Director of Advancement (DOA) at University of Lagos

Job Details
Reporting to the Vice Chancellor through on Independent Advancement Board, the DOA will work closely with the University's senior leadership, its constituencies, alumni and volunteer leaders to coordinate alumni relations, fund-raising, endorsements and stewardship efforts across the University. The Director will provide leadership and support in coordinating, facilitating and advancing the University's mission in the areas of alumni affairs management, advancement services, development, donor stewardship, stakeholder relations, research and other related assignments as deemed appropriate by the Advancement Board. This will include the identification of individual donors and potential foundation cnd corporate gifts to the University. The Director wiil also serve os the Secretory of the Board of Advancement and will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Advancement Office, develop and manage its staff.

Qualification and Experience

•    Education: Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred
•    10 years' fund management experience (in public or private enterprise) or experience in a university advancement/development, alumni affairs management and fund-raising environment

Specific roles
•    Provide the strategic vision and collaborative leadership to plan and execute on effective and comprehensive advancement and development programme.
•    Provide leadership for the planning and implementation of programmes and projects that strategically engage alumni in support of programmes that produce tangible benefits to alumni and current students
•    Serve as ambassador and liaison with alumni association leadership to secure commitments from alumni to provide professional expertise and volunteer service; collaborating with colleagues in university academic and administrative leadership to create and maintain pathways for alumni porticipotion that advance the goals of the university as well as collaborate with leadership colleagues to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward alumni giving.
•    Work with the Board of Advancement to develop and strategically distribute communications materials to alumni, active/potential donors updating them on the university's research activities, progress and potential campaigns.
•    Manage primary liaison between alumni and the University.
•    Create and design opinion to increase alumni giving participation rotes.
•    Identify and implement best practices for donor stewardship to ensure donor retention and growth in giving.
•    Actively engage current and possible givers and deepen existing donor relationships through regular, relevant communications and stewardship.
•    Provide comprehensive, timely and innovative gratitude, which includes providing financial stewardship reports, showing the impact of the gift, and designing creative, meaningful ways to say Thank You.
•    Generate and recommend new policies while reviewing and evaluating existing policies and procedures.
•    Ensure consistency with University strategic plan and promote institutional effectiveness,