Major Gifts Fundraiser (Individual Donors) at Stellenbosch University

About the Job

Duties/Pligte

• Working primarily across prospective and existing individual donors to the University. This may also necessitate engaging with some corporate, foundations, and trusts portfolios, but the role is to focus on securing donations of above average value via prospect qualification and individual donor cultivation;
• Meeting fundraising targets as agreed upon each year;
• Conducting regular cultivation visits against set targets;
• Facilitating prospects/donor meetings with University leadership and key entities;
• Working with alumni coordinators to integrate fundraising activities and to build a pipeline of prospects and donors;
• Stewarding relationships with existing donors, including moving these donors through the fundraising levels.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• Bachelor's degree and at least ten years' experience in an advancement, development and sales environment, or the business of fundraising, with a track record of achieving sales or fundraising targets, OR RPL with ten to 15 years' proven track record in sales and marketing or the business of fundraising;
• Commercially astute with demonstrable business acumen and a creative approach to business development;
• The ability to manage people and projects;
• An outgoing, confident, and warm personality;
• A self-starter who can organise and manage their own time and workload and who is driven to achieve;
• The ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues;
• Excellent skills in PowerPoint and presentation generation - balancing visual creativity with sharp professionalism;
• Organisational skills and time management are critical to balance the variety of tasks;
• The ability to think and act quickly on new ideas, while working within a larger team and an environment that depends upon the adherence to internal governance regulations and financial processes;
• General research skills and some key accounts database experience;
• An understanding and appreciation of the higher education environment.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Well-grounded knowledge of South Africa's social, economic, and political issues in a regional context.