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Salary- Do you love getting to know and working with a wide variety of people?
- Are you interested in building long and lasting relationships to encourage increased philanthropic activity to support student experience and research excellence?
- Would you relish the opportunity to grow our network of alumni and donors?
- Raising philanthropic revenue by cultivating and soliciting potential and existing donors for significant gifts.
- To personally manage an assigned portfolio of potential donors, nurture strong relationships with new and existing donors, implement donor-specific strategies for cultivation, and negotiate, secure and close philanthropic gifts.
- Work to agreed activity and financial targets.
- Experience of fundraising with a track record in Mid - Major Gift fundraising, managing prospects and key relationships both internally and externally.
- Excellent communication skills and experience of using a wide range of communication techniques including face-to-face, telephone, online and informal presentations.
- Ability to initiate and develop relationships with a variety of different people
- Commitment to fundraising and a willingness to take the lead in the development of campaigns and asking for financial support.
If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join us as a Senior Development Officerin the Advancement Team within External Relations at the University of Dundee where you will lead on engagement with a select portfolio of individuals and deliver programmes to secure funding for the University and make a difference to people's lives.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional to join a dynamic team at a pivotal point in the University of Dundee's philanthropic journey. With ambitious plans for a major University-wide fundraising campaign, the successful candidate will have the chance to build on their skills in a nurturing, creative and stimulating environment.
Your priorities will include:
You will be able to demonstrate:
We are one of the UK's leading universities - internationally recognised for our expertise across a range of disciplines and research breakthroughs in multiple areas, including science, medicine and engineering, amongst many others. Conveniently located on the banks of River Tay, our main city-centre campus is at the heart of Dundee - an up-and-coming, friendly, compact and affordable city with a rich heritage in design and technology.
For further information about this position please contact Rebecca McSherry, Development Manager on
r.c.mcsherry@dundee.ac.uk. To find out more about our team, visit: www.dundee.ac.uk/alumni.
