This week we are highlighting a Development Officer II (Posting #0019) in University Advancement. This position serves as a Regional Director of Development and will focus efforts on donors and prospects whose philanthropic capacity is $100,000 and more, managing a portfolio of approximately 200 identified major gift prospects for discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship; will average 15 to 20 face-to-face visits per month which result in significant progress toward major gifts or the qualification and rating of new prospects, and 2 to 4 major gift solicitations per month that garner capital, endowed, annual, and deferred support; will work from an office at Michigan State University and travel to the region regularly; already a very experienced fundraiser, communicator, and collaborator who understands the unique nature of the region, he/she becomes knowledgeable about MSU colleges and constituency units, representing them to the Midwest area alumni and friends and soliciting them on behalf of colleagues on campus and/or the university as a whole; whether working independently, with their regional fundraising colleagues, or as part of a team, he/she juggles day-to-day fundraising with the multiple demands of working with donors/prospects, hosting events, and arranging individual appointments for university leadership, building networks of volunteers who take active roles in the current capital campaign, and documenting activity on University Advancement’s database.

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