Associate Director, Foundation and Corporate Relations

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The primary purpose of the Associate Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations is to promote and support the mission of Philanthropy through establishing and maintaining ongoing communication with professionally staffed national, local, and corporate foundations with a mid-level giving capacity, with the end objective of seeking additional grant dollars. The scope of the position includes working with faculty and other campus stakeholders on developing strategies for investigation, approach and solicitation for foundations; conducting research to identify alignment of a foundation's funding interest to that of MD Anderson's priorities and funding needs; working closely with faculty members to understand their work; contacting foundation staff to enhance knowledge exchange on both ends; informal reporting/updating foundations with news and project updates; and writing/editing LOIs and introductory documents to foundation staff. The Associate Director will focus on foundations with a grant-making capacity of $100,000+, both those with which MD Anderson has an existing relationship and new foundations from which we have not had prior contact or received funding. The Associate Director will also manage a limited number of corporate giving relationships.

Responsibilities

• Display the ability to qualify, cultivate and solicit new donors to the institution.
• Engage with varied constituencies with social fluency and garner their trust as to influence donor behavior.
• Build relationships with faculty to learn more about their funding needs, particularly in the $100-250K giving range.
• Build and steward relationships with professionally staffed foundations and corporations with giving capacities of $100K-250K+.
• Manage portfolio of assigned prospects and leads, including investigation/qualification of new leads.
• Actively partner with donors, peers, faculty, and divisional leadership on donor strategy development.
• Work with the Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations to create investigation, approach and solicitation strategies.
• Network with relevant stakeholders at MD Anderson to identify best possible candidates for open RFAs.
• Provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders utilizing subject matter expertise.
• Collaborate with faculty in the preparation of materials in response to RFAs.
• Partner with the Donor Relations team to ensure that assigned foundations receive appropriate and timely progress reports.
• Work with Philanthropy Administrator to maintain up-to-date records on all assigned foundations and leads.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Five years of experience in private fund development, direct fundraising, English, Communications, and technical writing required.
• Three or more years of direct foundation and corporate relations fundraising experience preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in securing six figure grants.
• Experience gained at MD Anderson or a comparable medical/health care institution preferred.
• Familiarity with medical terminology and ease of interacting with faculty members.
• Excellent and proven communication skills, including written and verbal.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Writing, Public Health, Health Care, Biology or closely related field preferred.

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Available