Director of Development (Multidisciplinary Initiatives)
This is an outstanding opportunity for a proven, experienced fundraiser and leader to become a member of a harmonious, supportive and committed team and play an integral role in a successful development office, whilst taking the next step in your career.
The Opportunity
The University of Sydney, founded in 1850 and regularly ranked in the world’s top 50 higher education institutions, seeks to appoint an outstanding individual into the Advancement Portfolio, recognised as the finest performing team responsible for having completed the nation's first $1BN fundraising campaign and embarking on the next. Its success also facilitates the largest real-world impact that philanthropic giving makes possible.
As a senior member of the University’s Portfolio’s leadership team, the Director of Development, Multidisciplinary Initiatives, you will contribute in a senior capacity to the growth of the University’s Advancement Portfolio. You will play a key role in the forthcoming campaign and be responsible for developing new, innovative strategies to identify and build on several established relationships with a strong trajectory of major and principal gifts including the use of your skills and experience to close gifts of $1 million+ and achieve significant personal fundraising targets within the University’s 6 Multidisciplinary Initiatives:
Charles Perkins Centre - Addressing chronic disease;
Brain and Mind Centre - Creating healthier lives and happier minds;
Sydney Nano Institute - The next giant leap is seriously small;
Sydney Policy Lab Sydney - Bringing people together to help change the world;
Environmental Institute - A national and world leader in multidisciplinary environmental research, known for work in the environmental humanities and social sciences;
Sydney Southeast Asia Centre - Supporting research, education and partnerships in Southeast Asia.
In the role of Director of Development, Multidisciplinary Initiatives, you will be charged with growing a culture of philanthropy and growing and developing a team of high performing fundraising staff who will work collaboratively with the wider development office.
You will take a leadership role in fundraising within the relevant units and will provide general fundraising counsel to the academic leadership of those units to increase awareness of and engagement with the fundraising process.
The following overview of Activities and Accountabilities are designed to deliver outcomes aligned with the University’s strategic goals:
Provide leadership to the University’s multi-disciplinary initiatives fundraising strategy;
Lead, coach, develop and manage a team of professional Development staff to achieve annual fundraising targets, ensuring that goals and targets can be met;
Manage the relationship with relevant Academic Directors around philanthropic giving within their MDI and across the University;
Effectively manage a Major Gift prospect portfolio;
Ensure the University’s Advancement Portfolio database is effectively utilised as the resource for prospect management and major gift relationship management by all teams;
Ensure existing donors to the relevant units are well-stewarded and appropriately recognised by the University;
Undertakes ad-hoc projects and other activities.
About you
You will be a solutions-oriented and highly motivated individual with strong leadership ability to inspire, develop, mentor, motivate and grow a team of high-performing, ambitious, goal oriented fundraising professionals and have demonstrated success implementing strategy and raising transformational 6 and 7 figure gifts, meeting stretch financial targets of $1 million+ gifts from the establishment, cultivation and stewardship of influential donors;
Your expert influencing skills and ability to think strategically in devising and implementing effective fundraising strategies and working with philanthropists will be instrumental in driving the future success.
You will be a creative thinker with a strong sense of integrity, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, presenting information in a clear and compelling manner and a passion for higher education and the multitude of causes that the philanthropic gifts will ultimately fund. You will have an undergraduate qualification and/or relevant experience in fundraising, team management and project management.
When you join the University of Sydney, you become an integral part of a community in which you are fully supported to achieve your career ambitions. You’ll be in a workplace where development is encouraged, and intellectual pursuits foster a sense of purpose and confidence including:
35-hour work week
flexible working model
up to 36 weeks paid parental leave.
tax-efficient salary packaging options
ongoing training and development in-house and external
subsidised parking on campus
access to Relocation Assistance and sponsorship if needed
How to apply
Be part of something bigger .
Please apply by submitting your curriculum vitae (CV) and a one page cover letter, demonstrating your strong interest in the role and the University and addressing the key selection criteria. A Candidate Job Pack is available by emailing [email protected] All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Corporate Diversity Pathways has been appointed on an exclusive basis to appoint this executive search assignment. Please direct all enquiries to Jeromine Alpe [email protected] or call Jeromine on +61404487962 for a confidential discussion.
EEO statement
At the University of Sydney, our shared values include diversity and inclusion and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community which reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this commitment through our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People , women , people living with a disability , people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds , and those who identify as LGBTIQ . We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
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