Executive Director of Development & Alumni and the EOU Foundation

The Executive Director of Development & Alumni and
the EOU Foundation (Executive Director) has overall
responsibility for the leadership, management, and oversight of the
Foundation and Alumni Association operations. Reporting to the Vice
President for University Advancement (VPUA), the executive director
builds and maintains organizational infrastructure to enable
effective operations and is charged with the strategy, longer term
and day-to-day management of philanthropic campaigns, donor
relationships, alumni engagement with the university, and achieving
fundraising outcomes.

Initiative and competencies necessary to achieve
fundraising and managerial outcomes, collaborative problem solving
that enhances staff talents and advances the fulfillment of
University goals, and unitive interpersonal behaviors are the
hallmarks of this position.

The Executive Director serves as the primary
liaison and actively manages all Foundation and Alumni
Association-related operations and works closely with university
leadership, the Vice President, and Foundation Chair and Alumni
Association Chair on fundraising, alumni engagement, and donor
relationship efforts in response to the University’s goals. The
Executive Director is responsible for establishing goals,
developing strategies and achieving outcomes for campaigns, donor
stewardship and alumni engagement. The Executive Director organizes
and works directly with staff, volunteers, and board members to
implement and complete projects. The Executive Director carries an
active portfolio of current and prospective benefactors with
corresponding fundraising goals.

The Executive Director directs and supervises the efforts of the
development staff, and acts as backup to the Vice President as
assigned necessary. The executive director is a vital member of the
Advancement team and serves informally as coach, mentor and bridge
builder for the division. The Executive Director ensures integrity,
accountability and transparency in philanthropic gift and donor
record management as approved by the Foundation Board of Directors
and maintains accurate reporting systems necessary to document
donor and alumni engagement, fund use and disbursement, policy and
procedure development and implementation and progress towards
achievement of the goals.

Attributes and Key Characteristics
The
Executive Director of Development position calls for an individual
possessing three major characteristics: 

1. An instinctive drive to connect Eastern Oregon University with
   the philanthropic needs of current and prospective
   benefactors; 
2. Proactive, empirically pragmatic and collaborative approaches
   to solving problems and achieving goals; and 
3. Adept and caring interpersonal behaviors characterized by
   refined adaptive, nonjudgmental and empathetic attitudes with a
   wide variety of constituents. 

Additional skills and abilities include: 

• Establishing and maintaining collaborative working
  relationships at all levels of the University;
• Communicating effectively in presenting ideas and concepts
  verbally and in writing;
• Developing opportunities for collaboration between and among
  diverse groups;
• Working effectively with ethnic, cultural, and socially diverse
  student and staff populations.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Skills required typically
  obtained through a bachelor’s degree include very strong
  communication, interpersonal relationship and observation skills;
  problem solving and critical thinking; speaking, organizational and
  presentation skills; research and team skills; multi-tasking
  ability.
• Five (5) to eight (8) years of experience in fundraising with
  ability to create, lead and implement successful fundraising
  efforts (campaign management, alumni, major gifts, gift
  documentation and management) at both large and small-scale
  operational levels.
• Five (5) to eight (8) years of proven experience working in a
  lead and liaison role to volunteer boards, advisory groups, alumni,
  and committees.
• Two (2) to four(4) years of demonstrated knowledge of donor
  acquisition and engagement techniques, individual gift proposal
  development and presentation, campaign assessment, organization and
  leadership.
• Five (5) years of Supervisory experience of multiple
  professionals and program areas.

• Must satisfactorily complete EOU criminal and
  credential background check. Having a criminal history is not an
  automatic bar to employment.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be
  required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United
  States and to complete the required employment eligibility
  verification form upon hire. Eastern Oregon University will not
  sponsor applicants for employment visas.