Chief Advancement Officer
Salary: $143,257.00 - $159,174.00 Annually
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 000000
Location: University Center Campus - 2200 Dendrinos Drive, Traverse City
Division: Office of Advancement
Summary & Qualifications:
Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Northwestern Michigan College Foundation in the search for a Chief Advancement Officer.
The Chief Advancement Officer will serve as the Vice President of College Advancement as well as Executive Director of the NMC Foundation and will be responsible for all fundraising efforts of the Foundation in direct support of the College's mission and strategic plan. The Chief Advancement Officer will provide strategic leadership in the raising and management of philanthropic resources across all programs and operating units of Northwestern Michigan College (NMC). The Chief Advancement Officer will provide executive administrative leadership to the College's public relations, marketing, and communications functions, through the Associate Vice President of Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications. The Chief Advancement Officer will partner with the Vice President of Student Services on enrollment marketing as well as engage with the community, alongside the President and Vice President Strategic Initiatives, to foster community connections and develop strategic partnerships. The Chief Advancement Officer will also provide executive leadership and oversight for the College's Dennos Museum Center, International Affairs Forum, and WNMC radio station. Given the Chief Advancement Officer's charge, the successful candidate will be an astute relationship builder with an ability to engage with programs across the College and throughout the community. While strengthening existing relationships, the Chief Advancement Officer will develop new relationships and partnerships that build the College's visibility, appeal, community impact, and financial resources.
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
Northwestern Michigan College seeks a Chief Advancement Officer with
• a commitment to the mission of Northwestern Michigan College-to deliver lifelong learning opportunities to transform lives and enrich communities;
• progressive executive leadership experience including administrative experience in higher education or an industry of similar complexity and scope;
• knowledge of current and emerging best practices in fundraising and philanthropy as well as experience raising and managing philanthropic resources;
• experience serving as an advisor to institutional leadership on strategic and operational planning;
• an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving and a results-oriented, relationship-driven, and high-performance leadership approach;
• an ability to thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, fast-paced environment; and
• an ability to develop and maintain dynamic, trusting relationships and work productively with a broad range of stakeholders, including donors, program managers and faculty, board members, and members of the wider Traverse City community.
A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least five years of experience as a seasoned leader with practical experience in both fundraising and organizational advancement is preferred for this position.
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Are you an innovator with a vision for the future of higher education who reimagines the ways colleges can best serve our students and communities? Are you a collaborator who leverages relationships to develop new solutions and opportunities? If so, now is the time to join Northwestern Michigan College as our first ever Chief Advancement Officer.
Higher ed as an industry is at a pivotal moment and we at NMC are leaning into our “possibilitarian” spirit to actively design a new path forward. Since I joined as President in 2020, we have developed strategic plans for both the https://www.nmc.edu/strategic-plan/index.html and the https://www.nmc.edu/about/foundation/about/strategic-plan.html, with wide-community engagement, and now we're focused on execution of those plans, delivering on our desired results. We're also currently undertaking a facilities master planning process, with major changes anticipated, from campus reconfiguration to housing growth and new program-driven expansion.
To help us achieve this ambitious vision for the future, we are strategically elevating and expanding our advancement efforts. While the College has a proud and successful history of philanthropy, the newly designed Chief Advancement Officer must take a larger and more comprehensive view of what it means to successfully move the College forward, including and beyond philanthropy. I am looking for a partner to work closely with me to reimagine what is possible and effectively execute strategies to get us there. The Chief Advancement Officer will join NMC at an important time as the College looks to the future:
• Following a successful comprehensive campaign that raised over $40 million, the Foundation is preparing to mobilize generosity in support of the College's strategic plan, ‘Next' including a focus on supporting innovation;
• The development of the Fresh Water Research and Innovation Center, a collaboration of various entities, envisioned to become the hub for the research, development, and commercialization of freshwater and marine technologies and their applications affecting the Great Lakes and similar freshwater systems throughout the world;
• A major $10 million building campaign to support the College's 50+ year-old Aviation Program, (the only two-year flight training program in the state of Michigan);
• A major investment in the College's marketing efforts, including staffing and campaigns to support the College's enrollment marketing and growth strategies; and
• A community-driven interest in possible annexation of Benzie County.
Essential Responsibilities
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Chief Advancement Officer will
• provide strategic leadership in the raising and management of philanthropic resources across all programs and operating units of Northwestern Michigan College;
• develop and maintain dynamic, trusting relationships with donors, program managers and faculty, board members, and members of the wider Traverse City community;
• cultivate and solicit new major gift and planned gift donors, matching College needs with donor interests while continuing to steward existing donors;
• advise the President regarding College-wide strategic and operational decisions and participate in institutional strategic planning, goal setting, and operational planning in order to achieve College priorities;
• identify and implement processes that result in “sustainability funding” for key positions and programs;
• evaluate current advancement programs and develop and implement a strategic engagement plan for fundraising potential across campus;
• provide executive leadership and oversight for the College's Dennos Museum Center, International Affairs Forum, and WNMC radio station;
• ensure effective evaluation of fundraising programs and roles;
• share results with the Foundation Board, NMC Board of Trustees, administrative leadership, and Foundation stakeholders, as appropriate;
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