Director of Development

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The Director of Development provides strategic leadership for fundraising, community outreach, events, and philanthropic engagement in support of WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s mission to build healthier futures for children across West Virginia and the region. Reporting to the Vice President of WVU Medicine and Health Sciences, the Director leads a comprehensive development program while collaborating closely with hospital and health system leadership to advance fundraising priorities. The Director cultivates and solicits major and principal gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and grateful patient families, while building strong, lasting donor relationships. The role also oversees development staff, establishes fundraising strategy and performance goals, and ensures the successful achievement of organizational and individual fundraising objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1.    Bachelor’s Degree
EXPERIENCE:
2.     Eight (8) years of progressive related experience with history of successful principal and major gift solicitations
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EXPERIENCE:
1.    Experience with children’s hospitals or medical programs in higher education fundraising
2.    Greater experience in development and with grateful patients
3.    Experience at a comprehensive university

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.
1.    Lead and oversee all fundraising efforts for WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s, including major, leadership, annual, and planned giving initiatives.
2.    Develop and manage a portfolio of approximately 50 high-potential donors through strategic cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and face-to-face engagement to achieve annual fundraising goals.
3.    Direct WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s fundraising priorities within university-wide comprehensive campaigns and advance philanthropic support for innovation in pediatric healthcare.
4.    Partner closely with the Vice President of WVU Medicine and Health Sciences and WVU Foundation leadership to develop fundraising strategies, coordinate resources, and report progress.
5.    Oversee donor stewardship, gift acknowledgment, and recognition programs to strengthen donor engagement and long-term philanthropic relationships.
6.    Supervise and develop fundraising, events, and community outreach staff, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and operational leadership.
7.    Ensure consistent fundraising, event, and marketing branding across WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s and affiliated hospitals in collaboration with marketing and communications teams.
8.    Build strong relationships with physicians, researchers, hospital leadership, and external partners to identify funding opportunities and advance Children’s philanthropic priorities.
9.    Coordinate fundraising activities across the WVU Foundation, School of Medicine, and Health Sciences while utilizing donor databases to manage prospect activity and measure fundraising performance.
10.    Recruit, engage, and support volunteers and serve as the staff liaison to the WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Philanthropy Council to advance fundraising initiatives and special events
11.    Supervise and develop a team of fundraising, community outreach, and event professionals, providing leadership in hiring, training, performance management, mentoring, work assignment, and employee development.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1.    Extended periods of sitting. 
2.    Extended periods of computer usage.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1.    Standard office environment

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
1.    Ability to develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies, cultivate and solicit major and principal gifts, manage donor portfolios, and achieve ambitious fundraising goals.
2.    Interpersonal, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage donors, physicians, hospital leadership, volunteers, community partners, and foundation stakeholders.
3.    Leadership and management skills, including the ability to recruit, mentor, coach, develop, and evaluate staff while fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
4.    Strong organizational, project management, and collaboration skills with the ability to coordinate complex fundraising initiatives, manage multiple priorities, oversee events and campaigns, and utilize donor management systems to measure performance.
5.    Strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with a results-driven focus on achieving fundraising objectives, meeting key performance indicators, and advancing organizational priorities.
 

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Company:

WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals

Cost Center:

923 WVUH CH Golisano Foundation Team

Address:

3040 University AveMorgantownWest Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.