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Webster University · 1 month ago

Director, Community Resource Development

Saint Louis, MO, 63119, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

Webster University is seeking a Director of Community Resource Development who will serve as a key contact with stakeholders and investors. The role involves building relationships, developing donor engagement strategies, conducting research on prospective supporters, and collaborating with university agents to align resource development with the university's goals.

Higher Education

Responsibilities

Lead the development of compelling case statements, proposals, and selling materials for potential investment opportunities, including scholarships, academic programs, endowments, schools, colleges, and faculty positions (chairs and professorships), ensuring materials are aligned with Webster’s mission and donor interests

Analyze and profile prospective donors to assess giving capacity, philanthropic interests, and affinity for the University, and translate this analysis into tailored engagement and solicitation strategies

Collaborate with deans, faculty, and program leaders to articulate the value and impact of specific initiatives in ways that resonate with donors’ passions and motivations

Conduct research and data analysis on prospective supporters of the Webster Community and maintain relationship management data, including documenting communications with alumni, parents, families of students, community leaders and organizations

Work independently and in partnership with individuals from Webster’s internal community who might be considered “agents” for resource building, such as deans, directors, faculty, staff and administration, from the various schools and campuses, to learn as much as possible about the inventory of programs and initiatives that would be of personal interest to selected supporters as identified through effective research and data analysis

Maintain a database that captures the details of those programs and initiatives

Actively facilitate the cultivation of support resources from intrinsically committed stakeholders of Webster University, by working independently and in partnership with Webster’s Global Marketing Group and Webster’s agents to craft compelling communications and selling materials designed to generate financial support from stakeholders and stakeholder groups (e.g., alumni)

For specific programs and initiatives, content generated for selling materials might include, but not be limited to, case statements for programs and investment opportunities, envisioned benefits and benchmarked values

Steward positive relationships with all supporters through regular communications, including but not limited to phone calls, letters, emails, events and gatherings

Manage the logistics and scheduling of various communications with stakeholders and supporters

Engage in professional development that empowers knowledge of benchmarked best practices in fundraising and creates new ideas to foster awareness of, and affinity for, the Webster Community and their programs

Other duties as needed to promote unity within and across the Webster Community