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Department Development - Schools & Colleges

Time Type Full time

Job Type Regular

FLSA Status Exempt

Work Modality Hybrid 01 (On Campus 3-4 Days/Week)

Working in and reporting to University Advancement, the Assistant Dean of Advancement for the College of Arts and Sciences is the chief major gift fundraiser for the College of Arts and Sciences at American University, the largest of AU’s six schools. The Assistant Dean serves on behalf of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, shaping and executing plans for fundraising to meet the financial needs of the Dean’s academic priorities for the College.

The Assistant Dean works exclusively in the area of major gift fundraising for the College and participates in the Dean’s senior management team in order to understand fully and discuss implications of academic programs for development. The Assistant Dean of Development plans, implements, and oversees the major gift fundraising program for the College of Arts and Sciences with emphasis on gifts of $100,000 to $1,000,000+.

The American University Art Museum, Center for Israel Studies, and Katzen Arts Center are each units of the College of Arts and Sciences with specific Development focus.

The Assistant Dean of Advancement serves as a key member of the Dean’s management team and as an ambassador of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Assistant Dean assists with the development of publications for the College of Arts and Sciences and other programs and special events by the Dean and Vice President of Advancement. The Assistant Dean supervises the activities of three additional fundraisers (two Directors and one Assistant Director) and a Development Assistant who work in a collaborative, team atmosphere in support of donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, alumni programming, and special events.

In coordination with the Dean, the Assistant Dean of Advancement and College of Arts and Sciences Advancement’s team recruit and staff members for the College of Arts and Sciences advisory and volunteer councils, including the Arts Council, Science Council, and Center for Israel Studies Council. The Assistant Dean and College Advancement team strive to maximize councils’ effectiveness, working closely with the Dean’s office to establish agendas and programs for meetings and communications.

As a specific component of the Assistant Dean of Advancement’s responsibilities, the Assistant Dean works with the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to secure dates and plan for the Dean’s development work, including constituency events, travel for cultivation and solicitation, correspondence and regular contact with donors.

• With the Dean and independently, aggressively work major gifts portfolio under the prospect development rules and guidelines, actively setting and executing strategies on assigned major gift prospects, meeting or exceeding established benchmarks for visits, contacts, and solicitations, and securing gifts that support the academic priorities of the Dean, other units, or the University as a whole.
• Develop, execute, manage fundraising strategies, priorities, schedules and tactics for the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, including but not limited to: (1) identifying and engaging prospects around the Dean’s academic priorities for the College; (2) planning travel and individual meetings; (3) managing regular communication with key prospects; (4) adding a development perspective to relevant matters that emerge in the School or on the Dean’s leadership team;
  
  and, (5) managing all aspects of the Dean’s Constituency Advocacy Councils, including developing strategy to cultivate and solicit council members for leadership giving at the College.
• Manage, motivate, and evaluate the College of Arts and Sciences…