Associate Director of Development - College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science

Job Summary

The Associate Director of Development will serve as a professional in the college to cultivate and solicit alumni, parents, friends, employers, foundations and corporations for contributions. The incumbent will participate in a comprehensive college-based development program by identifying, qualifying, cultivating, and soliciting major gifts; understand and comply with the policies, procedures and best practices established by University Development; foster successful major gift fundraising by preparing academic leaders to participate routinely and effectively in development activities and prospect appointments;

and participate in college based programs that identify and encourage relationships with donors, prospects and alumni.

The role of the University Development and Alumni Engagement (UDAE) Division is to foster strong relationships with external partners while enhancing support for Cal Poly. University Development and Alumni Engagement does this by implementing an overall advancement program that includes alumni and parent engagement, community outreach, coordinated fundraising efforts, donor relations, gift processing, trust and endowment management, training and systems support for the donor database, and Cal Poly Foundation support and administration.

• Manage a personal portfolio of an assigned number of prospective annual and major gift prospects/donors, while maintaining confidentiality. Manage prospect, identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Conduct an assigned number of significant or substantive donor meetings annually. Submit an assigned number of major gift proposals annually.
• Develop and implement strategies for the solicitation of leadership annual gifts ($1,000 - $24,999) and major gifts ($25,000 - $99,999) including determining the appropriate ongoing relationships with prospects/donors; recommending specific purpose and level of gift; identifying those who should be involved in cultivation and subsequent solicitations; and carry out solicitations, as directed.
• In conjunction with input from the Senior Director of Development in the