three professional references through our online platform. Please follow this link to apply.
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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About Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Pre-K–12 program is informed by what today’s students need to thrive in college and beyond and is supported by nearly 300 combined years of academic leadership in boys’ and girls’ education. Through a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum grounded in project- and passion-based learning, SCH students build resilience and a sense of agency while gaining an unparalleled intellectual foundation for lifelong learning and growth. Students who attend SCH experience a robust, state-of-the-art academic program intently focused on preparing them for their future. The SCH experience is designed for those who are willing to be challenged, work hard, cultivate an independent mind, and exercise their creativity and curiosity will find the curriculum engaging and rewarding. At the same time, they will discover a nurturing and stimulating learning environment led by a dedicated, passionate, and highly educated faculty. At SCH, the community created by students and faculty is authentic and strong. It is a community in which each student’s unique gifts and capabilities are respected and valued and given just the right combination of challenge and support to... ensure that each student thrives. SCH’s educational model is distinguished by single-sex education for the lower grades (Pre-K through 8) followed by a coed Upper School. This unique structure expresses SCH’s belief in the benefits of single-sex academic instruction in the lower and middle grades and recognition of the value of coeducation in a student’s final preparation for college and beyond. Through this unique structure, SCH is able to offer age-appropriate learning environments for every stage of a child’s social and intellectual development. Faculty in the Lower and Middle Schools are experts in the different ways that boys and girls learn and have designed their curriculum to support these different learning styles. Beginning with the merging of gender cultures in Upper School, students are exposed to an ever-widening array of perspectives and opinions as part of their final preparation for becoming citizens of a global community.
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