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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Penn State is currently seeking an exceptional leader and top frontline fundraiser in the role of Senior Director of Development to engage alumni and friends as partners in supporting the Eberly College of Science. As a member 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 institutional change required to realize a more socially just University and we value inclusion as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission. We are concerned uniquely with the institutional change required for visioning and realizing a more socially just University: equity.psu.edu/diversity-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 activities for some of Penn State’s largest and highest-potential constituencies, this position reports directly to an Assistant Vice President for University Development and receives direction from the college’s leadership on fundraising objectives and priorities. With significant experience not only in fundraising but also in management, and with an entrepreneurial and ambitious vision for the Eberly College of Science’s fundraising operation, the Senior Director of Development will:

• Articulate Penn State’s and the college’s needs, ambitions, and values, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, through excellent informal and formal communications, including written proposals;
• Identify and cultivate a pipeline of prospects for immediate and long-term cultivation;
• Supervise, train, and mentor a team of fundraisers, alumni relations professionals, and support staff, with a sustained focus on f