Assistant Head of Development & Fundraising

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Job Description

Saint Mary’s School, the fourth oldest girls' boarding and day school in the country, seeks an Assistant Head of School for Development and Fundraising (AHDF) to oversee and manage the school’s fundraising, marketing, and constituent engagement endeavors.

Reporting to the Head of School, the AHDF will lead the strategic and tactical efforts to nurture and grow a culture of giving within the Saint Mary’s School community. The AHDF position affords a motivated advancement professional the opportunity to serve as an essential thought partner with the Head of School and Board of Trustees as they conclude The Forever Campaign and envision Saint Mary’s next stage of growth and impact.

The ideal candidate for the AHDF at Saint Mary’s will demonstrate a track record of proven success engaging multiple constituents including current parents, grandparents, alumnae parents, faculty/staff, alumnae, and the broader foundation and corporate community. Furthermore, the school’s next advancement leader will have experience overseeing development processes and soliciting and closing five, six-and seven figure individual, corporate, and foundation gifts. Beyond these core professional experiences, highly appealing candidates will be capable of modeling and teaching collaborative problem-solving and will demonstrate an emotional intelligence that allows them to build healthy professional relationships with school constituents.

Job Information

Rate / Salary

$135000 - $150000 per Year

Sector

Education

Category

Development

Skills / Experience

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of proven fundraising success; cultivating, engaging, and expanding relationships with a wide variety of prospects and donors, generating and diversifying revenue, preferably at a non-profit, independent school, or a higher education institution. While a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Communication, Public Relations, or a related field is expected, an advanced degree and/or professional fundraising certification is preferred. Familiarity with independent school or higher education fundraising is a plus.

Benefits

The School would like the Assistant Head of School for Development and Fundraising to live on campus and has a single-family, four-bedroom home available. Residing on campus affords Saint Mary’s staff members access to the School’s dining facility when open. The value of residing on campus for this role is placed at $40,000. Candidates are encouraged but not required to live on campus. If the AHDF chooses to live on campus, he/she will perform required administrator duties (on call one weekend a month and one evening per week) as required.The School also offers a generous employee benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision; short-term and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; a 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match; professional development; paid holidays; vacation, sick and other benefited leave time; and tuition remission.

Our Reference

JOB-1144