The Division is responsible for raising major, endowed, and planned gifts from alumni, parents, and friends of the University. Such gifts range from five to nine figures and will support the University’s funding priorities as part of the Campaign. Stewardship of these donors and institutions, as well as communicating with them regularly about both the impact philanthropy makes on the University and on the priorities for the institution, is vitally important to the overall success of the Division. The Mission of the Division of University Advancement is to identify, develop, and secure the necessary resources to advance the University’s aspirations and goals, both now and in the future. Mindful that every relationship built and nurtured is of value to the University, we measure our impact through the generous gifts of time, talent and treasure shared within the University community. We are faithful stewards of these resources.   The position will assist the Associate Vice President, Diocesan Relations & International in supporting the Advancement activities for the Ecclesiastical Schools, and in support of the activities of the Diocesan Engagement priorities, including the National Collection. This position offers administrative support to the Advancement team members supporting the Schools of Theology and Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Canon Law. This position will also offer administrative support to the office of Diocesan Engagement and the National Collection.

The Assistant Dean of Advancement within Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law serves as the chief advancement officer for the school, responsible for all activities related to identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of annual, major and planned gifts from alumni, friends, and institutions.  The position collaborates closely with the central University Advancement team, which provides resources and strategic counsel, and uniform metrics to help drive results within the schools and across the University. The Assistant Dean also leads the collaborative effort in building alumni engagement and communicating the school’s mission, vision, and achievements to key donor, alumni, and additional external constituencies.  The position reports dually to the Associate Vice President for University Advancement and the Dean of the Columbus School of Law.  The Assistant Dean provides counsel to the Dean of the School and faculty on advancement matters, sets the philanthropic strategy annually, and helps to organize and set the school’s philanthropic priorities in order to maximize external support.  The Assistant Dean will provide active supervision, training, and guidance to the Director/Senior Associate Director of Advancement, Director of Alumni Relations, Associate Director of Annual Giving and the Advancement Coordinator.

Reporting to the executive director of alumni engagement, the associate director of affinity programming is responsible for building and cultivating robust affinity networks. The associate director is charged with executing engaging programming that attracts and engages alumni and donors.   This position is tasked with identifying and building affinity alumni networks and planning programming that supports those networks. The candidate has a wonderful opportunity to build an alumni affinity program from the ground up.   They will focus initially on starting a formal Black Alumni Network. There is already a strong volunteer group focused on the Thaddeus F. Aubry, Jr. and Leon A. LeBuffe Scholarship Fund. S/he will consult with this group as they build out the Black Alumni Network.   S/he will analyze our alumni base and determine additional affinity groups are needed to support alumni and current students while enhancing fundraising efforts.   The associate director will coordinate with the Center for Cultural Engagement and the Office of Campus Activities to co-host events with alumni and students while building a pipeline of potential volunteers.   The associate director will also serve in support of university fundraising efforts by conducting discovery visits with potential alumni volunteers and donors to the University.   Some travel is required with up to 35% of the time spent outside the office for events or visiting with alumni and friends of the university. Visits and events mostly consist of travel in the DMV area and East Coast with potential travel to the Midwest, West Coast, and South.   The associate director will also serve as staff liaison to designated offices/constituents; staff designated committees, and other duties as required.   

The Assistant Director of Leadership Giving is a front-facing gift officer tasked with capturing, renewing, and increasing support of current-use, unrestricted revenue for The Catholic University of America.  Entry to mid-level donor portfolio management is the primary focus for this position, working to identify leadership annual giving ($5K+) and major gift ($50K+) prospects. Along with high-volume discovery work, this position will be responsible for securing and renewing leadership annual donors for the school under their management, helping to bolster school and departmental annual funds.  Leadership annual donors become a part of the 1887 Society Leadership Annual Giving Society when they make an unrestricted gift of $5,000.  The Assistant Director, Leadership Annual Giving will work to identify school-specific areas to increase donor engagement and stewardship by creating meaningful touch points. A successful individual will be well versed in the unrestricted needs of the individual programs, build a case for support, and communicate giving impact.  The individual will collaborate closely with the Sr. Director of Annual Giving, and the Sr. Director, Advancement in the Busch School to support annual giving initiatives and priorities as well as work in partnership with fellow school-based leadership annual giving officers to develop solicitation and engagement strategies.   This position will support the annual fund priority objectives of the Dean and will report to the Advancement Officer at the school, with a dotted line reporting structure to the Director of Annual Giving. Travel will be required 30-40 % of the time.  

