The Vice President for College Advancement serves as the Chief Advancement Officer and is responsible for designing and implementing comprehensive institutional advancement programs and recruiting and developing talented team members focused toward the ultimate goal of significantly increasing constituent involvement and fund raising outcomes. The advancement function includes responsibility for annual fund, corporate and foundation relations, major gifts and gift planning, endowment, capital campaigns, and alumni and constituent relations efforts, stewardship, and advancement services.

Essential Functions:

• Advance the mission, vision, and short and long-term goals of the college in concert with the College President and senior administrative colleagues. Serve as a member of the college’s leadership team and maintain close working relationships with members of the Board of Trustees and key alumni, parents, and friends.
• Maintain a dynamic portfolio of high net worth individuals and secure major, capital, and planned gifts, as well as advanced annual gifts and endowment support.
• Oversee the creation and execution of fund raising plans that utilize best practices in annual, major, and planned gift programs to meet fundraising goals; develop annual plans and budgets for Alumni and Parent Engagement, Annual Fund, Gift Planning, Comprehensive Campaigns, Major Gifts, Grants Development, Stewardship and Advancement Services.
• Engage partnerships in the college to enhance the culture of philanthropy. Serve on a variety of campus committees and task forces. Maintain cooperative working relationships with faculty, athletics, and campus departments whose cooperation is essential to effective outreach and fund raising.
• Devise and implement effective internal and external messaging and methods of advancement communication.
• Participate in strategic discussions and develop programs to strengthen the financial resources of Dickinson College.
• Oversee the implementation of the Revolutionary Challenge initiative to develop strategic initiatives and the philanthropic constituencies to support them.
• Hire, train, inspire and guide direct reports and the entire advancement team toward accountable, goal-oriented outcomes.
• Work closely with the President in all phases of her advancement and campaign leadership activities.