Director of Development - Neuroscience and Behavioral Health

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 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

Be You.

Join Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs team and help shape the future of neuroscience and behavioral health.

In this pivotal role, you’ll develop and drive innovative fundraising strategies to connect grateful patients, families, and supporters with groundbreaking work in Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neurobiology, Psychiatry, and more—including the renowned Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center.

Your efforts will directly fuel life-changing research, care, and discovery.

Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs is a hybrid workplace. All team members must live within the local area, have access to, and maintain a secure home office environment with high-speed internet service. The ability to work collaboratively with others using a variety of technologies and tools is a must.  At the discretion of the manager, some positions will be required to work in our office located in Durham, NC for a specified number of days per week.

Work Arrangement – Hybrid

Anticipated Pay Range - Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position as USD $ 76,628.00 to USD $153,254.00. Duke University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills; internal peer equity; as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your paycheck. Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members.

Learn more at: https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/

DEPARTMENT PREFERENCES/SKILLS

• Preference for academic/medical/healthcare experience.
• Campaign experience is desirable.  
• A proven track record of success in personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding meaningful philanthropic support from individuals, foundations, or corporations. A high level of comfort and effectiveness working with high-net worth individuals and business executives.
• Must have a creative and collaborative approach to problem solving, and strong critical thinking and analytical skills. A high level of energy, self-confidence, optimism, and the ability to function at peak levels in a high expectation environment are essential. 
• Superior communication skills, both oral and written. Must be able to communicate effectively to a large/diverse audience, including senior administration, board members, donors, prospects, colleagues, staff, physicians, faculty, and other constituents.
• Must be able to navigate a matrixed organization and appreciate and thrive in a complex academic medical environment.
• 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.
• Successful candidates must have a high level of competency in collaborating with others, goal and task management, information seeking, decisiveness and judgment, ability to influence, flexibility, dealing with ambiguity, written and oral communication, listening, organizational awareness and leadership.
• Some travel and flexibility in work hours will be necessary at times to accomplish objectives and satisfy goals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education - Work requires completion of a bachelor's degree program.

Experience - Work requires a minimum of five (5) years of progressive fundraising experience in a related organization with a proven track record in major gifts. 

Be You.

Fundraising 70%

• Grow and manage a pool of prospects capable of making gifts of $100k or more, from identification to stewardship. Portfolio and prospect pool will focus on grateful patients and their families.
• Identify and qualify prospects, develop and cultivate relationships, develop gift strategies for prospects with associated faculty and leaders, solicit major and leadership level gifts, and negotiate and successfully close gifts.
• Coordinate and ensure effective recognition and stewardship activities for donors.
• Coordinate and collaborate with colleagues on all Duke Health fundraising teams to ensure comprehensive coverage of prospects and donors.
• Write or assist in drafting proposals and other materials as necessary; assist with publicity arrangements on important gifts, programs, accomplishments or events.

Strategic Planning and Program Implementation 20%

• Forge strong partnerships throughout the organization, establish and maintain regular communication with faculty physicians to increase and manage the level of faculty physician referrals of grateful patients to enhance major gift conversations.
• Work closely with faculty leadership in assigned areas to develop compelling strategies, priorities and collaterals that align with campaign priorities and Duke Health’s central missions of research, education and care.
• Build annual and long-term goals for philanthropy in assigned areas.
• Assist administrators and faculty in the identification and prioritization of institutional and departmental funding needs; keep abreast of institutional programs.
• Develop, evaluate and refine plans and timetables for departmental or theme assignments; assist in planning and/or directing cultivation events or programs.
• Partner effectively with colleagues across Duke Health.
• Serve as a member of the Individual Giving fundraising team and help donors see the relationship between patient care and the underlying science, research, and educational needs within Duke Health.
• Coordinate and collaborate with colleagues on all Duke Health fundraising teams to ensure comprehensive coverage of prospects and donors.

Portfolio Development and Management 10%

• Successfully maintain and manage a portfolio of major gifts prospects.
• Follow procedures in coordination with the Office of Gift Records to ensure effective collecting, recording, accounting, acknowledgement and follow-up on all private gifts to assigned departments.
• Develop contact reports and enter moves ad data into tracking databases.
• Work successfully with colleagues across the institution to collaborate on prospects with multiple interests.
• Follow best fundraising and operational practices for Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification.  This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified

Choose Duke.

If you're driven to build meaningful relationships and secure transformational support for world-class research and care, apply today and be the catalyst for breakthroughs that change lives.

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