Associate Director OR Director of Corporate Sponsorships and Foundation Relations

Posting Category: E

About UIS: Located in the state capital, the University of Illinois Springfield is one of three members of the University of Illinois system. The University serves more than 4,000 students in 44 graduate and 56 undergraduate programs. You are encouraged to visit the university web page at http://www.uis.edu .

Application deadline: Open Until Filled

Salary Range: Associate Director: $64,000 - $70,000; Director: $70,000 - $77,000

Summary:

The Associate Director OR Director of Corporate Sponsorships and Foundation Relations has primary responsibility to raise significant, substantial philanthropic support for UIS' mission and goals. These goals are often aligned with UIS capital or comprehensive campaigns and are implemented through the University's colleges, schools, and other academic and nonacademic units. This representative plans strategies and actively seeks support for the benefit of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). The role's emphasis is on identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of different corporate sponsors and Foundations. The individual is expected to develop and manage a portfolio of different corporate sponsors and foundations as well as collaborate with other units on campus to create strategies for how we engage/ask entities to support UIS in a cohesive manner.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and provide stewardship activities for corporate sponsors and foundations in collaboration with UIF and the colleges and units of UIS.
• Serve as prospect manager and solicitor for major donor business and foundations with a giving potential of $25,000 or more, coordinating all activities associated with securing and stewarding major gift commitments.
• Execute successful corporate and foundation donor relations activities, including significant gift development, with high-ranking executives, including preparation of high-level funding presentations and written proposals, donor correspondence and other written materials.
• Facilitate extensive coordination and execution of UIS strategies to broadly engage with corporate and foundation entities, overseeing and assigning campus representatives with actions intended to enhance the University’s relationships with outside individuals and organizations they represent.
• Travel to local and regional territories to develop working relationships with high-end prospective donors; some travel will be in conjunction with that of the UIS Vice Chancellor for Advancement/UIF Senior Vice President and/or the UIS Chancellor. : 5%
• Track development activity and donor interactions within the UIF fundraising database and collaborate with Prospect Development for portfolio management.
• Assist in directing capital and comprehensive campaigns of UIF and the UIS campus. Provide development leadership and plan and execute fundraising plans for assigned colleges, units and departments of UIS, coordinating plans in conjunction with deans, chairs and directors.
• Provide regular reports of activity, analyses, data and information related to securing private, corporate and foundation-related support to the UIS Vice Chancellor for Advancement/UIF Senior Vice President.
• Assist with and participate in donor/prospect activities including special events and campus visits. Maintain current knowledge and practices of development in major gifts and planned giving areas. Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• For Associate Director: Three (3) years (36 months) of combined professional experience in alumni relations, development, fundraising, general management, or marketing.
  
  

For Director: Five (5) years (60 months) of combined professional experience in alumni relations, development, fundraising, general management, or marketing.

• Note: Master’s degree in an area consistent with the duties of the position may be substituted for two (2) years (24 months) of work experience.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Demonstrated professional experience in higher education or other nonprofit environment.
• Willingness and ability to assume responsibility for high-level projects as assigned.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Computer usage, including word processing and use of data/information base systems

Ability to work within a fast-paced, team environment

Physical Demands:

• Sitting : Frequently
  
  

Travel Requirements:

10% Day and overnight travel is expected

Employment Policies and other information:

UIS is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

As a qualifying federal contractor, the University of Illinois System uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility .

The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment. Background checks will be performed in compliance with state and federal law.

The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current or former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit Policy on Consideration of Sexual Misconduct in Prior Employment .

Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits .

UIS employment in this role is not covered by Social Security, and instead, is covered by the State University Retirement System.

• You will not pay Social Security taxes and your earning will not be on your Social Security Record. (Your record will, however, show your Medicare wages.
• Your pension from the State Universities Retirement System may affect the amount of your:
• Social Security benefit and
• Social Security benefit as a spouse
  
  

Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted by contacting UIS HR at hremployment@uis.edu or call 217-206-6652.