POSITION: Senior Director of Advancement

REPORTS TO: Chief Advancement Officer

STATUS: Full-time, Exempt

RANGE: $170,000 - $180,000

Founded in 1901, Brooklyn Law School is a distinguished, independent law school located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The Law School is searching for a Senior Director of Advancement to join our team. The Law School’s size, vibrant employee and student population, and commitment to training the next generation of lawyers and promoting social justice, will offer a candidate the opportunity to develop and diversify practical skills and participate firsthand in operating a successful educational institution.

Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Senior Director will serve in a leadership role within the Advancement Office and in many ways will serve as the deputy to the CAO. The Senior Director will provide the strategic vision to guide and ensure the integration of the annual giving and alumni engagement programs. As a member of the Advancement Leadership Team, the Senior Director will provide thought leadership to the CAO and will provide vital leadership support partnering to help launch the first comprehensive campaign in Brooklyn Law School’s history.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic vision and guidance for the alumni engagement, annual giving and advancement services teams.
• Ensure strategic integration of the alumni engagement and annual giving programs.
• Strategic oversight of the annual fund including, but not limited to, email, mail and giving day campaigns ensuring growth in dollars, number or donors overall and, in particular, alumni giving percentage.
• Establish performance metrics for the annual giving and alumni engagement teams that support campaign goals.
• Partnering with Advancement services, ensure the Salesforce CRM can support the reporting needs of the campaign, including but not limited to: seamless gift processing procedures with finance, tracking performance metrics and forecasting fund raising goals.
• Provide strategic direction for donor relations and stewardship.
• Serve as a thought partner to the CAO. Serving as the advancement point of contact when the CAO is traveling with the Dean and President.
• Support the proposal writing process. Develop a library of templates in preparation for the campaign.
• Volunteer management of existing alumni or donor groups such as the Women’s Leadership Network and Alumni Association Board and oversight of volunteer groups that are created to support the campaign.
• Strategic oversight and direction of newly integrated alumni engagement and annual giving programs around reunions, class ambassadors, law firm challenges and a lead annual giving recognition society.
• Maintain a portfolio of prospects that are related to the areas assigned.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• A minimum of 6-8 years of progressively responsible advancement experience
• Knowledge of higher education and fundraising strategies unique to the NYC market.
• Experience managing, mentoring and building collaborative teams
• Direct experience with annual fund and alumni engagement programs at an educational institution.
• A proven track record of setting, achieving, and exceeding fundraising goals, including closing six-figure multi-year gifts.
• Professional experience in a comprehensive campaign
• Familiarity with CRM donor database management systems, Salesforce preferred
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Proven track record of building genuine relationships with donors and colleagues
• Volunteer management experience
• A self-motivated and entrepreneurial professional with a passion for the impact of philanthropy.

Preferred:

• An understanding and appreciation of the role of development in an educational institution is highly desirable
• The professional maturity to work successfully with skilled professionals in the legal, academic and corporate communities is essential.
• Experience in the education sector with annual giving and/or alumni engagement
• Professional or lived NYC experience
• Highly energetic professional with the ability to engage donors, work with volunteers and solicit gifts

Remote capabilities

• This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule, requiring a minimum in-office presence of four (4) days per week during the academic year when classes are in session and during exam periods. During the summer and academic breaks, when classes are not in session and exams are not being administered, a minimum of three (3) days per week of in-office presence is required.

Travel

• Some travel, nights and weekend work may be required.

Brooklyn Law School has an excellent benefits package that includes sick, personal and vacation paid time off, a generous retirement plan, dependent tuition scholarship Pre K- undergraduate college and additional summer Friday PTO.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

It is the policy of Brooklyn Law School to be impartial in the treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, religion, color, natural origin, citizenship status, gender, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, union affiliation, political affiliation, sexual orientation or preferences or any other legal protected status.