Director of Leadership Gifts

Posted: 26-Sep-25

Location: New London, Connecticut

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 1307

Priority Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic oversight and management of leadership giving staff, the research and prospect management team, and other teams as determined.
• Oversee advisory groups made up of alumni and parents by region or affinity, as determined.
• Establish annual goals, set priorities, and develop strategies for the College’s major gift fundraising.
• In coordination with the Vice President of College Advancement, envision a multi-year strategy for expanding the donor base of support. This may include partnering with annual and planned giving staff on identifying and qualifying leadership annual giving donors that may increase their gifts.
• Build meaningful relationships with alumni, parents, and friends of Conn College leading to impactful philanthropic commitments.
• Ensure strong collaboration with colleagues across advancement to develop and implement integrated donor strategies.
• Encourage, support, and motivate staff to increase productivity in major gift activities.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and oversee major giving cultivation, solicitation, and concurrent annual giving strategies for each Leadership Gift Officer’s portfolio of prospects.
• Identify, cultivate and solicit a prospect pool of 100+ major gift prospects of alumni, parents, and friends of Connecticut College.
• Develop strong internal relationships needed to bring information and resources to the cultivation and solicitation effort.
• Track and report on major gift prospect activity and ensure all Leadership Gift Officers update contact and biographical information on a timely basis.
• Increase campus awareness of and support of Connecticut College’s advancement goals through regular interaction with faculty and administration.
• Extensive travel required and frequent evening/weekend work.
• Other duties as assigned

About Connecticut College: Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut with a total undergraduate enrollment of over 1,700 students.