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WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
GORDON FORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Western Kentucky University, Office of Development, is expanding and seeks an experienced, externally oriented Director of Development for the Gordon Ford College of Business. The position reports to the Assistant Vice President for Institutional Advancement and work with the Dean of the College, with overall direction provided by the Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

Western Kentucky University is a dynamic comprehensive university with a student body of more than 19,000 and offers approximately 100 academic majors within its five academic colleges. It completed a $102 million campaign in 2003 and in the midst of “A New Century of Spirit”—a five-year, $200 million campaign publicly announced in September 2007. WKU’s campus is located in Bowling Green, a rapidly growing easily accessible city with a population of over 50,000.

The Gordon Ford College of Business is fully accredited at undergraduate and graduate levels by AACSB-International. Currently, there are more than 2,000 business majors and over 70 faculty in the Ford College. There are 10 endowed professorships in the College with great potential for additional success. Housed within the College are a Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and a Center for Professional Selling.

Responsibilities:

Coordinates all development initiatives within the College
Develops and manages an active portfolio of major gift prospects from identification through cultivation, solicitation and stewardship;
Develops effective strategies for the identification and cultivation of new major gift donors to the University and works successfully with the major gifts team.
Covers a successful prospect territory.
Provides strategic leadership to academic leaders, faculty, volunteers and donors

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree
Must possess 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience in development, with an emphasis on cultivating and soliciting major gifts from individuals.
Position is extremely external in focus, with the development officer spending a large amount of his/her time out of the office.
Excellent organization, goal setting, and written and verbal communications skills
The ability to travel and work weekends and evenings is required as needed to successfully complete responsibilities

Desired/Preferred Qualifications:

Skills to include prior fund-raising experience in a higher education setting
General knowledge of gift planning techniques

Rank and Expected Salary:
The salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Applications for employment will be accepted electronically only. Interested candidates must submit a cover letter, current resume and the names, addresses, and daytime telephone numbers of three professional references using the on-line application process. Please refer to the following website to apply: http://asaweb.wku.edu/wkujobs. Reference requisition number S2028. For further assistance call (270) 745-5934. To ensure full consideration please submit application materials by September 14, 2008. Position will remain open until filled.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities and disabled veterans. Western Kentucky University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Director of Advancement at the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences. This position will provide direct assistance to the Dean for all advancement efforts and will have dual reporting for the development activities to the Dean and the Chief Development Officer of the Medical Center. This position will be responsible for planning and executing strategies to raise significant gifts to support the College's priorities. This position will have significant autonomy and the candidate should be able to work independently. This individual should have development knowledge, analysis, good judgment, initiative, communication and computer skills as well as desktop publishing and writing skills. Master’s degree plus 3-5 years of development experience preferred.

To apply for job # SP523263, a UK Academic Profile must be submitted at http://www.uky.edu/ukjobs. If you have any questions, contact HR/Employment, phone (859) 257-9555 press 2 or email ukjobs@email.uky.edu. Application deadline is September 15, 2008, but may be extended as needed. Upon offer of employment, successful applicants for certain positions must undergo a national background check as required by University of Kentucky Human Resources.

The University of Kentucky is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from minorities and women.

Director of Major Gifts (Development )
Transylvania University
Lexington, Kentucky

This job reports to the Vice President for Alumni and Development; Relocation is negotiable and travel is required frequently. This is a Full-Time position, working 1st Shift.

Job Skills/Requirements
Individual needed for the cultivation and solicitation of selected prospects for major gift commitments of $10,000 or more, as well as annual fund prospects for gifts of $1,000 or more. Individual will work with the vice president for development and alumni programs on the development of an effective plan for the major gifts program. Duties include cultivating and soliciting alumni and friends for annual fund and major gifts to ensure that annual fund and major donors, prospects, and suspects are visited as needed; devoting sixty percent of time to travel and meeting a minimum goal of visiting 150 individual alumni and friends and closing 10-12 major gifts each fiscal year; identifying and cultivating potential planned giving prospects.

The position requires a Bachelors degree in a related field and three years experience in fundraising, preferably in a college advancement office. Also prefer candidates with a Masters degree and/or a CFRE certification. Some evening and weekend work will be required.

Please apply by August 19; however, resumes will be accepted until the position is filled.

Candidates should submit resume on-line by following the staff job openings link at www.transy.edu/jobs. You may submit a cover letter with your resume if both items are saved as one document. Only one document can be submitted when applying for the position. Please write your cover letter to the attention of Jeff Mudrak, Director of Human Resources.

Transylvania University is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits: Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Short Term Disability, 401K/403b Plan, Educational Assistance

Screening Requirements: Motor Vehicle, Criminal Background Check

For more information, visit http://www.transy.edu/news/hr.htm