Development Officer for Corporate and Foundation Relations

The Office of Institutional Advancement at St. Joseph’s College New York (SJCNY) has an opportunity for an experienced Development Officer for Corporate and Foundation Relations. This role serves as one of the primary advancement professionals supporting the strategic development and securing philanthropic support for the College’s highest priorities. The Development Officer for Corporate and Foundation Relations will work closely with academic and administrative partners equally across two campuses: Patchogue and Brooklyn. This position is a field-facing resource development role; responsibilities include the identification, cultivation and solicitation of regional and national corporate and foundation donors, and selected federal and state governmental grant agencies and opportunities.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide overall planning and implementation of the College’s institutional giving program, with special emphasis on long-term corporate and foundation partners and large multi-year commitments.

• Plan and implement solicitations in support of the College’s strategic initiatives and overall direction in a timely and thoughtful way.

• Broaden the prospect base to include a greater number of companies/foundations appropriate to the College’s mission, including local, regional and national foundations.

• Develop, create and manage new initiatives for partnerships and program growth.

• Work collaboratively with faculty and staff colleagues and campus departments across two campuses including on-line component.

• Conduct full range of grant proposal activities including preparation, submission, and internal review/approval.

• Serve as liaison to grant consultants

• Detailed attention to Post-award management and stewardship to secure external private and public funding.

• Collaborate with faculty and other College departments in pursuit of external funding and provide grant writing assistance to individual faculty, programs and departments.

• Proactively, develop relationships with business volunteers capable of making personal commitments and becoming directly involved in the corporate development process. Represent SJC to the business communities on Long Island and in our Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.

• Use Raiser’s Edge database and prospect management system to document activity. Maintain accurate record of grant proposals and submission status; work with advancement services to maintain current records in database.

• Represent the College at community activities and events; participate in College events as appropriate.

• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Development.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree required. (Advanced degree preferred)

• Three - five years of progressively responsible experience in higher education development and/or political, non-profit or marketing-related career.

• A minimum of three years demonstrated success in identifying, cultivating and personally soliciting corporate and foundation prospects in the major gift range or commensurate experience with public funding and federal grants.

• Strong written communication, research and analytical skills; ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals and strong editing skills.

• Excellent verbal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain interpersonal relationships.

• Positive outlook, flexible and a high level of professionalism.

• Experience with proposal writing and institutional donors.

• Knowledge of basic fundraising techniques and strategies.

• Strong positive contributor in team environments.

• Computer literacy is essential, experience in word processing, spreadsheets, Raiser’s Edge as well as using search engines.

• Superior ability to prioritize work, excellent time management skills

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, listening and communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage many projects simultaneously.

• Experience in and/or sensitive to the academic/professional environment.

• Familiar with federal and state electronic grant submission process.

• Valid driver’s license

• Travel within and outside the state of New York.

• Collaboration, creativity, cooperation and collegiality is a must.

• This position requires time to be spent on both the Brooklyn and Patchogue campuses.

• Evening and weekend hours on occasion as needed.

Salary:

Salary is commensurate with experience

Benefits:

SJCNY offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, and tuition benefits. SJCNY is a vibrant institution, educating diverse populations for over 100 years.

ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are a representation of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email and other electronic means, move about the office and College, handle various type of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 10 pounds unless otherwise specified in the job description.

NOTICE:

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. St. Joseph’s College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity as a critical step in ensuring employee, student and graduate success.

Please email a cover letter, resume and writing samples to SJCIA@SJCNY.EDU . Closing date will be August 30, 2020.