Senior Director - Development - UCD Business School - University of Colorado - Denver

Job description
The University of Colorado Denver is currently seeking a Sr. Director II of Development to lead the fundraising efforts of the Business School. The UCDBusiness School is a highly engaged urban institution at the forefront of industry needs, offering students’ unmatched opportunities for relevant skill and knowledge, internships, field projects, global study and networking. The School directly impacts the local and global economy by graduating students who work in established businesses, grow emerging companies, and create new enterprises.

Through the leadership of Dean Sueann Ambron, the Business School has undergone substantial growth and transformation. Over the last five years fundraising revenue for the School has increased by 1000%, which includes the three largest gifts in the history of the CU Denver Campus. This impressive surge in philanthropy has brought transformational change to the Business School including a state-of-the-art building in the heart of downtown, the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship fostering new enterprises across the region, a first-of-its-kind J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities poised to become the global leader in commodities research and education, and the most comprehensive Risk Management and Insurance Program in the Rocky Mountain West.

The future of philanthropy at the Business School will focus on naming the School, enhancing the office of Graduate Career Connections and funding for top faculty and students. Accomplishing these ambitious tasks require a professional with considerable relationship building skill, a business background, outstanding communications and organizational skills, and preferably strong knowledge of the Denver metro business community. The Senior Director of Development will be an externally focused leader with strong business acumen who can partner with corporate and foundation leaders and high profile individual donors, lead volunteer committees, and earn the trust and respect of the dean, faculty, staff and the business community.

Desired Skills and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. Graduate work in related field strongly preferred.
- Experience: Minimum of 8-10 years of top level, successful fundraising experience required. Some management experience required.
- Software Utilized: Microsoft Office Products; MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; donor tracking software (BSR helpful).

- Expert knowledge of fundraising techniques.
- Expert ability to communicate verbally and in writing, and develop and maintain interpersonal relationships.
- Expert ability to analyze information / situations and solve problems.
- Expert ability to handle sensitive information discreetly and maintain confidentiality.
- Solid ability to organize and manage multiple projects/tasks simultaneously; must have ability to work independently and collaboratively, and adapt to changing priorities.
- Solid knowledge of current issues facing public universities and interests of assigned school, students, faculty, and alumni.
- Solid ability to recruit and manage activities of volunteer staff.
- Solid ability to cultivate and solicit donations from individuals at leadership gift level.
- Personal computer proficiency required, especially as related to the software referenced under “software utilized”; Computer skills may be subject to testing/verification.

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