Job Description

Job Summary:

PBS Wisconsin seeks a dynamic, mission-driven fundraiser who can inspire corporate and business giving for programs and projects that serve people and communities throughout the state. The Managing Director of Corporate Giving will both lead a team and engage in direct fundraising and relationship building, primarily with businesses, companies, and their foundations. This goal-oriented position will seek underwriting, sponsorships, and other funding for broadcast programs, engagement opportunities, educational projects, and other endeavors that support the PBS Wisconsin mission.

In addition to managing their own portfolio of donors and prospects, this position supervises the Corporate Giving team, currently consisting of three gift officers, the team manager, and a content producer, collaborates with the other Development unit leaders (Membership, Major Gifts, Legacy Giving, Grants, and Special Events), all reporting to the Chief Development Officer. This position will work with the Chief Development Officer to set individual and team goals for fundraising, set and manage performance metrics for the team, and analyze and report on performance.

This position is also responsible for ensuring compliance for financial and broadcast reporting. This position may work primarily remotely, though in-person attendance will be required for some meetings, events, and for frequent meetings with donors and prospects across the state.

Responsibilities:

Develops, implements, and evaluates advancement strategy for the unit. Directs development and implementation of fundraising, public relations, and alumni relations strategy in support of strategic goals. Represents the unit to internal and external stakeholders to ensure success of advancement efforts.

• 20% Directs strategic planning initiatives for advancement and establishes unit objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan
• 10% Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing organizational information on business-relations issues, opportunities, and activities and representing the interests of the unit
• 20% Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships
• 10% Delivers directed program messaging to internal and external audiences
• 10% Evaluates advancement strategy effectiveness and provides recommendations for improvement
• 10% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• 10% Coordinates the goals and efforts of the Corporate team group with other development groups such as Membership, Major Gifts, Planned Giving, Events, and Grants, including WPR\'s similar groups
• 10% Ensures that key information from unit , including but not limited to: prospect and donor contacts, KPIs, contract information, underwriting recognition information, is recorded and communicated effectively, thoroughly and punctually

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

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Education:

Preferred
Bachelor\'s Degree in Liberal Arts

Qualifications:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Clear, articulate, and persuasive verbal and written communications to individuals and groups, internal and external

to PBS Wisconsin

• Creativity to envision and articulate project opportunities and match with donor interests and passions
• Ease and comfort successfully soliciting financial gifts and corporate underwriting
• Analytical acumen to collect, synthesize, evaluate and make judgments and recommendations based on data
• Ability to travel to conduct site visits and meetings with donors and colleagues across the state
• Coaching, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to manage staff members and sustain a culture of fundraising and sales

goal achievement

• Computer skills including familiarity and comfort using contact management software and other relevant research

and analysis software

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• General understanding of PBS Wisconsin, public media organizations or non-profit organizations.
• Experience using a CRM.
• Experience working in public media and/or corporate development.

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $85,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The salary for this position will be dependent on qualifications and experience.

Additional Information:

Expected salary range for this position is $85,000 up to $95,000 for experienced candidates who exceed the qualifications. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications.

The person in this position will be required to comply with the Ethical Guidelines for Editorial Staff of Wisconsin Public Radio and Television located here: https://pbswisconsin.org/about/, in addition to the UW-Madison code of ethics.

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

How to Apply:

The following must be received for your application to be complete: 1) Resume; 2) A cover letter describing how your experience relates to the listed required and preferred job qualifications.

Finalists will be asked to provide a list of at least three professional references with titles, emails, and phone numbers (include at least one supervisory reference). Note that references will not be contacted without your prior knowledge.

Questions? Contact Kate Crawford, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706; 608-262-5221; hr@wpm.wisc.edu.

Contact:

Kate Crawford
kate.crawford@wisc.edu
608-262-5221
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Advancement Director (C)(AV033)

Department(s):

A46-PUBLIC MEDIA/PBS WISCONSIN

Employment Class:

Limited

Job Number:

277620-LI

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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