Director Institutional Advancement

The University is looking for purpose driven individuals to join them on this exciting journey and translate the ambitious vision into reality by building lifelong champions of the cause and acquiring financial support for the university. The Associate Director / Director will be part of the Institutional Advancement team. This role is a great opportunity for an individual who thrives in a dynamic environment and has relevant fund-raising expertise. The University is open to considering your application if you have the passion to make a difference, the appetite to take on the tall task of fundraising with transferable skills from previous experience such as private banking, wealth management, management consulting, business development etc; and are keen to explore the impact sector to reset your career.

• Build and Manage the Portfolio: Manage, cultivate, and expand a portfolio of individuals, foundations, and corporations by identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors to support the university’s goals.
• Develop Strategic Plans: Collaborate with leadership, founders, and donors to devise long- and short-term fundraising strategies aligned with the university objectives and fundraising best practices and ethical standards.
• Proposal Development: Create compelling proposals aligning university needs with donor objectives, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and timely reporting.
• Cultivate Donor Relationships: Proactively build and nurture an effective network of partnerships and relationships with prospective donors through customised communications, and donor stewardship efforts in the region.
• Promote University’s Mission: Represent the university at events and increase awareness of the university’s vision to inspire prospective donors to participate in collective philanthropy efforts.
• Relationship Management: Work effectively with team members across various teams and levels internally and externally to drive highest levels of donor engagement and relationship maintenance.
• Event Coordination: Organize campus visits and city events for both prospective and existing donors, ensuring engaging content, effective communication and follow up.

• Graduate/Postgraduate in any field with 12+ years of work experience in fundraising or in transferable skills such as private banking / wealth management / management consulting / business development.
• Understanding of philanthropy networks, grant and proposal process.
• Proven track record of meeting fundraising goals and securing major gifts.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Commitment to excellence, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Flexibility in a start-up environment with dynamically changing scope of work and needs.
• Self-driven, proactive, keen learner and motivated to go above and beyond what is asked, to deliver exceptional outcomes.

• The incumbent should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills; must be able to effectively interact with all stakeholders – Founders, international and domestic institutional funders, UHNI and HNI donors, etc
• Must be self-motivated and inspire the same in others, have a positive can-do attitude, excellent time-management skills and have exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to embrace the mission and values of the institution
• Able and willing to travel on short notice to locations for meetings with external stakeholders