Associate Vice President for Advancement

At Wheeling University, you’ll find more than just a workplace — you’ll join a mission-driven community that lives by values of leadership, service, faith, integrity, and excellence. As an employee, you’ll be part of a university that is committed to integrating learning, research, and outreach within its Catholic tradition, seeking to develop not only competent professionals, and also socially responsible citizens. Wheeling promotes close student-faculty connections and encourages all members to grow both intellectually and ethically, to serve with compassion among diverse communities, and to lead by example. In such an environment, your work will matter — your contributions help sustain a culture where academic rigor, moral purpose, and service to others are more deals --they are daily actions and practices.

Wheeling University invites candidates for an Associate Vice President for Advancement. The Associate Vice President for Advancement provides strategic leadership for the University’s fundraising and advancement efforts, with primary responsibility for developing and leading major campaigns designed to increase the University’s endowment and annual fund support. This position cultivates relationships with donors, alumni, and other key stakeholders to advance the University’s philanthropic priorities and strengthen long-term financial sustainability. Prior experience in fundraising, development, or advancement is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Advancement team in planning and implementing long- and short-term strategies to secure gifts from individuals and organizations through major, planned and annual gifts.
• Work with the President’s Cabinet and the Board of Directors to establish a strategic plan for Capital projects.
• Work with the University President and Board of Directors, establishes measurable goals to increase fundraising results.
• Ensure successful implementation of a planned giving program both by informing marketing and prospecting strategy as well as by personally soliciting and assisting in the solicitation of planned gift prospects.
• Sets direction and gives guidance to recognizing donors in effective and meaningful ways.
• Plan, coordinate, attend and assist with Advancement and Alumni campus events.
• Respond to inquiries from alumni, parents, students, community members.
• Develops strong positive relationships with the University community to establish the Advancement office as the major resource and coordinator for all university fund-raising.
• Establishes and adheres to annual operating budgets and ensures that advancement programs are operating in a fiscally prudent and productive way.
• Helps develop and administer policies related to fundraising and gift stewardship in collaboration with the university Board of Directors.