Currently Hiring:

DIRECTOR of ADVANCEMENT

Send Resume and Cover Letter to: careers@landingschool.edu

Position Title:  Director of Advancement

Reports to: President

Compensation/Rate: Commensurate with Experience

Job Description: The Director of Advancement plans, manages, and directs the fundraising and alumni engagement strategy, including major gifts, annual giving and grants, and alumni relations.  In addition, the Director plays a role in external communications.

Objectives: Build and maintain an active alumni engagement program and secure revenue for the school, by attracting new donors for major gifts, managing annual appeals, and continuing to build and enhance relationships with existing donors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide stewardship and recognition of existing donors and cultivate potential donors to increase support of the school.

  • Identify new major donors to the school and build long-lasting relationships.

  • Spearhead the school’s fundraising and alumni relations program.

  • Cultivate individual, corporate and foundation support, and develop new partnerships.

  • Work with President to manage all aspects of donor prospecting, cultivation, stewardship, and individual giving.

  • Provide staff support to the Board of Trustee’s Advancement Committee.

  • Seek and prepare foundation, federal, and state grant proposals.

  • Provide leadership for the annual appeal, major gift solicitation, and planning and implementing special fundraising projects and capital campaigns.

  • Prepare external communications including press releases, donor materials, grant proposals, and newsletters.

  • Increase awareness of The Landing School among alumni, friends, the marine industry, and the wider community.

  • Manage and maintain the CRM database of past, current, and future donors.

  • Manage and maintain the CRM database of alumni.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred.

  • Higher education fundraising experience with a track record of securing major gifts and a demonstrated ability to work with high-net-worth donors.

  • Five-to-ten-years of progressively responsible fundraising and alumni relations experience.

  • Demonstrated ability soliciting and closing major gifts in the five to six-figure range.

  • Strategic thinker with excellent communication, organization, and planning skills.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and database management.

  • Prior grant writing experience a plus.

  • Knowledge of the Marine Industry a plus.

  • Experience with DonorPerfect software a plus.

  • A commitment to the mission and values of The Landing School.

  • Other important characteristics include a strong work ethic, competitive nature, personal integrity, emotional intelligence, and a sense of humor.

Founded in 1978 by John Burgess and Cricket Tupper, The Landing School remains committed to its mission to effectively prepare students for careers in the marine industry. The Landing School is the first school of its type to be accredited by The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges. Students can earn an Associate Degree in Marine Industry Technology or a diploma in Wooden Boat Building, Yacht Design, Marine Systems, Composite Boat Building, or Boatyard Management.