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Current Postings Shown Below - Date Added
Director of Development - Major Gifts, Ball State University - April 21, 2025
Program Associate-Resource Development, Global Ministries - March 21, 2025
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director of development - major gifts, ball state university
Date Posted: April 21, 2025
Join Our Team: Director of Development – Major Gifts
Are you ready to be part of an energetic and unified team dedicated to transforming higher education? Our foundation is breaking down barriers between advancement, alumni relations, and stewardship to create a cohesive environment where philanthropy and innovative partnerships thrive. This is your chance to make a significant impact as we fulfill Our Call to Beneficence: The Campaign for Ball State University, aimed at elevating student support both financially and academically.
Why Join Us?
- Dynamic Team Environment: Collaborate with passionate professionals who are committed to our mission.
- Cutting-Edge Initiatives: Be at the forefront of redefining philanthropy in education.
- Unified Structure: Work within a seamless organization with no barriers between key departments.
- Supportive Culture: A high-achieving work environment that values camaraderie and collaboration.
- Impactful Work: A mission that changes lives through education and philanthropy.
The Director of Development – Major Gifts plays a crucial role in shaping the organization’s public image and success as a frontline fundraising with responsibilities to discover, cultivate, and successfully solicit individual donors for the purposes of securing major, annual, and planned gifts for Ball State University. If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for philanthropy, we invite you to join our team and make a difference. Join us
in our mission to support students in realizing their purpose, achieving their dreams, and leading meaningful lives.
Destination 2040: Our Flight Path establishes Ball State University’s ambitious goals for our second century:
• We pledge to provide a premier educational experience for every student.
• We pledge to partner with the community to improve the lives of our neighbors.
• We are dedicated to having a lifelong presence in the lives of our alumni.
And when we complement these promises with our commitment to our enduring values, we define that which makes our University and its culture distinctive.
Our faculty are collegial, collaborative, innovative, inclusive, and adaptive, both within and beyond one’s home unit. These attributes include commitments to collaborative discourse, interdisciplinary inquiry, and enterprising learning practices.
Our faculty are expected to be innovative, adaptive, engaging teachers across modalities; producers of impactful creative and/or scholarly work; leaders in meaningful service activities to multiple communities.
We seek faculty members who are strategic thinkers, engaging our dynamic communities. We are committed to student and faculty success, impact, and access, within an environment that prioritizes inclusive excellence. We inspire each other to be critical thinkers and responsible citizens, so that we can pursue fulfilling careers and meaningful lives.
Ball State University lives the values of Beneficence. We invite you to be part of our community.
At Ball State University, inclusiveness and freedom of expression are a part of our enduring values and inform all of our efforts. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.
Duties and Responsibilities: Discover, cultivate, and successfully solicit individual donors for the purposes of securing major, annual, and planned gifts for Ball State University; plan and implement ongoing major gift activities on behalf of the university in order to increase the number and size of private gifts.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. At least three years of experience in philanthropy, fundraising, or related profession. Willingness and ability to travel extensively; possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and be insurable under the university’s auto fleet policy; ability to work as part of an organization without direct daily supervision; outstanding oral, written, and listening communication skills are necessary in order to articulate institutional viewpoint, goal, priorities, and needs.
Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree from an accredited institution. Prior fundraising experience in higher education setting. Strong organizational management and interpersonal skills together with self-motivation, personal accountability, and ability to motivate others including staff, faculty and volunteers; ability to work as a team member within a complex institution; knowledge of or experience in an educational setting; ability to work as part of an organization without direct daily supervision; outstanding oral, written, and listening communications skills are necessary in order to articulate departmental and institutional viewpoints, goals, priorities, and needs.
Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 5/5/2025.
Apply online at: https://bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/47530. Include the following documents with your application: Curriculum Vitae and in support of your application for this position, please prepare and submit a cover letter that describes how your qualifications and experiences align with the elements of the position description (or leadership profile). In your cover letter, please also describe how you have demonstrated a commitment to our University’s enduring values, including inclusiveness, which we define as a commitment
‘to respect and embrace equity, inclusion, and diversity in people, ideas, and opinions.’
The option to upload transcripts is available. Original, official transcripts showing the highest related degree earner is required at the time of hire (even if obtained at BSU). Degree verification will be conducted.
