Assistant Vice President, Health Sciences & Education

Georgetown University comprises two unique campuses in the nation’s capital. With the Hilltop Campus located in the heart of the historic Georgetown neighborhood, and the Capitol Campus, just minutes from the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court, Georgetown University offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, and unparalleled opportunities to engage with Washington, D.C. Our community is a close-knit group of remarkable individuals driven by intellectual inquiry, a commitment to social justice, and a shared dedication to making a difference in the world.

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Job Overview

The Assistant Vice President of GUMC Advancement (AVP) will report to the Vice President for GUMC Advancement and will serve as a senior fundraising leader in the GUMC Advancement team, raising principal and transformative level gifts for Georgetown and leading and directing fundraising activities for priority areas within GUMC.  The Assistant Vice President will contribute to the strategic ambitions of Georgetown University Medical Center and the Office of Advancement by cultivating and developing partnerships with the University’s highest profile and most complex philanthropic relationships, overseeing unit-based personnel and strategies for these efforts with a particular focus on principal and transformative philanthropic gifts of $5 million or more. This role will work closely with the leadership of the central Advancement Regional Development team in ensuring and building upon the collaboration between market-based, constituent-based, and unit-embedded development officers and campus partners. The AVP will also be a key colleague to the medical center's on-campus leadership, providing direct oversight of fundraising, engagement, and stewardship strategies in partnership with GUMC leadership (including Deans and Vice Presidents). 

The AVP will serve as a key member of the GUMC Advancement leadership body, working closely with a number of colleagues, including the Vice President for GUMC Advancement, Chief Revenue Officer, Senior AVP for Campaign Management and Donor Experience to help lead the planning and execution of targeted fundraising initiatives. This includes goal setting, portfolio development, idea generation or development, strategy, direct fundraising, and volunteer engagement, principally as it relates to GUMC. This role will also be a thought partner to any Principal and Transformative Gift management and/or oversight body, and as such will serve as a key voice for development and partner to a P&T program. Naturally, this role will provide guidance to GUMC development officers around strategies and tactics for the cultivation and solicitation of principal and transformative gifts to Georgetown. 

As a senior development officer for GUMC Advancement and a key member of the GUMC Advancement leadership team, this role will manage the senior unit development leaders for the schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health, and Biomedical Graduate Research studies. This position will provide ultimate strategy, direction, support, and advocacy for unit and constituent development strategies, principal partnerships, mini-campaigns, strategic priority work in various markets, and unit or constituent-based volunteer leadership bodies. This position will work closely with Deans and other university and/or academic leaders to ensure that fundraising is responsive to needs and that there is consistency and alignment in activities such as briefings, correspondence, giving opportunities, stewardship, and deployment.

In addition to the overarching strategy and people-management responsibilities, the Assistant Vice President will be responsible for personally managing a portfolio of leadership and principal gift prospects, soliciting gifts largely $500,000 and above for philanthropic objectives GUMC-wide, with a specific focus on cultivating gifts at the $5M + range as the portfolio matures.  The AVP will collaborate closely with colleagues throughout the GUMC and Central Advancement who are focused on the various aspects of Principal giving and engagement, so that these philanthropic opportunities are thoughtfully and effectively managed. This position will have a personal visit goal of 60-75 visits annually, focused on all stages of the donor lifecycle, with the ultimate goal of securing the largest, highest profile gifts for Georgetown.

Work Interactions

This position will work collaboratively with diverse departments within GUMC, central Advancement, and the University at large. Interactions and partnerships will include: staff, faculty, university administrators, donors, parents, non-alumni constituents, as well as high-level donors, members of the B