Responsibilities include but is not limited to the following:

• Oversee the design, implementation and management of all fundraising activities including endowment, capital campaigns, special projects and other school-related solicitations.
• Manage all strategies and activities for donor cultivation, solicitation, and relations
• Manage development budget.
• Represent the school at meetings and events with key organizations. 
• Create yearly budgets for the Advancement Department and Manage Advancement Budgets.
• Create Donation policies and procedures. 
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Advancement Role in prospect management, donor recognition, donor stewardship and other related activities including development research, database management and donor history
• Work as part of an integrated management team to establish overall goals and strategies for increasing private support to the School
• Work with donors on behalf of the School on the acceptance of gifts and oversee the procedures and documentation for gift receipting.  
• Communicate donor wishes and requirements to the School
• Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive and accurate fundraising database to include all past and prospective donors.  
• Oversee all donor information entered and retrieved; oversee accuracy and efficiency of reports created
• Develop donor and prospect activity reports
• Provide oversight of pledge and acknowledgement processing activities;
• Contribute to the effective team management of all customer relation problems, issues and opportunities.
• Oversee advancement fundraising activities related to major gifts, planned gifts and corporate and foundation philanthropy and participate in the cultivation of gift prospects when appropriate
• Responsible for endowments (scholarships and others) and report award status to donors. 
• Contribute to the web development team and assist with the development of necessary web pages for donations.  

Key Performance Indicator:

• Meeting of financial targets for projects
• Number of donors willing to partner with the school 
• Number of encounters between the school and donors/prospects

Competencies Required:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Customer service skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• General management/administrative skills.
• Fundraising skills
• Budgeting and Financial Analysis
• Relationship management skills
• Ability to learn, remember, and integrate rules, policies, or practices guiding the performance of an activity.
• Ability to continually record information such as draft correspondence/reports/documents/policies/procedures, conduct interviews and record information, prepare case narratives, or prepare other lengthy documents using handwritten or mechanical means.
• Ability to read with attention to details.
• Moderate travel required, ability to travel occasionally 

Requirements:  

• Minimum of an MBA or a Masters
• Minimum of 10 years experience in the Business Development / Marketing function of a medium or large organization. 

Salary: NGN500,000- NGN600,000