Assoc. Director, Development Initiatives

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The Associate Director, Development Initiatives plays an important role in supporting the alumni engagement and fundraising initiatives of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine focusing on Medical Alumni and Medical Education. This position works with the Executive Director of Development and the Sr. Director Development, Medical Education to execute development and stewardship activities designed to establish donor and alumni connections with the institution and help deepen engagement and foster an environment that leads to philanthropic gifts. In support of those activities, the Associate Director may communicate with the President’s office, Dean’s office, trustees, VIP prospects and donors, School of Medicine department chairpersons, faculty, and research staff. This position will play a key role in donor relations and administrative support. The Associate Director, Development Initiatives will also be expected to solve problems and participate in a full range of tasks implementing appropriate solutions in compliance with the University’s policies and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop annual strategic plan to build affinity and increase engagement and philanthropic giving with Miller medical alumni among our growing network of graduates.
• Work with Strategic Events to plan and implement Miller School’s major annual alumni events including but not limited to Medical Alumni Weekend, and regional alumni events.
• Create overall Class Campaign annual plan, including overall annual calendar and focus of standardization across the alumni program and reunion programming.
• Create, implement, coordinate, and analyze results of reunion activities that include solicitations by print and email for alumni class members of reunion years.
• Plan and implement regional alumni programming centered around national conferences and concentrated alumni locales.
• Travel to serve as the onsite Alumni Relations liaison at alumni engagement events, professional gatherings or university events. 
• Track and report on event participation and effectiveness to inform future planning decisions made by Alumni Relations and Medical Development leadership.
• Participate in Digital Engagement and Philanthropic Giving planning meetings to understand broader marketing strategies and recommend integrated social media tactics to support giving and engagement. Collaborate within the team to deliver cohesive strategies aligned with goals.
• Lead research and discovery efforts to identify current alumni donors with potential to elevate their giving.
• Work with the Medical Development Communications team to create a communications plan and launch an Alumni Newsletter to engage and steward donors meaningfully and increase giving levels.

• When necessary, contacts prospects/donors to verify biographic and gift related information.
• Assists development officer(s) to ensure donors are regularly communicated with and move through the gift cycle by tracking interactions and documenting them in i-BIS throughout the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship process.
• Assists with pledge payments and outstanding pledges by communicating with donors regularly to ensure they are up to date with their payment schedules.
• Utilizes i-BIS and other University systems to update and extract constituent information in accordance with i-BIS training and policies and procedures.
• Attend meetings and appropriate training sessions for Division of Development and Alumni Relations.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five years of relevant experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Must be solution-oriented, highly organized, and able to work independently to successfully complete projects on deadline. Excellent command of the English language, both oral and written with a high level of creativity, attention to detail and superior customer service skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook). Must have initiative mixed with good, sound judgment, and a high level of discretion to handle sensitive information. Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously and work in a dynamic team environment across multiple divisions.  

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

H10