Assistant Director of Development – Neurosciences and Behavioral Health

Durham, NC, US, 27710             ·           Full time

Work Arrangement: 

Requisition Number:  231880

Regular or Temporary:  Regular

Location:   Durham, NC, US, 27710

Personnel Area:  MEDICAL CENTER

Date:  Jul 28, 2023

School of Medicine Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation’s top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,500 faculty physicians and researchers, more than 1,300 students, and more than 6,000 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) comprise Duke Health. a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

Occupational Summary:

The Assistant Director of Development, Duke Health, reports to the Executive Director of Development, Duke Health and is responsible for fundraising primarily for gifts of $25k-$99k for the departments staffed by the Neuroscience and Behavioral Health (NSBH) grateful patient fundraising team supporting the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, and The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. Serves as a member of the Neuroscience and Behavioral Health and Individual Giving fundraising team and helps donors see the relationship between patient care and the underlying science, research, and educational needs within Duke Health.

Work Performed:

Fundraising 70%

• Successfully identify, qualify, cultivate and solicit special gifts prospects.
• Working in coordination with administration, faculty, and volunteers as appropriate, recommend and implement cultivation and solicitation strategies for grateful patient prospects. 
• Secure gifts in support of evergreen funding priorities as established by Duke Health leadership.
• Write or assist in drafting proposals and other materials as necessary.
• Assist in planning and/or directing cultivation events or programs.
• Coordinate appropriate recognition and stewardship activities for donors.
• Work successfully with colleagues across the institution to collaborate on prospects with multiple interests.

Prospect Identification (20%)

• With a special focus on building a pipeline for special and major gifts within the NSBH team, build partnerships with major gift colleagues on the NSBH team to increase and manage faculty physician referrals of grateful patients to enhance special gift conversations.
• As appropriate, build partnerships and maintain regular communication with faculty physicians across the NSBH areas to increase and manage the level of faculty physician referrals of grateful patients to enhance special gift conversations.
• Provide consistent referrals to leadership annual giving, planned giving, and major gifts colleagues.
• Work in close coordination and with annual, major and planned giving officers.
• Coordinate and collaborate with colleagues on all Duke Health fundraising teams to ensure comprehensive coverage of prospects and donors.

Portfolio Management 10%

• Develop contact reports and enter moves and data into tracking databases.
• Successfully maintain and manage a portfolio of special gifts prospects.
• Follow procedures in coordination with the Office of Gift Records to ensure effective collecting, recording, accounting, acknowledgment and follow-up on all private gifts from assigned donors.
• Follow best fundraising and operational practices for Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Department Preferences/Skills

• The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities/attributes: outstanding written and oral communication skills, and a collaborative nature. Familiarity with academic healthcare environments is highly desirable.
• Must be a self-starter with a sense of urgency, a clear set of priorities, and the ability to adapt to and lead through changing circumstances in an environment where working across boundaries and leveraging strengths are necessary.
• Some travel and flexibility in work hours will be necessary at times to accomplish objectives and satisfy goals.

Education/Training:

Work requires completion of a bachelor’s degree program.

Experience:

Work requires a minimum of five years’ experience in alumni affairs, public relations, fund raising, sales and promotions, marketing, student activities or a related field in order to acquire skills necessary to administer, coordinate and/or participate in general fund-raising activities and proposal development. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.

Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs is building a flexible and hybrid workplace. All team members must have access to and maintain a secure home office environment with high-speed internet service and work collaboratively with others using a variety of technologies and tools. Depending on the type of position and work performed, or as deemed by manager, some positions may be required to work intermittently in an office located in Durham, NC.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Work requires communications, analytical and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor’s degree program.

Experience

• Work requires five years experience in alumni affairs, public OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE. relations, fund raising, sales and promotions, marketing, student activities or a related field in order to acquire skills necessary to administer, coordinate and/or participate in general fund-raising activities and proposal development.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Nearest Major Market: Durham
Nearest Secondary Market: Raleigh

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