Director, Development

Director, Development

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is a place of distinction, serving as the nation's leading academic medical center for vulnerable populations. It's also a place for passionate individuals looking to join a dedicated community working today to help prepare tomorrow's leaders. MSM exists to : improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities; increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce; address primary health care through programs in education, research and service; with emphasis on people of color and the under-served urban and rural populations in Georgia, the nation and the world.

At Morehouse School of Medicine, we're leading the creation and advancement of health equity. You will find a fulfilling career at MSM! MSM seeks to recruit a talented and experienced fundraising professional for the position of Director of Development to make significant contributions to the advancement of health equity in pursuit of health justice. The successful candidate will be a passionate, creative, and mission-driven professional to join our growing team of Resource Development Professionals. This team supports current activities and has the exciting opportunity to contribute to MSM's historic $500M Comprehensive Campaign through the major expansion of campus infrastructure, addition of new degree programs, and the development of regional medical campuses and research collaborations across the U.S. and the world.

This is a public-facing role, a key relationship builder who works closely with individual prospects, as well as foundation funders and leaders on behalf of MSM. As such, this individual must model our core organizational values of being bold, collaborative, and adaptive to change. The ideal candidate will have a firm understanding of established fundraising principles and techniques, strong project and time management skills, and a track record of superb interpersonal, written, and professional communication and relationship management skills.

The Director of Philanthropy will lead the cultivation and stewardship of individual and foundation-focused philanthropy efforts and will be responsible for coordinating activity, developing strategies, building relationships, and raising funds from individual donors, family foundations and private foundations including capital investments, seed funding for new programs, and multi-year special initiatives across the MSM education, research, and medical enterprise. The Director of Philanthropy will report to the Associate Vice President of Individual and Family Philanthropy.

Morehouse School of Medicine offers reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Specifically, the Director of Philanthropy will :

• Oversee individual and foundation-focused fundraising efforts to advance health equity, biomedical research, interdisciplinary education, and community engagement.
• Collaborate with the VP of Philanthropy & Comprehensive Campaign and AVP, Philanthropy to design and execute a comprehensive engagement program for their individuals and foundation prospects.
• Manage a portfolio of 80-120 individual and foundation prospects, executing strategies for programmatic, capital and endowment building campaigns.
• Translate complex program ideas into compelling proposals and collateral materials for investment.
• Represent the Advancement Office at cultivation and fundraising events.
• Ensure adherence to MSM Advancement protocols for gift processing, acknowledgment, prospecting, soliciting, and stewarding.
• Create written reports for individuals and foundations, faculty updates, acknowledgment letters, and respond to requests from faculty, donors, and colleagues.
• Partner with faculty and advancement colleagues to build the prospect base through identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of new donors.
• Initiate development events for donors and prospective donors to showcase unique opportunities for support.
• Track progress and results in the CRM system.

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Closing Date : Open Until Filled.