Chief Development Officer, Center for Talented Youth

Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) supports Johns Hopkins’
focus on research, teaching and patient care, and its role as a
national and global leader in higher education. We create and
foster enduring relationships that result in advocacy and
philanthropic support for Johns Hopkins University &
Medicine—strengthening the institution through partnerships with
donors, alumni, volunteer leaders, faculty, students, staff, and
patients.

 
Johns Hopkins University supports a flexible work
model which includes four different work modalities. This role has
a hybrid work arrangement with an onsite presence of 3 days per
week. The manager will confirm the team’s core onsite days where
the majority/all team members will work in the office. Employees
who travel on university business can count those days towards
their onsite days.
 
The world leader in gifted education since 1979,
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is a nonprofit
dedicated to advancing the field through research, testing,
programs, and other supports for K-12 advanced learners and their
families. We aim to understand and inform how these students need
to be nurtured to achieve their full potential as learners and
global citizens.
 

CTY is accredited for grades K through 12 by the Middle States
Association of College and Schools Commissions on Elementary and
Secondary Schools. CTY students hail from all neighborhoods and
many nations, and our alumni include the cofounder of Google, the
CEO of Facebook, and leaders in the sciences, arts, and
government.

 
The Chief Development Officer will provide strategic
leadership to advance the Development and Alumni Relations programs
at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and in attracting and
securing private funding to support CTY’s strategic initiatives and
priorities.
 

This position, along with professional and administrative staff,
will raise funds from a variety of sources, including parents,
alumni, corporations, and foundations to support the strategic
goals and mission of the organization.

• This position is a dual report to the Executive Director of the
  Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and the Johns Hopkins
  University Associate Vice President of Development and Alumni
  Relations.
• Lead the evaluation, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
  of significant prospects and donors. Develop and execute effective
  strategies as required to obtain and maintain private sector
  funding support for CTY’s priorities, working closely with the
  Executive Director and other key university leadership.
• Provide overall strategic leadership for CTY’s fundraising
  priorities including development operations, annual giving, major
  gifts, alumni relations, donor communications and publications,
  donor engagement and other activities.
• Serve as a member of CTY’s Senior Directors Team and work
  closely with the Executive Director to develop private support and
  priorities for CTY.
• Directly build and supervise the development and alumni
  relations team. Manage staff of professional fundraisers and
  support personnel in annual work plans and goal setting. Evaluate
  progress accordingly.
• Manage and oversee all constituent engagement activities.
  Coordinate, as appropriate, with the University’s alumni relations
  program to develop and implement an outreach strategy to engage
  alumni and other constituents in supporting CTY.
• Manage CTY’s campaign planning process and ensure the fiscal
  goals and priorities are achieved.
• In concert with the Executive Director, establish future
  campaign priorities and budgets – both program-specific and
  collaborative efforts with other divisions of JHU.
• Lead efforts to identify new prospects and develop the prospect
  pipeline, engaging academic leaders and key volunteers in the
  process.
• Develop campaign themes and outreach and communication
  strategies.
• In collaboration with the Senior Director of Communications and
  Marketing, create strategies for communications outreach to alumni,
  parents, constituents, and donors.
• Manage the CTY’s Advisory Council. Serve as primary staff to
  the Council’s Nominating Committee (recruiting and onboarding new
  members).
• Represent CTY on various university-wide external affairs
  committees. Sit on the Johns Hopkins University Development and
  Alumni Relations Management Team.
• Operate with a high degree of fiscal responsibility. Work
  closely with the Senior Director of Finance and Business Affairs to
  prepare the department budget and to provide budget management and
  oversight of the development budget while providing financial
  forecasts and projections.
• Engage in extensive travel, as needed, to cultivate donors and
  support CTY’s advisory council.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• Seven years related professional level experience, including at
  least two years of management experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree.
• Be able to understand and articulate academic values/goals, and
  work collaboratively with faculty, administration, students, alumni
  and volunteer leadership.
• Be able to establish objectives, set performance standards and
  organize and motivate a staff team and its individual members to
  achieve fundraising and alumni relations goals.
• Have a strong track record of successfully soliciting and
  managing major and principal gifts in a development setting.
• Have demonstrated experience with campaign planning,
  fundraising, project management, events organization and
  execution.
• Management, motivational, and programmatic consensus building
  skills with development professionals.
• Ability to mentor and manage development professionals and
  administrative staff.
• Demonstrated experience in managing advisory boards and
  volunteer leadership.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to use of information technology and the management
  and understanding of data systems.
• Aptitude in business and financial acumen; ability to manage
  budgets and conduct financial analysis to include financial
  forecasts and projections.

All applicants are expected to uphold the university’s core
values which includes diversity and inclusion. All staff treat
people with dignity and respect by being fair and consistent. We
demonstrate an open-minded approach to understanding people
regardless of their race, gender, age, national origin, religion,
ethnicity, disability status or other characteristics. We show
respect for the beliefs and traditions of others; encourage and
promote practices that support cultural diversity; and discourage
behaviors or practices that may be perceived as unfair, biased, or
critical toward people with certain backgrounds.