Location: This role offers flexible work options – remote, on-site, or hybrid – with occasional travel to our campuses for collaboration and events.
Hours: This is a senior leadership position that requires a degree of flexibility. While our standard hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm, the nature of this role may require availability outside of these hours to support strategic priorities.
The Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) will be charged with creating and building a programmatic fundraising model, inclusive of corporate and foundation relations, individual major gifts, annual giving, and donor communications. They will collaborate with colleagues across the organization to leverage existing organizational relationships that will enhance leverage from a fundraising perspective. The CAO will also identify new potential sources of philanthropic support as the fundraising model is established. A key member of Barber National Institute’s Leadership Team, the CAO will work closely with colleagues across the organization to apply moves management strategy to the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of both individual and organizational donors, grants, and foundations. They will develop a strategy and resource requirements to operationalize BNI’s fundraising strategy.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Experience with and knowledge of the grant seeking process, including grant writing, submission and reporting. A record of successful grant awards from major national and/or international foundations preferred.
• Proven track record in fundraising from diverse sources, including experience applying moves management and facilitating leadership gift conversations with individual, corporate and/or foundation donors.
• High ability to effectively build a fundraising program; manage processes and projects for multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively, iteratively and creatively with a diverse set of stakeholders, including scientists and researchers, to co-create processes and solutions that meet the needs of the organization as well as donors and funders.

WHAT YOU’LL HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent work experience. At least three years of staff management experience.
• Professional experience to include fifteen years of related work experience building, maintaining and growing fundraising programs.
• Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of the grant seeking process, including grant writing, submission and reporting. A record of successful grant awards from major national and/or international foundations preferred.
• Proven track record of leading people and processes within complex organizations, including coaching and motivating teams to successfully reach and/or exceed fundraising goals.

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