Associate Vice Chancellor; AVC – Development and Major Gifts

Overview

Associate Vice Chancellor (AVC) – Development and Major Gifts. City Colleges of Chicago Foundation (CCCF) seeks a strategic and dynamic leader to partner with the CCCF President. The ideal candidate excels in relationship-building, has a passion for higher education, and thrives in a dynamic, results-oriented environment. The AVC serves as a key fundraising strategist for the Foundation, accountable for creating and implementing an annual development plan, managing donor relations, securing transformational gifts, and enhancing philanthropic engagement to fuel City Colleges of Chicago’s mission and success.

The AVC designs and implements a comprehensive fundraising strategy that aligns with the Foundation’s vision and CCC priorities, providing leadership, direction, and management of all levels of giving, including annual giving and stewardship. Performs related duties as required.

Primary Objective

Reporting to the CCC Foundation President, the Associate Vice Chancellor (AVC) – Development and Major Gifts is a senior leader responsible for fundraising strategy and donor engagement to support CCCF and CCC’s mission.

Strategic Leadership:

• Works collaboratively with the Foundation President in crafting and executing comprehensive fundraising strategies and initiatives to support the mission and goals of the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation (CCCF).
• Supports the Foundation President in setting fundraising goals and provides regular grant performance and progress-to-goal reports to CCCF and CCC leadership.
• Partners with the Foundation President and CCC leadership to identify funding opportunities and donor prospects.
• Provides leadership for fundraising programs and events, including major gifts, annual giving, and scholarship programs.
• Represents the CCCF President in donor meetings and major gift solicitations, as needed.

Major Gift Program Development and Management

• Collaborates with the Foundation President to design and enhance principal and major gift programs, ensuring effective identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of high-level prospects.
• Manages a portfolio of major gift donors, strategizing and facilitating principal and major gift fundraising efforts.
• Ensures effective stewardship by maintaining relationships with current donors, planning special events, and delivering impactful communications.
• Cultivates new relationships, identifying prospective high-level prospects and building strong, lasting relationships to inspire major gifts.
• Coordinates with development team and colleagues to prepare and present compelling written and verbal proposals to prospective donors as part of strategy towards securing major and planned gifts.
• Assists with estate and legacy gift planning, providing expert guidance to donors and their families.

Development Team Management:

• Manages the development team and collaborates with other staff members that support various aspects of the donor lifecycle.
• Oversees the operations of the Foundation’s development efforts, including coaching of the development team and ensuring high performance, implementation of foundation and individual donor strategies, campaign tracking, prospect management, and proposal development.
• Directs staff engaged in implementing and maintaining fundraising programs which include individual, group, and corporate giving; campaigns; alumni outreach; and CCC employee outreach.
• Creates and identifies opportunities and events for foundation prospects and donors to engage with the CCC community.

Fundraising Coordination and

Collaboration:

• Supports Foundation President in the development of systems to ensure district-wide coordination of fundraising efforts, communication of process and priorities, and to inform development strategies and continuous improvement.
• Works collaboratively with key departments and staff to plan, implement, and manage events designed to identify and cultivate new prospects and build relationships with existing donors.
• Works with team to refine and customize donor lists for special mailings, invitations, donor recognition, and related events.
• Oversees and manages the direct mailing of…