The division of university advancement provides leadership in two significant ways that supports the university in fulfilling her mission, aims, and goals. The first and primary focus is the engagement of her alumni, parents, students, and friends, while the second focus is raising philanthropic support from these constituents. Both foci are necessary, critical, and interdependent. The result is a stronger university that is positioned to fulfill her annual and on-going priorities.   The Assistant Director of Regional Alumni Engagement will be responsible for increasing engagement with our alumni throughout the country by developing programming that engages our alumni regionally. By engaging constituents on campus and in key markets, as well as through natural milestones like reunions, the assistant director will help ensure we have an engaged and willing donor base. The assistant director will work with other members of the Alumni Engagement team, colleagues within University Advancement, and campus partners to develop and execute engaging and diverse programming in our key markets and secondary markets that attract alumni and donors.   The assistant director will support University fundraising efforts by conducting discovery visits with potential alumni volunteers and donors to the University. Some travel is required with up to 35% of the time spent outside the office for events or visiting with alumni and friends of the university. Visits and events consist of travel in the DMV area and East Coast along with travel to the Midwest, West Coast, and South. The Assistant Director will support the Senior Associate Director’s efforts in our five key markets of D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston. He/she will be tasked with planning events in our emerging markets across the country and testing the viability of creating formalized regional alumni networks in those secondary markets. The Assistant Director will work with the Division of Enrollment Management to leverage alumni in the admissions process, using alumni to help identify and attract qualified students to CatholicU and help convert them to Cardinals.   The ability and access to drive a vehicle (campus or non-campus) on behalf of university business.

The Advancement Services sub-division provides back-office support for the Division. These services include gift acceptance, research and records, stewardship, events management, data support, application support, financial analysis and reporting. The position supports the mission of the university by providing desktop support for the Division. The position provides desktop and end-user support for Windows, Apple, desktop applications, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, and other end-user applications as acquired by the Division and the University. The position also assists their supervisor with inventory management, day-to-day administrative support, end-user training, access control (passwords, authorization, and security assignment), and data management. Act as backup to Assistant Director, Advancement Services and Biographic Maintenance preforming biographic updates and quality control review of large lists. This position will be responsible for the weekly Quality Control of New constituent records and Gifts reports from AlumniQ, processing the updates in Raiser’s Edge as needed. 

Reporting to the executive director of alumni engagement, the coordinator supports the executive director by providing clerical, organization, budgetary, and administrative services. This person is a key member of the team and interfaces with alumni, community members, and colleagues across campus on a daily basis. They are responsible for many services the office of alumni engagement provides to the greater community.   This role helps manage a list of daily tasks such as alumni updates, library card access, budget support, and many other important tasks that ensure the office is running smoothly.

The Division is responsible for raising major, endowed, and planned gifts from alumni, parents, and friends of the University. Such gifts range from five to nine figures and will support the University’s funding priorities and the campaign’s funding priorities. Stewardship of these donors and institutions, as well as communicating with them regularly about both the impact philanthropy makes on the University and on the priorities for the institution.   Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Diocesan Relations, the Director of Advancement will identify, cultivate, solicit and steward a portfolio of major gift prospects for the School of Theology & Religious Studies. S/he will serve as a member of the Advancement team in the division of University Advancement. His/her primary focus will be to solicit and close major gifts (defined as gifts of $50,000 and higher) for the benefit of the School of Theology & Religious Studies. The position collaborates closely with the central University Advancement team, which provides resources and strategic counsel, and uniform metrics to help drive results within the schools and across the University. The Director also participates in the collaborative efforts of building alumni engagement and communicating the School’s mission, vision, and achievements to key donors, alumni, and additional external constituencies. He/she participates in setting annual targets and long-term philanthropic strategy for the School of Theology & Religious Studies, and helps to execute the Schools’ philanthropic priorities in order to maximize external support.

University Advancement manages the development and alumni relations divisions; building philanthropic support and engagement opportunities among University alumni, friends, parents of students and other constituents. The office is primarily responsible for generating and increasing levels of private support for the University and its programs from all donor sources. The Conway School of Nursing and the National Catholic School of Social Service are important partners in this work. Advancements efforts to support these schools will contribute to enhancing the academic environment, increasing student success, and improving faculty excellence in both schools.   The Director of Advancement for the Conway School of Nursing and the National Catholic School of Social Service will serve as the lead advancement officer for the Schools, responsible for all activities related to identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of annual, major and planned gifts from alumni, friends, and institutions. The position collaborates closely with the central University Advancement team, which provides resources and strategic counsel, and uniform metrics to help drive results within the schools and across the University. The Director also manages the collaborative effort in building alumni engagement and communicating the School’s mission, vision, and achievements to key donor, alumni, and additional external constituencies. The position reports dually to the Associate Vice President for University Advancement and to the Deans of the Conway School, and of NCSSS. The Director will provide support to the Dean of the School and faculty on advancement matters, will work with central advancement to determine the philanthropic strategy annually, and will help to organize and communicate the School’s philanthropic priorities in order to maximize internal and external support.

The Director of Communications for University Advancement oversees all publication development, collateral creation, and shapes overall messaging for the Division, focusing on creating narratives that demonstrate the impact of philanthropy on the University. Additionally, the Director will participate with others on the creation of a communications plan for the University’s next comprehensive campaign, extending to the execution of all collateral (both print and digital) for the campaign. Other responsibilities include close coordination with the Annual Fund, Alumni Engagement, and Advancement Events teams in creating appeals and other communications vehicles, providing strategic counsel to maximize philanthropy via online and social promotion for colleagues in central Advancement, (and extending to our school-based advancement directors / deans), and managing crisis communications for the Division, (this work will always be coordinated with the University’s Marketing and Communications division and lead communications officials). The Director will write and craft philanthropic messaging for University leadership (including the University President, Vice President for University Advancement, and others) and will serve as the liaison between the Division and the University’s Office of Marketing and Communications. The position oversees several staff members who assist in the precise execution of the Division’s communications apparatus.