Senior Associate Director of Development for the SNF Agora Institute

Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) supports Johns Hopkins’ focus on research, teaching and patient care, and its role as a national and global leader in higher education. We create and foster enduring relationships that result in advocacy and philanthropic support for Johns Hopkins University & Medicine; strengthening the institution through partnerships with donors, alumni, volunteer leaders, faculty, students, staff, and patients.

Johns Hopkins University supports a flexible work model which includes four different work modalities. This role has a hybrid work arrangement with an onsite presence of 3 days per week. The manager will confirm the team’s core onsite days where the majority/all team members will work in the office. Employees who travel on university business can count those days towards their onsite days.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University is an academic and public forum deeply committed to strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue, through its academic home within the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Universities, now more than ever, play an indispensable role in developing the civic capacities of the next generation of scholars and leaders, and promoting modes of discourse and engagement across difference that make pluralistic democracy possible. The scholars at the SNF Agora Institute are leading this charge, and are seeking a collaborative and curious development officer to help advance the institute’s mission and engage with constituents about the topics under research by the faculty, scholars and students affiliated with the SNF Agora Institute.

The Senior Associate Director of Development for the SNF Agora Institute will work in a highly collaborative manner with academic, administrative and development leaders across the Krieger School and within the Johns Hopkins University community to steward and grow philanthropic resources dedicated to the faculty, fellows, programming and operations, including the capital project, of the SNF Agora Institute.

This individual will be responsible for implementing a cohesive fundraising program that leverages internal and external partnerships, and drives innovative strategies for donor identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship to achieve fundraising and programmatic goals. The Senior Associate Director will also be the primary point of contact for managing the Institute’s relationships with—and proactive, two-way communications with—the SNF Agora Board of Overseers, the volunteer advisory board established with the institute. They will collaborate closely with senior leadership of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation on board matters and ongoing stewardship.

The Senior Associate Director will work across campus to organize, drive, sustain and promote philanthropy in support of the SNF Agora Institute’s mission. This individual will be part of the Krieger Development and Alumni Relations team, working collaboratively with Krieger gift officers and the constituent engagement team. The Senior Associate Director will also be an active partner with development colleagues within the university’s central administration including the Executive Director of Foundation Relations, the Director of Innovation Initiatives and Corporate Relations, the Director of International Fundraising and other partners, as appropriate.

Under the direction of the Associate Dean of Development, Alumni Relations and Communications at the Krieger School, and in close partnership with the SNF Agora Institute Inaugural Director Hahrie Han and the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Chris Celenza, the Senior Associate Director will serve as a major gifts officer responsible for raising funds to support the SNF Agora Institute building, which has been designed by the world-renowned architect Renzo Piano. Additionally, the Senior Associate Director will raise funds in support of faculty research, programming and recruitments, as well as other institute priorities.

This individual will meet regularly with senior development leadership, including with the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations and the Senior Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts, to ensure coordinated and sustained forward momentum in fundraising.

SNF Agora Institute Background

The SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University was founded in 2017 with a $150 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The institute is a multi-disciplinary academic and public forum dedicated to strengthening global democracy by improving and expanding civic engagement and inclusive dialogue, and by supporting inquiry that leads to real-world change.

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