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Assistant Director of Major Gifts at Northeastern University | LAYIQ

Active contributor to major gifts fund-raising effort for the global university.
Cultivate, solicit, and steward alumni, parent, and friend relationships. Strategize with faculty and other colleagues on next steps with prospects. Travel to assigned region(s) as needed to build relationships with existing volunteers, prospects, and donors. Solicit gifts in the $100K – $1M+ range. Collaborate with the Sr. Director Major Gifts, advancement leadership and other advancement teams (corporate & foundation relations, leadership giving, international and regional giving, gift planning, and family philanthropy) to develop interdisciplinary strategies for donors, both within and external to the ADMG’s portfolio. Advise faculty, fund-raising colleagues, and administrators on alumni and parent areas of interest.
Building Prospect Portfolio and Pipeline
Discover new prospects and build pipeline to feed gifts at the major gift level. Work closely with the Sr. Director of Major Gifts to develop and manage a portfolio of prospects (approximately 120+) within a geographically defined region. Cultivate and solicit prospects to achieve annual fund-raising goals and activity (visits, video meetings, calls, proposals, etc.) metrics as assigned by the Sr. Director. Engage faculty strategically with prospects and keep the advancement leadership, faculty, and appropriate University administrators apprised of funding opportunities and trends. Act as a conduit for information between Northeastern and constituents. Travel as needed to assigned regions to support prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
Maintain Prospect Portfolio
Maintain high-quality development process for active alumni, parent, and friend prospects and donors. Create call reports and maintain database system. Maintain the data integrity of prospect portfolio using the Development Office data management systems (Ascend). Prepare regular progress prospect reports for Sr. Director and advancement leadership. Work across Advancement to ensure that past, present, and future donors are appropriately recognized, including their administration and accounting.

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