Director of Development Barrett, The Honors College

Director of Development Barrett, The Honors College

The ASU Foundation, one of five nonprofit entities that make up ASU Enterprise Partners, is seeking a Director of Development for Barrett, The Honors College.

Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University is a selective, residential college that recruits academically outstanding undergraduates across the nation. Named "Best Honors College" in the nation, this residential community has more National Merit Scholars than MIT, Duke, Brown, Stanford or the University of California-Berkeley, and Barrett students benefit from a $24 million endowment used exclusively to support honors students and their projects.

The director of development is a development professional who works collaboratively with the ASU Foundation for A New American University (ASUF) and with Barrett, The Honors College at ASU, to lead the college's overall development program and secure significant philanthropic investments. The director reports to the ASUF assistant vice president of unit development with a dotted line to the dean of Barrett and supervises a team responsible for alumni / parent relations and development communications. The director serves as a member of the ASUF development team and the college's leadership team. The director must be able to enthusiastically and accurately represent the college to a variety of constituents while working collaboratively to secure philanthropic investments to benefit ASU and Barrett.

What You'll Do :

• Create and implement a comprehensive, sustainable development program for the college, working with colleagues and managing a team of professionals who work with alumni and parents, scholarship administration, and development communications
• Proactively manage a portfolio of and major gift ($100,000+) donors and prospective donors and execute prospect strategies leading to solicitation and investment
• Articulate the case for support for honors education at ASU, and develop appropriate messaging to internal and external audiences
• Work closely with the dean and faculty leaders to identify fundraising needs and opportunities
• Collaborate with directors of development from all ASU colleges on asks pertaining to their Barrett students
• Provide oversight to scholarship coordinator to ensure donor intent is followed
• Provide strategic oversight on alumni and parents programs, leading to donors making philanthropic investments
• Manage a team to staff alumni and parent boards and councils
• Work closely and strategically with the ASUF Sun Devil Family Association to engage parents as philanthropic investors in the college
• Partner with the ASUF Office of Annual Giving to reach out to parents, alumni and students
• Provide oversight on various development communications including a parent e-newsletter, an alumni e-newsletter, donor impact reports, scholarship reports, stewardship materials
• Guide the development of written proposals, white papers, strategic plans, budgets and the other related collateral materials needed to deepen prospect engagement for securing a gift
• Provide the dean and others with appropriate background information for donor visits
• Collaborate with Barrett staff on engaging donors, alumni, and parents in Barrett programs and events

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About ASU Foundation

The ASU Foundation fosters partnerships between ASU and like-minded individuals, corporations and foundations who believe in ASU's mission and provide resources for ASU to manifest its charter into meaningful impact. These partnerships empower ASU to advance student access, serve our community, protect the planet, create equity in higher education and conduct research for the public good.

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The ASU Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer