Colorado Community College System

The Director of Major and Corporate Gifts develops and carries a portfolio of prospective philanthropic individual and corporate donors with a focus on raising major gifts for the Colorado Community College System’s strategic objectives. In this capacity, the Director may oversee discrete, time-sensitive fundraising projects, focusing on prospecting, cultivating, and soliciting or positioning CCCS’s leadership to solicit major and principal philanthropic gifts for CCCS. This position will have a significant focus on prospect identification and the development of viable prospects.

The Director will design and implement a strategic development approach to determine potential donors’ financial ability, capacity, and interest in making major gifts. The Director will conduct one-on-one visits with donors for the purpose of qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. The Director will maintain records of all cultivation strategies, evaluations, solicitations, contact reports, and results of all contacts with prospects.

The Director must inspire and maintain positive relationships and communications with Foundation and CCCS colleagues to strengthen donor relationships and philanthropic giving to CCCS. The Director will work closely with the Executive Director of the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges and, at times as approved by the Executive Director, the Chancellor of the Colorado Community College System to help position them to conduct one-on-one cultivation and solicitation visits. The Director will ensure that all such visits are documented within the donor database and that appropriate follow up steps are taken.

Annually, the Director will be expected to meet or exceed fundraising metrics developed by the Executive Director of the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges. The Executive Director will meet with the Director on a quarterly basis to review progress toward stated metrics.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Identify and conduct personal visits with key individual and corporate prospects to determine capacity and interest in making a major gift to the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges.  This is a major emphasis for this position.

• Cultivate potential gift prospects utilizing relationship based fundraising strategies including one-on-one meetings, special group events, and other engagement strategies. Set up, facilitate and devise strategies for face-to-face meetings with donors. Identify donor philanthropic interests, share giving opportunities and close gifts. Work closely with constituents to advance donor relationships, drive new/renewed giving, coordinate gift arrangements and documentation, and oversee stewardship of assigned donors.

• Carry a portfolio of viable prospects. Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward prospects via one-on-one meetings and other interactions to secure support for the Colorado Community College System. While the majority of the portfolio should focus on individuals and businesses, it may also include some foundations and civic organizations from a variety of constituencies. 

Minimum Educational Requirements and Substitution (if appropriate)

• Bachelor's degree in business, non-profit management, marketing, social sciences or related field.

Minimum Experience Requirements

• Three years of professional level fundraising experience in a higher education institution or non-profit setting.
• Documented success in managing a portfolio of donors and the successful solicitation of prospects. Proven track-record of success in closing major and/or planned gifts.

Note  :This position will remain open until a desired candidate   pool has been established with applications received by March 22, 2019 given priority consideration.

This position works at the CCCS Lowry Campus locateded at 9101 East Lowry Bvld., Denver, CO  80230

How to apply:  cccs.hiretouch.com