Sewell, New Jersey
NJ
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
NJ
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro, New Jersey
Posted: 30-Mar-23
Location: Sewell, New Jersey
Salary: Open
Categories:
Internal Number: 498447
ROWAN UNIVERSITY
Director of Development, School of Veterinary Medicine
University Advancement
The University
Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified national doctoral research institution dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. Founded in 1923, the University has evolved from a teacher preparation school to a comprehensive research university that’s ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the best national public research universities in the nation.
The University is held as a prime example of the power of visionary philanthropy to transform an institution. Henry Rowan’s historic $100,000,000 gift in 1992 forever changed then-Glassboro State College’s trajectory. At the time, the gift was the largest to a public institution in the United States. It catalyzed unprecedented growth across the University, and made possible its current status as a leader in education, healthcare, and research.
Guided by the dynamic leadership of President Ali A. Houshmand, today Rowan is the nation’s 4th fastest-growing research university among public doctoral institutions. The University offers bachelor’s through doctoral programs to nearly 23,000 students through its campuses in Glassboro, Camden, Sewell, and Stratford, New Jersey, and online. The University is one of only three institutions in the nation to grant both M.D. and D.O. medical degrees, and when its planned School of Veterinary Medicine is accredited, it will become the first and only institution in New Jersey to offer a D.V.M. degree, and will be one of only two institutions in the country to have schools of allopathic, osteopathic, and veterinary medicine.
The position of Director of Development offers an exceptional opportunity to an accomplished fundraising professional to advance the first veterinary school in the State of New Jersey. The inaugural class of 60 students is expected in fall 2025, pending approval from the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education.
Rowan is currently home to eight colleges, seven schools and an honors college:
- William G. Rohrer College of Business
- Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts
- College of Education
- Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
- College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- College of Performing Arts
- College of Science & Mathematics
- Virtua Health College of Medicine & Health Sciences
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
- Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
- School of Earth & Environment
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- School of Professional Studies
- School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
- School of Veterinary Medicine (2025)
Position title: Director of Development, School of Veterinary Medicine
Reports to: Associate Vice President for University Advancement with a dotted line to the Assistant Dean for Administration, School of Veterinary Medicine
Position Summary:
Rowan University seeks a dynamic fundraiser for the position of Director of Development, School of Veterinary Medicine to raise funds for the School’s new building and other major initiatives, including endowments. Under the direction of the Associate Vice President for University Advancement, and working directly with the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Assistant Dean for Administration, the Director of Development is responsible for establishing and managing productive relationships with a pool of major giving, annual giving and planned giving prospects. This individual will be responsible for working with and growing this prospect pool of individuals and corporations, with an emphasis on those who have a giving capacity of $25,000 or more over a 5-year period.
The successful candidate will:
• Be responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major donors and prospects.
• Under the direction of the Associate Vice President and the Assistant Dean, provide the leadership, management and organizational skills required to build and maintain the portfolio required to meet annual support goals.
• Manage a portfolio of between 100 and 150 prospects with the goal of cultivating and securing major, deferred and outright gifts to the University.
• Conduct between 125 and 150 face-to-face visits per year with individual and corporate prospects/donors, including identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship calls.
• Record information in the donor database, follow moves management strategies, and work collaboratively with other Advancement professionals, especially other frontline fundraisers.
• Work closely with the Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations to expand the university’s relationship with industry partners and prospective corporate donors.
• Work closely with the Director of Annual Giving to create an annual solicitation plan that incorporates Rowan’s Day of Giving and broad-based support.
Qualifications:
Required
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three or more years of major gifts fundraising experience.
• Specific knowledge of principles and procedures related to major gifts development and evidence of successful application of knowledge and principles.
• Exceptional written, verbal, interpersonal and analytical skills and demonstrated creativity and organization.
• Ability to work occasional nights and weekends and willingness to travel regionally and, occasionally, nationally.
Preferred
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Evidence of upgrading annual fund donors and raising planned and blended gifts.
• Development experience in a higher education institution with multiple schools and colleges.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite programs.
Please Note: This position posting will be active until the job is filled.