Ball State is a great place to work! In fact, Forbes has ranked Ball State University as the fourth-best midsized employer—and the only recognized education institution—in the State of Indiana.
Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana, on an attractive campus 45 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Approximately 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students enroll in one of eight academic colleges that offer 270+ undergraduate and graduate programs. Many of our master’s, doctoral, certificate, and specialist degrees rank among the best in the nation. We engage students in educational, research, and creative endeavors that empower our graduates to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives enriched by lifelong learning and service, while we enhance the economic, environmental, and social vitality of our community,
our state, and our world.
The Ball State way is rooted in the Beneficence Pledge – a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship, honesty and integrity, social responsibility, gratitude and valuing the intrinsic worth of each member of our community. Ball State students, faculty and staff are empowered in a culture that believes in them and demands they believe in themselves. They are partners in an innovative, immersive approach to education. They are supported by living and learning facilities that enable intellectual curiosity. We graduate scholars who are changing the world, and we’ve dedicated our University to do the same.
Ball State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal
consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, genetic information, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, protected veteran status, or any legally protected status.
Salary range: $75,000-80,000 annually
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PROGRAM ASSOCIATE-RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL MINISTRIES
Date Posted: March 20, 2025
Do you want to contribute to a team that makes a difference across the globe? do you want to know and see how the financial gifts you source impact the masses? Look no further, the Office of Resource Development for Global Ministries is seeking a dynamic team member to support revenue generating activities and fund development efforts.
At Global Ministries, we are a diverse team working together to support the mission of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. The Resource Development team initiates, nurtures, and maintains relationships with current and potential donors to provide direct and planned gifts to Global Ministries which is a shared ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ (UCC).
The Program Associate is a valued team member that strategically manages donor campaigns, and development activities and carries lead responsibility in selected functions to help the organization meet its revenue goals. We are seeking an innovative team member that will develop new non-conventional sources and modalities of giving to Global Ministries.
What to Expect as Program Associate:
- Builds relationships with current and potential donors, with emphases on a) responding to fundraising relationships with Disciples of UCC congregations, middle judicatories, and racial/ethnic constituency ministries and b) implementation of new approaches to fundraising for program and missionary support.
- Plans and executes fundraising campaigns, events, and programs, ensuring all necessary follow up and post-event reporting has been completed.
- Develops project/program funding proposals, reports, and communications.
- Assists with institutional and foundation fundraising efforts, identifies and promotes new unconventional, and innovative fundraising strategies.
- Assists and, at times, takes leadership in the development of digital and print material for fundraising/development efforts to be used in Resource Development, other Global Ministries, and other program activities.
- Coordinates social media strategies in consultation with the communication team and/or Executives.
- Meet regularly with Co-executives, Director of Strategic Engagement, and staff to discuss current and new funding needs.
- Supports database manager for the Raisers Edge and Giving Fuel, with capacity to run giving reports, manage data entry, etc. routinely. This includes ensuring that all necessary data for end of year reporting is readily available to Executives upon request.
What You Will Bring:
The qualified candidate will have at least three to five years of fund development experience. The ideal candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, be self-directed, and demonstrate a strong ability to work well with a wide range of individuals and groups.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Demonstrated success in working in fundraising and donor development theory highly preferred.
- Background in development, fund-raising, and/or project interpretation.
- Proficiency with donor databases and websites is highly desirable. Blackbaud Raisers Edge and Giving Fuel use a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and collegially as well as independently, exercising initiative with appropriate follow through.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment, take initiative and follow-through.
- Be highly organized with the ability to implement systems and follow-up processes.
- Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.) and database management skills.
- Overall travel expectation of 35-40% for a remote position, donor engagement, and staff development activities.
- Familiarity with the structure and work of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and/or United Church of Christ and work of Global Ministries is helpful.
You'll Love:
A weekly hybrid work schedule is in place that will allow for set scheduled days in the office for
collaborative engagement with colleagues, and days working remotely to foster work/life balance.
In addition, DOM has very competitive healthcare benefits and Paid Time Off!
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required
and is subject to review and modification based on the needs of the organization.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to Krista
Johnson Weicksel at kmjohnson@dom.disciples.org.
Position: Program Associate, Resource Development
Department: Resource Development
Reports to: Director of Strategic Engagement
Location: Hybrid Position, Indianapolis, Indiana based
Salary: The salary range is $54,000-$58,000.
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