Senior Executive Director, Central Programs

Senior Executive Director, Central Programs
Job Number
Full/Part Time
Schedule
Salary
31593786 Full Time 8AM - 5PM $118,800 - $233,200
Position Information

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The Senior Executive Director of Central Programs (SED) reports directly to the Associate Vice Chancellor of Development (AVCD) and serves on the senior development leadership team. The incumbent will oversee development officers on the central team including, Annual Giving, Regional & Pipeline Development, Athletics, and Student Affairs. In conjunction with the AVCD and the senior development leadership team, the SED will help create a holistic, strategic, and thoughtful approach to the development operations within core Central Programs. The incumbent will manage senior fundraising staff to set priorities, annual goals, and staff performance metrics required to meet long-term, major strategic fundraising objectives and support the overall goals of UC Riverside Advancement. The incumbent will need to thoughtfully balance providing targeted and strategic support to school and unit-based fundraising teams, while also building fundraising capacity and prospect pipeline for central priorities. The SED will foster a culture of accountability around annual fundraising for the annual giving, regional and pipeline development, athletics, and student affairs teams, to help these teams define metrics and develop strategies to drive results. The incumbent will hold a portfolio and will be expected to fundraise a minimum of $1M annually.

The full salary range for the Senior Executive Director, Central Programs is $118,800 - $233,200 annually. The expected pay scale for this position is $155,000 - $175,000 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time.  Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Education
Education Requirements
Degree
Requirement
Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Required
Advanced degree. Preferred
Experience
Experience
Requirement
8 - 13 years of related experience. Required
Minimum of five years demonstrated fundraising or similar leadership experience in a higher education institution. Preferred
Previous supervisory/managerial experience. Preferred
Special Conditions
Special Condition
Requirement
Travel Required
Travel Outside of Normal Business Hours Required
Minimum Requirements

Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communications skills, including excellent political acumen skills, to build and maintain effective working relationships within all organizational levels and with outside constituencies.
Excellent leadership/management skills to select, train, mentor, evaluate and motivate staff.
Excellent strategic planning, critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving, persuasion/negotiation skills and marketing skills.
Excellent knowledge of leadership/management concepts, procedures, techniques and best practices.
Excellent knowledge of all aspects of fundraising, donor and public relations including advanced knowledge of applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc.
Excellent skills in meeting predetermined goals and objectives, including securing gifts and meeting fundraising goals.

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent knowledge of the campus, its achievements, vision, mission, goals, objectives, applicable policies, infrastructure and current issues of concern and knowledge of issues of concern for higher education generally.

Demonstrated experience in developing and/or advising fundraising strategy, working with an institution's advancement leadership.

Experience in annual giving fundraising and implementation.

Demonstrated experience in developing and managing budgets, built on an institution's strategic mission, as well as programmatic planning.

Must be able to demonstrate independent decision-making ability and sound judgment in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment.

The ability to inspire confidence as well as to motivate others, and the ability to excel in the framework of a highly complex research institution with significant aspirations.

Demonstrated experience in development of annual and long-term work plans, and managing and evaluating employee performance.

Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

• UC Riverside is proud to be ranked No. 12 among all U.S. universities, according to Money Magazine's 2020 rankings, and among the top 1 percent of universities worldwide, according to the 2019-20 Center for World University rankings.
  


• UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility. - U.S. News 2020
  


• UCR is a member of the University Innovation Alliance, the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to improving student success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.
  


• Among top-tier universities, UC Riverside ranks No. 2 in financial aid. - Business Insider 2019
  


• Ranked No. 2 in the world for research, UCR's Department of Entomology maintains one of the largest collections of insect specimens the nation. - Center for World University Rankings
  


• UCR's distinguished faculty boasts 2 Nobel Laureates, and 13 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine.
  

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

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