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Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Description

The Associate Vice President for Schools, Units, and Organizational Giving is a key member of the University Advancement (UA) leadership team, leading fundraising achievement for academic and unit-based priorities. This includes oversight of three major fundraising departments: Schools and Programs, the Athletics Development team, and Corporations and Foundations. The AVP serves as the chief architect for all University gift opportunities and fundraising cases, ensuring they are aligned with the University’s priorities and financial needs, and are strategically presented to the philanthropic market in a way that is compelling for fundraising success. In this capacity, the AVP directs the fundraising strategy, concept development, proposal creation, and gift opportunities for all academic and non-academic unit priorities. This involves overseeing the University Advancement liaisons for the Provost, academic deans, Athletics Director, and other unit leaders including mission and ministry. In addition, the AVP will serve as the primary UA liaison for the Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and the VP for Student Affairs, partnering with these leaders to advance fundraising strategies in support of financial aid and student life. Once established, this leader will advance a small portfolio of family and principal relationships. This position reports to the Vice President for Development.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $219,600 to $274,500; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

How to Apply

Lindauer, a global search and talent firm, has been retained to conduct this search on behalf of Boston College. Consideration of candidates will continue until the position is filled.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a resume through theLindauer website (https://www.lindauerglobal.com/searches/open-searches/associate-vice-president-schools-units-organizational-giving-boston-college/) .

Prior to submitting your resume for this position, please read it over for accuracy. Lindauer does verify academic credentials for its candidates, and our clients frequently conduct background checks prior to finalizing an offer.

Requirements

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree is preferred. This position requires a minimum of 10-12 years of experience in development, preferably at an institution of higher education; significant experience in fundraising in a research-directed environment; a successful track record of securing gifts at the six- and seven-figure-plus levels, ideally within a complex nonprofit institution; significant experience working directly with the faculty, academic, and non-academic unit leaders and staffing Deans, department chairs, and non-academic VPs appropriately on fundraising initiatives; ability and interest in developing a working knowledge of the faculty’s research and accomplishments as well as the priorities of non-academic units including athletics, admissions and financial aid, student affairs, and mission and ministry, and aspirations and to convey the University’s priorities to a variety of audiences, as well as experience supervising and motivating professional fundraising staff. This position requires energy, persistence, and proven success in engaging high-level University leaders and faculty as well as potential donors and volunteers, including Trustees; the ability to both analyze and synthesize objective and subjective data and information; superior communications skills, both in writing and orally; and the ability to communicate effectively to such diverse audiences as faculty, staff, and prospective donors. This position requires regular travel as well as evening and weekend work to accomplish the goals of this position.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

+ Tuition remission for Employees

+ Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements

+ Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

+ Low-Cost Life Insurance

+ Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans

+ Paid Holidays Annually

+ Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

+ Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category, including disability and protected veteran status. Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .