Position Summary: The Vice President of Institutional Advancement is responsible for resource development through the solicitation and management of gifts, including, but not limited to:

• The Concordia Fund (current gifts for operations and scholarships)
• The endowment
• Alumni and constituent relations and engagement
• Deferred gift planning
• Grant development
• Gift processing and stewardship
• Event and campus venue coordination

The Vice President of Institutional Advancement recruits, develops, and leads a team of professionals focused on the primary goal of significantly increasing constituent involvement and fundraising outcomes to meet goals and advance the mission and vision of the University. The Vice President works closely with the President, the President’s Cabinet, members of the Board of Regents, directors of Concordia Foundation Nebraska, and faculty and staff across the University as they envision, plan, and pursue philanthropic support to move the University forward.

The Vice President will serve as Chief Operating Officer of Concordia Foundation Nebraska and be responsible for recruitment, cultivation, and solicitation of Foundation directors; provide guidance and direction to the Foundation Board of Directors; and enable the Foundation to achieve its stated mission, goal, and objectives in alignment with the mission, vision, and strategic plan of the University.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advance the mission, vision and short- and long-term goals of the University in concert with the University President and senior administrative colleagues.
• Work closely with the President in all phases of advancement and campaign leadership activities.
• Serve on the President’s Cabinet and participate in university-level planning and decision making.
• In partnership with the president, maintain a dynamic portfolio of as many as 75 major donors and secure major, principal, and planned gifts for annual, endowment, operations, and capital support.
• Participate in strategic discussions and development programs to strengthen the financial resources of the University.
• Create and execute fundraising plans that use best practices in annual, major, and planned gift programs to meet fundraising goals.
• Ensure dynamic processes in donor qualification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, gift processing, and reporting.
• Assist in the hiring, training, and managing of direct reports of the Advancement team toward accountable, goal-oriented outcomes.
• Engage and enhance the culture of philanthropy on campus while maintaining cooperative working relationships with faculty, staff, departments, and offices whose cooperation is essential to effective outreach and fundraising.
• Provide leadership to constituent relations programs in the areas of alumni relations, community relations, and other key constituent relations, both existing and new.
• Implement effective internal and external messaging and methods of advancement communication.
• Along with the president, represent and serve as chief spokesperson for the University in a variety of settings, both local and national.
• Be willing and able to travel extensively to cultivate and work with donors and to represent the University.
• Be willing and able to work evenings and weekends, as needed.
• Handle other duties as assigned by the President.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

The candidate will demonstrate a passion for the commitment to the mission and vision of Concordia University, Nebraska as a distinctive Lutheran university that increasingly engages and influences the world; as well as an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service, and leadership in church and world. As a university of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), the ideal candidate will demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the mission, ministry, and confession of the LCMS.

The selected candidate will have:

• Demonstrated leadership and accomplishments in advancement with a track record of fundraising success, especially in campaign planning and execution and major gift solicitations.
• Strong organizational, supervisory, and demonstrated skills in supporting and leading a high-performing team.
• The ability to hold others accountable and help them meet and exceed goals.
• Expertise in endowment-building.
• Proven success in the solicitation of numerous major and principal gifts.
• A history of leading an advancement program with solid fundraising performance.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills and the ability to interact favorably with volunteers and donors of all backgrounds.

Education and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• A minimum of five years of experience as a senior-level advancement professional strongly preferred. Experience must demonstrate the ability to work effectively with diverse constituencies in a university or similar environment.
• Essential characteristics include a strong work ethic, competitive nature, personal integrity, detail-oriented, highly relational, emotional intelligence, a sense of humor, excellent and persuasive oral and written communication skills, a mindset of mission-minded innovation, professional demeanor, flexibility, strategic thinking and planning, and excellence at executing plans.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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