Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) seeks an experienced and dynamic fundraiser and manager to lead the Individual (Major) Giving team. The Managing Director of Individual Giving will work closely with and report to the Chief Development Officer (CDO) of WPR and PBS Wisconsin. Working with the CDO, this position will directly manage a team of gift officers and work with other units to advance the organization's mission through building relationships with and securing gifts from donors.

The Development Department works collaboratively to support the missions of WPR and PBS WI in serving the people and communities of Wisconsin with high quality media, events, and educational materials that educate, entertain, and inspire. Gifts and grants are our largest source of revenue. Units in the department include: Membership, Major Gifts, Legacy Giving, Corporate Support, Grants, Events, and Community Engagement.

Focusing on donors with higher gift-giving history and capacity, this position will work collaboratively to guide gift officers to: build and maintain a portfolio of donors, advance goal-oriented relationships, and to solicit and steward gifts respectfully and successfully. This position will also work directly with donors. As a team, we work to develop long-term relationships with supporters to encourage them to engage with our mission, make annual membership gifts, major gifts, and planned gift commitments. In addition to managing the budget and communications, working toward goals and meeting metrics, this position will make recommendations on strategic plans and new approaches in major gift fundraising.

This role offers a rewarding opportunity for someone who is thoroughly experienced in development work and management, and both strategic and detail-oriented. The ideal candidate will:
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills in a collaborative environment
- Demonstrate an aptitude with both the art and science of development work
- Demonstrate a commitment to donor-centric fundraising with a commitment to building and stewarding positive relationships with donors, board members, and community members.

• 30% Directs strategic planning initiatives for advancement and establishes unit objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan
• 10% Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing organizational information on business-relations issues, opportunities, and activities and representing the interests of the unit
• 5% Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships
• 25% Delivers directed program messaging to internal and external audiences
• 20% Evaluates advancement strategy effectiveness and provides recommendations for improvement
• 5% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• 5% Works to unify the overall fundraising efforts of WPM by coordinating the goals and efforts of the Major Gifts group (WPR) with other development groups such as Major Gifts (PBS WI), Membership, Planned Giving, and other units.

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

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Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts or related field. Additional formal training and/or a certification in development would be considered.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in major gift and/or planned gift development including portfolio - management, performance activity metrics, the development cycle, and reporting.
- Experience managing direct reports, including performance management, coaching, and fostering a positive and productive work environment.
- Experience using a donor or customer database (CRM).
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Organizational skills and self-direction to meet deadlines, track multiple projects, and carry out tasks independently.
- Experience communicating with donors and community leaders across communities.
- Working knowledge of common office software such as email, word processing and spreadsheets.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with nonprofit boards of directors.
- Experience working with budgets.
- Demonstrated public speaking skills.
- Strategic planning or campaign planning experience.
- Understanding of membership-based fundraising.
- Experience in public media.

Full Time: 100%

This position offers some hybrid flexibility with a minimum expectation of 2-3 days per week on-site, after onboarding. In-person work will be completed at WPM's headquarters on the UW-Madison campus. In-person meetings and events may require additional in-person attendance. Events may include some evening and weekend hours. In-state residency is a requirement and fully remote candidates will not be accepted.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $95,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Expected salary range for this position is $95,000 to $110,000. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

This position requires some travel and the ability to work some evenings and weekends.

This position regularly requires travel within Wisconsin for occasional work assignments and other activities sometimes requiring evenings, weekends, and overnight travel. Please note, any driver must be able to be approved as a UW Authorized Driver.

The person in this position will be required to comply with the Code of Ethical Standards: https://afpglobal.org/ethics/code-ethical-standards. 

PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio are part of Wisconsin Public Media. The person in this position will be required to comply with the Wisconsin Public Media Code of Ethics: https://wpm.wisc.edu/policies/, in addition to the UW-Madison code of ethics.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

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The following must be received for your application to be complete:
1) Resume
2) A cover letter describing how your experience relates to the listed required and preferred job qualifications.
3) A one to two page writing sample of either a solicitation letter or a stewardship letter to a major or planned giving donor. The letter may either be something you have previously written and sent (donor name(s) redacted or changed for privacy), or it might be composed for this application as a solicitation or a thank you for a gift to WPR.

Since this position will need to communicate effectively with donors in a clear and compelling manner, close attention to detail is required. All submitted material will be assessed for spelling and grammar.

Failure to follow these application instructions will result in applications receiving less competitive consideration.

We are eager to learn more about how your experience may align with this position. Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background. Please keep in mind your cover letter and/or resume should address your experience and how it relates to the position qualifications. The application reviews will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to the first round interviews.

Finalists will be asked to provide a list of at least three professional references with titles, emails, and phone numbers (including at least one supervisory reference). Note that references will not be contacted without your prior knowledge.

Mariah Stuckey
mariah.stuckey@wisc.edu
608-890-2272
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Advancement Director (C)(AV033)

A46-PUBLIC MEDIA/WPR

Academic Staff-Renewable

314092-AS

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.