Senior Philanthropic Consultant

Role Overview

• Manage large-scale engagements by coordinating multiple internal and external resources, managing resources and budgets, and ensuring alignment across workstreams while maintaining accountability for deliverables and deadlines.
• Engage clients effectively through structured meetings and presentations, providing intentional leadership and delivering insights that drive action across all stakeholder levels/groups.
• Translate client needs and priorities from and/or into defined scopes, approaches, and deliverables that drive alignment between client expectations and company success.
• Conduct tasks and projects for external clients, including program reviews, fundraising strategy development and implementation, board development, campaign counsel, and other services as needed.
• Plays a key role in project management as well as risk management, proactively identifying challenges and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure smooth project execution and client satisfaction.
• Responsible for business development efforts, including identifying new opportunities, cultivating long-term and new client relationships, drives company provided leads as seller or subject matter expert and supports overall business development processes.
• Model and reinforce the company’s ethos high-performance, growth-mindset and serving and championing brand and market presence.
• Meet annual productivity goals by delivering high-quality client work efficiently and identifying and extending client work.
• Collaborate regularly with internal team members and clients to ensure delivery of cohesive and quality work products on deadline.
• As opportunities are provided, create written content, and engage in speaking opportunities to promote expertise in philanthropy through firm and industry publications, conferences, or events.
• Participate in ongoing internal activities as a productive and active member of the company. These may include orientation and ongoing training, firm-wide client review meetings, and other skill-building activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 15+ years of donor facing fundraising experience in higher education.
• Experience at a Power Five or mid-major institution preferred.
• 5+ years of experience leading development/advancement organizations, including strategy development and execution.
• 2+ years of experience leading a team.
• Demonstrated ability to develop skills in others, with a strong aptitude for training, coaching, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience presenting at conferences, demonstrated leadership within the philanthropic sector, and a strong interest in sharing knowledge and expertise with diverse audiences.
• Powerful analytical skills, both qualitative and quantitative, and a solid strategic thinking.
• Ability to create a strong, positive initial impression and maintain solid professional credibility.
• Commitment to an inclusive, high-performing workplace culture.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

• Paid holidays, PTO and volunteer time off.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA and FSA (medical and dependent care) options.
• Employer paid basic life insurance, and short and long-term disability.