REPORTS TO: Chief Development Officer
COMPENSATION: $75-90K
STATUS: Full time, exempt, benefits eligible
How to Apply:
For full consideration, please provide a resume with attached cover letter in one PDF, describing how your skills and experience relate to the position requirements. We would be especially interested to read about how your background fundraising in the visual arts, cultural community, or higher education spaces would translate into this work.
About UMMA:
Founded in 1946, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is free and fully accessible to the public, providing local, regional, and national audiences with opportunities to explore and grapple with current issues, art, and ideas about the present and past. Recently ranked the number one public university art museum in the country, UMMA welcomes more than 240,000visitors every year and engages over 40,000 of them through 900 annual public programs. UMMA’s permanent collections include more than 21,000 objects acquired over 150 years; special exhibitions feature both emerging and internationally acclaimed artists. Additionally, the Museum’s digital initiatives have expanded and intensified in 2020, allowing people around the globe to connect with UMMA’s work, which positions art as a potent expression and response to the crises of our time. Under the leadership of Museum Director Christina Olsen, UMMA is experiencing great momentum and a dramatically higher level of ambition. With a renewed focus on anti-racism and social justice issues, campus collaborations and research, nationally important exhibitions, and building its capacity for partnerships, UMMA aims to strategically expand its international profile and commitment to partnering with a broad and diverse public.
Summary:
The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) seeks an Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving to oversee a broad portfolio of institutional donors and a comprehensive solicitation program for private and corporate foundations; federal, state, and local government agencies; University of Michigan units; and other prospects as assigned. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, this is a hybrid role that requires 1-3 days of onsite work per week at UMMA, located at 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48108.
The full job description is available here.
Responsibilities:
- Research, identify, and lead engagement efforts for prospective and existing foundations, corporations, government agencies, U-M unit funders, and other development prospects.
- Author letters, proposals, and budgets to solicit gifts from foundations, government agencies, U-M units, and other prospects as assigned/needed.
- Draft proposals, letters, emails, and other solicitations to secure project, exhibition, and operating support from on-campus partners, including schools, colleagues, and units; research and teaching awards; sponsorship opportunities; and U-M grant programs.
- Organize and monitor grant activity and is the primary liaison to the Office of the Vice President for Research and Office of University Development Corporate and Foundation Relations.
- Contribute to the development of overall stewardship strategies, including writing acknowledgment letters, progress reports, and financial reports.
- Advance UMMA’s visibility in the philanthropic sector and work with the OUD Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations to connect with national and international foundations and U-M Government Relations to develop relationships with U.S. and international policymakers and government funding agencies.
- Meet funding goals including the support of ongoing exhibitions and programs and significant major grant activity that contributes to achieving UMMA’s forthcoming campaign goal.
- Participate in meetings with UMMA and U-M faculty and staff to match funding needs to potential funding sources.
- Edit proposals, solicitations, and stewardship materials by other Development team members.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5 to 7 years of previous experience in grant writing, communications, or a related field.
- A background in the visual arts or the cultural community or higher education.
- Broad knowledge of the principles of fundraising. Ability to participate in all aspects of the gift cycle: (1) to initiate contacts with potential funders; (2) to develop appropriate cultivation strategies for funders, including working with volunteers and senior University administrators; (3) to move potential funders in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure; (4) to maintain stewardship contacts with funders.
- Superior oral, written, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to marshal complex arguments and present them in a clear and engaging manner.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct foundation/government fundraising in a team environment, including cultivating and soliciting prospects capable of five- to six-figure gifts.
- Proven track record of adhering to timelines and meeting deadlines.
- Proven problem-solving, research, and analytical skills.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.
Benefits at the University of Michigan
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:
- Generous time off
- A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
- Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
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