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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Penn State is currently seeking a strong leader and top frontline fundraiser in the role of Senior Director of Campus Development to engage alumni and friends as partners in supporting Penn State’s Southeast Region of Commonwealth Campuses (Penn State York, Penn State Mont Alto, and Penn State Brandywine). As a member of the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, you can play an integral role in Penn State’s future and contribute to one of the most successful fundraising and alumni relations operations in the country.

The University is committed to ensuring that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are central to the success of a world-class research institution. We are dedicated to fostering an institutional culture supporting the University’s core values, with inclusion being a fundamental strength and an essential element of our public service mission: equity.psu.edu/equity-at-penn-state/resources. The University’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is mirrored in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations’ own ongoing work in these spaces: raise.psu.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.

Charged with guiding and overseeing all development and alumni relations for the Southeast Region campuses, this position reports directly to an Assistant Vice President for University Development, University Park, and dotted line reporting to the chancellor and regional chancellors for these campuses. In this role, the Senior Director of Campus Development will be directly responsible for the development and alumni relations activities for Penn State York and Penn State Mont Alto and provide oversight for the function at Penn State Brandywine.

With experience not only in fundraising but also in management, and with an entrepreneurial and ambitious vision for Penn State’s fundraising operation, the Senior Director of Campus Development Relations will:

• Articulate Penn State’s and the campus’ needs, ambitions, and values, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, through excellent informal and formal communications, including written proposals;
• Provide leadership and direction to all aspects of the development programs at the campuses
• Identify and cultivate a pipeline of prospects for immediate and long-term cultivation;
• Develop annual goals, plans, and budgets for a comprehensive, strategy-driven fundraising program;

• Work collaboratively with campus leadership, campus advisory board, campaign committee volunteers, a