Priorities include:
-Oversight of the Parsons Parents program; focusing on initial gifts of $1,000 and above. Emphasis is placed on securing leadership gifts from new parents and renewing gifts from returning parents. Parents have a short window of time for cultivation so the approach must be more aggressive. To that end, the SDO will arrange Welcome events for new parents in August, taking advantage of the parents being on campus. The key strategy for the year is one-on-one solicitations.
-The SDO will develop and manage a Parents volunteer parent-to-parent solicitation network. Leadership donors in the tri-state area, Florida and California will be identified and recruited for this effort.
-The SDO will identify a group of parents whose students are graduating to make graduation gifts at the $25,000-$100,000.
-The SDO will create Parent communication vehicles; both print and electronic
-The SDO will collaborate with the Annual Fund staff to ensure that mailings and phonathon outreach is executed strategically for Parents.
-The SDO is a key member of the Parsons Development Team and will be integral in developing messaging for outreach for all prospects; whether mailing, phone, personal solicitation.
-In addition to parent prospects, the SDO will manage a group of alumni/friend prospects who fall into geographical location or school departmental interest that is appropriate.
-The SDO will help to staff various development events throughout the year.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree and at least three to five years of experience soliciting gifts from individual donors, preferably at a university, academic or cultural institution is required. Exceptional interpersonal, communication, project management, and collaborative skills are required. S/he will be a motivated, creative, and organized self-starter in an entrepreneurial environment. Experience with moves management process and fundraising software are essential. Familiarity with art and design and the New York City philanthropic community is desired. Writing samples will be required.

Background on The New School:

The New School is a center of academic excellence where intellectual and artistic freedoms thrive. The 9,000 matriculated students and more than 6,000 continuing education students who attend the university's eight schools enjoy a disciplined education supported by small class sizes, superior resources, and renowned working faculty who practice what they teach. Artists, scholars, and students from all walks of life attend diverse programs and can earn everything from program certificates to bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. When The New School was founded in 1919, it set out to create a place where global peace and justice were more than theoretical ideals. To this day, New School students participate in programs that strive for academic excellence, technical mastery, and engaged world citizenship.

Parsons The New School for Design is one of the premier degree-granting colleges of art and design in the nation. Its graduates and faculty appear on the short list of outstanding practitioners in every realm of art and design-creative, management, and scholarly. Responsive to societal needs and predictive of cultural trends, Parsons makes the New School mission-bringing positive, innovative change to the world-tangible, usable, and beautiful.

In addition to a dynamic and progressive work environment, The New School offers a competitive benefits package, including medical and dental insurance, retirement plans, flexible spending accounts and a tuition waiver. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and offer employee assistance services, health and well-being programs and over four weeks of vacation time per year.

Apply with us and discover the rewards and opportunities in working for a world-class, urban university.

Interested candidates must apply online at: http://careers.newschool.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=52043



POSITION CATEGORIES:
Major gifts, Other fund raising

FIELD CATEGORIES:
Academic centers, Education