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Director of Principal & Major Gifts

Employer: Macalester College
Location: 1600 Grand Ave

Administrative Jobs: Institutional & Business Affairs, Alumni Relations & Development
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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Overview

Join an exceptional team of leaders in an innovative, collaborative, and driven advancement division. The next Director of Principal and Major Gifts will have the opportunity to put their stamp on a team that recently completed a targeted, highly successful campaign and just welcomed a new college president to campus. The Director will oversee a team of 5+ professionals whose sole focus is raising major and principal gifts, both via outright gifts and pledges and planned gifts.

Responsibilities

In keeping with its mission, Macalester has prioritized economic diversity. This has created a dynamic and unique community, while at the same time reducing the exceptionally wealthy, legacy constituencies common to many of our peer institutions. As a result, we have to be more resourceful and thoughtful in our approach to major and principal giving. We seek a leader who can create opportunities for more alumni to be able to make major gifts via outright, planned giving and other techniques; accelerate the process of getting to gift conversations not just through metrics, but through innovative partnerships and engagement with other programs in Advancement, partners across the college, and alumni and parent volunteers; and recruit and develop new gift officers in order to broaden our perspectives and increase our diversity.

To this end, the Director is responsible for raising funds from alumni across the country and internationally through effective solicitation, stewardship and cultivation processes. This leader will work with donor relations to ensure equitable recognition and stewardship of all donors, and will serve as a mentor and collaborator with a team of major gift officers. Finally, the Director will provide principal gift support and strategy, as needed, and monitor progress to goal for principal and major gifts activity and revenue.

Qualifications

Director of Principal and Major Gifts candidates should demonstrate the following:

3 to 5+ years of experience within fundraising and development and personal success raising outright and planned major and principal gifts.
Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building skills, including listening and writing skills.
Experience and demonstrated success in managing high-level volunteers to help in the donor development cycle.
Proven people-management skills that foster interdepartmental teamwork, employee ownership, and high standards in a mission-driven environment.
A commitment to creating inclusive work environments that embrace diverse backgrounds, values, and points of view.
High degree of integrity and ethical decision making.
An authentic appreciation for liberal arts education and the college’s mission.

Please submit a cover letter and resume as one PDF through the Macalester College Employment Opportunities webpage by October 28, 2020. Review of applications will begin immediately. All inquiries about this position should be directed to:

Ashley Ellingson Talent Acquisition Manager

aellings@macalester.edu

Macalester is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from everyone who would add richness to our community, including people of color, individuals with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

Macalester College - Institutional Overview

Since its founding in 1874, Macalester College has provided students with the inspiration, insight, and experience to become successful and ethical leaders. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota, Macalester enrolls nearly 2,100 students who come from virtually every state and 91 countries. Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college known for its high standards of scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.

Benefits

Macalester employees enjoy a fantastic benefits package and working environment that is second to none. Please visit Macalester Benefits for more information about what Macalester has to offer its employees.

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Working for Macalester College

Since its founding in 1874, Macalester has provided students the inspiration, insight and experience to become successful and ethical leaders. Classes are taught by faculty whose passion is teaching and whose scholarship gains national recognition.
Two great cities at your doorstep. Macalester is nestled in a lovely, residential neighborhood–minutes from downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis–which offers students a wealth of internship opportunities in business, finance, medicine, government, law, the arts, and more.

Macalester students are citizens of over 90 countries.

Our faculty earned their advanced degrees from some of the best schools in the world, and they remain thought-leaders in their fields

Macalester students enjoy a wealth of resources for research on and off campus–specialized laboratories, libraries, museum collections, distinct population groups for surveys, even a natural history center. Often students undertake research that makes real contributions to their discipline. They publish papers in scholarly journals, participate in conferences, and provide analysis for policy makers and real-world use.

Mission

Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college with an educational program known for its high standards for scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.

Statement of Purpose and Belief

At Macalester College we believe that education is a fundamentally transforming experience. As a community of learners, the possibilities for this personal, social, and intellectual transformation extend to us all. We affirm the importance of the intellectual growth of the students, staff and faculty through individual and collaborative endeavor. We believe that this can best be achieved through an environment that values the diverse cultures of our world and recognizes our responsibility to provide a supportive and respectful environment for students, staff and faculty of all cultures and backgrounds.

We expect students to develop a broad understanding of the liberal arts while they are at Macalester. Students should follow a primary course of study in order to acquire an understanding of disciplinary theory and methodology; they should be able to apply their understanding of theories to address problems in the larger community. Students should develop the ability to use information and communication resources effectively, be adept at critical, analytical and logical thinking, and express themselves well in both oral and written forms. Finally, students should be prepared to take responsibility for their personal, social and intellectual choices.

We believe that the benefit of the educational experience at Macalester is the development of individuals who make informed judgments and interpretations of the broader world around them and choose actions or beliefs for which they are willing to be held accountable. We expect them to develop the ability to seek and use knowledge and experience in contexts that challenge and inform their suppositions about the world. We are committed to helping students grow intellectually and personally within an environment that models and promotes academic excellence and ethical behavior. The education a student begins at Macalester provides the basis for continuous transformation through learning and service.

Company info

Website: https://www.macalester.edu/
Telephone: 6516966000
Location: 1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul
Mn
55105
US

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