Assoc Director of Corp & Found Relations / Development Officer II

Assoc Director of Corp & Found Relations / Development Officer II

Job no: 901132
Work type: Support Staff
Pay Grade: 14
Major Administrative Unit / College: University Advancement
Department: Constituency Program Dir 1 40001223
Sub Area: AP- Professionals
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Administrative/Business/Professional, PR/Media/Graphics/Comm/Fund Raising, Administrative Professionals- AP, Full Time (90-100%), Union, Remote-Friendly

Working/Functional Title
Assoc Director of Corp & Found Relations

Position Summary
The Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University is seeking an enthusiastic and energetic, results-oriented individual to join its highly successful fundraising team as the Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Ranked one of the top 25 business programs in the country, the College completed the MSU Empower Extraordinary campaign in 2019, exceeding its $162M goal by raising $195M, including a $62 million capital project. We are now in the planning stages of the next campaign. The Associate Director will be an integral member of a team helping to steward the corporate and foundation gifts that were made during the last campaign and begin setting expectations for the next campaign.

The Associate Director will assist faculty and College administration in identifying, cultivating, and engaging potential corporate and foundation sources of support, with the overarching goal of soliciting major gifts in support of significant College initiatives.

Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining a portfolio of corporate and foundation prospects for the Eli Broad College of Business.

The successful candidate will:

Solicitation, Cultivation & Discovery:

• Meet with corporation and foundation prospects to understand their priorities and strategies with the objective of identifying and building significant alliances, leading to philanthropic support for the Eli Broad College of Business.

• Maintain an aggressive travel and communications schedule with new and existing corporate and foundation partners to build and enrich the Eli Broad College of Business relationships with them.

• Identify and build relationships with key alumni/friends within target corporations and foundations in order to seek advice and assistance in relationship building, charitable gifts, and research funding.

Strategy and Coordination:

• Establish close and effective working relationships with College administration, the University Advancement Corporate Relations and Foundation Relations teams, and MSU Business-CONNECT. This requires a person who is experienced and comfortable in working across administrative boundaries in an open and collegial environment.

• Become conversant with the Eli Broad College of Business's strengths and strategic priorities.

• In collaboration with the University Advancement Corporate Relations and Foundation Relations teams, participate in the development of a coordinated strategy to engage target corporations and foundations with the Eli Broad College of Business’ programs/researchers/educational mission.

• Participate in regular meetings with the University Advancement Corporate Relations and Foundation Relations teams.

• Establish effective working relationships with academic department heads, center and institute directors, faculty, and administrators throughout the Eli Broad College of Business in order to thoroughly understand their programs and priorities and to assist them in managing their respective corporate and foundation partnership activities.

• Create opportunities for regular and substantive contact between high-level corporate and foundation executives and the Eli Broad College of Business Dean, Chairs, Center Directors, and key faculty.

• Coordinate with the Eli Broad College of Business’s grant funding recipients to provide stewardship, monitor outcomes and prepare regular progress reports.

Reporting:

• Reports directly to the Eli Broad College of Business’s Senior Director of Development.

• Dotted line appointment to the Senior Director of Corporate Relations

Prospective candidates will have excellent written and communication skills, with the ability to produce business correspondence; solicitation materials; appropriate letters of acknowledgement; proposals to individuals, corporations, and foundations; and reports. She/he will have a demonstrated ability to establish and manage multiple business relationships with complex, multifaceted organizations successfully and simultaneously. Individuals sought for this role will have in-depth knowledge of the breadth of corporate interactions with higher education and with foundation practices. They will also have the ability to understand quickly and translate clearly and succinctly faculty research and its value to potential funders.

Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills
Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, and/or Business; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in public relations, volunteer administration, professional and higher education fundraising, marketing or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in business or related field.

• Five years of demonstrated and progressively more responsible experience working within private sector corporations in higher education development, research and development, communications, public relations, or related field.

• Demonstrated experience in managing business relationships in a role such as account manager is desirable.

• Excellent writing and communication skills.

• Experience and level of sophistication needed to deal with high-level management in the corporate or education sector.

• Must be goal-oriented and an accomplished problem solver.

• Must be team-oriented/collaborative.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials
Resume and cover letter

Special Instructions
HOW TO APPLY

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Patricia Karam, Director of Recruitment, at karampat@msu.edu.

All candidates must submit an application, resume, and cover letter through the Michigan State University Human Resources web-based system, the URL for this website is careers.msu.edu. Please indicate the position number 901132 when submitting your application.

Screening of applicants will continue until the position is filled.

Work Hours
8 am - 5 pm with some evenings and weekends

Website
Advancement.msu.edu

Remote Work Statement
MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.

Bidding eligibility ends October 10, 2023 at 11:55 P.M.
Advertised: Oct 4, 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Nov 2, 2023 Eastern Daylight Time

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