Foundation Executive Director - Corning Community College (NY)

Kesha Davis

General Description:

When you join the SUNY Corning Community College (CCC) team, you are helping to positively transform the lives of our students, their families, and our communities. We are a premier two-year College, offering degree programs, certificates, and continuing education classes. We promote intellectual and personal growth through individualized education, inspire innovation to meet the educational and workforce needs of the community, and leverage a variety of partnerships to help our students and community succeed.

This senior staff position provides leadership for the CCC Development Foundation including the planning, organization, and implementation of a comprehensive resource/asset development program (including gifts, donations, annual and comprehensive campaigns, alumni program, sponsorships and events). Manages the Foundation’s resources to ensure that CCC is a conduit for regional, national, and international philanthropic investment and an instrument to achieve the College’s strategic vision.

Essential Functions:

Fundraising and Strategic Planning (60%)

• Lead the external relations required to cultivate and maintain individual and organizational donors along with the public and private partners necessary to develop strong support.
• Direct all fundraising activities, including the Annual Fund, comprehensive campaigns, Planned Giving Program, major gifts, capital projects, named funds, specialized campaigns and other priorities established by the College; providing metrics by which progress is tracked and goal attainment assessed.
• Collaborate with College Communications Department to generate digital and print resource development communications.
• Develop and implement the Foundation’s Annual Resource Development Plan, with metrics as approved by the Regional Board of Trustees and the CCC Development Foundation Board of Directors.
• Develop, implement and oversee cultivation activities, including special events, alumni outreach, scholarship initiation/monitoring/communication, donor stewardship, donor acknowledgement, and donor recognition programs.
• Plan and execute the Foundation’s private grants program by researching funding opportunities, preparing grant applications, managing documents and deadlines, and tracking progress and results.
• Develop the Development Foundations’ Strategic Business Plan including annual goals in alignment with the College’s strategic initiatives and in conjunction with Board Directors, as appropriate.
• Produce results driven outcomes related to the Strategic Business Plan, annual Department goals and comprehensive campaigns.

Administration and Leadership (30%)

• Oversee administrative functions related to donor, alumni and community relations, such as prospect identification and research, donor and alumni database management.
• Serve as liaison between the College and the Development Foundation regularly communicating College plans and activities and collaboratively developing the CCCDF’s role in their success.
• Coordinate financial activities with the CCC Housing Company, LLC.
• Assure that the organization complies with all relevant statutes and regulations related to the operation of a non-profit organization.
• Facilitate board and committee management and relations including recruitment, onboarding, and training.
• Supervise departmental staff.
• Administer the departmental budget.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Institutional Advancement (10%)

• Raise awareness of and cultivate support for the College’s regional economic impact through data informed communications.
• Direct the cultivation and recruitment of key volunteers/ambassadors to market/sell the value of CCC to the Southern Tier Region while supporting annual and comprehensive campaigns.
• Oversee the College’s Alumni Program.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and seven years of relevant experience or master's degree with five years of relevant experience in institutional advancement, fundraising or a similar area; or an equivalent combination of both education and experience
• Demonstrated ability to advance annual drives, fulfill major gifts, secure planned gifts, succeed with capital campaigns and private/public sponsorships

Application:

For more information and to apply, visit the College's job posting.

SUNY CCC embraces diversity and values an inclusive culture where every person is able to succeed to their full potential. If you require an accommodation for the recruiting process, please contact hr@corning-cc.edu or 607.962.9229.