Director of Development, Health Sciences

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume): 
Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Four (4) years of full-time fundraising, sales, relationship management, and/or related experience. Experience working in higher education, a large non-profit, and/or a complex healthcare system. Proven record of success in cultivating relationships and securing support from individual donors, institutions, and/or clients through fundraising or sales.

Preferred Qualifications:  
One (1) additional year of full-time fundraising, sales, relationship management, and/or related experience. Proven record of success in cultivating, soliciting, and closing major level ($100,000+) gifts from individual donors. Fundraising campaign experience. Contact management software experience.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Director of Development, Health Sciences will play a key role in the fundraising efforts for Stony Brook Medicine. Working closely with Advancement and unit leadership they will design a comprehensive fundraising plan and strategy for selected areas. The Director of Development, Health Sciences will meet with key prospects and individual donors, cultivate relationships with them, solicit them for gifts, and manage all faculty fundraising activities. While subject to change based on an individual development officer’s portfolio, the Director of Development, Health Sciences will be required to meet clearly defined metrics annually.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising program. Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward prospects capable of major ($100,000+) gifts. Achieve specific and measurable goals for contacts, portfolio management, proposals presented, and dollars raised.
• Serve as a member of the Stony Brook Advancement team, coordinating efforts with University Advancement, participating in various tasks and functions, and communicating clearly with colleagues about goals, progress, and activities.
• Engage volunteers to assist in donor cultivation and solicitation.
• Manage projects as assigned based on rank and departmental mission.
• Attend relevant alumni, school, and university events to advance prospect or donor relationships.
• Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.

Special Notes:
This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

In addition to the employee's base salary, this position is eligible for $4,000 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly.

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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