Director of Leadership Communications and Campaign Development

at  Dartmouth College

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - EDUCATION AND YRS EXP

Bachelors plus 6 or more years’ experience or combination of education and experience

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to develop a range of compelling, concise messaging strategies tailored to the relevant audience.
• Exceptional critical thinking ability, with a focus on independent work in environments requiring a high level of collaboration and discretion.
• Deep knowledge of marketing and communications skills spanning a range of traditional and state-of the-art media.
• Keen understanding of the importance of meaningful engagement as way to increase philanthropic support.
• Experience working with/advising senior organizational leadership.
• Ability to synthesize the requirements of multiple institutional partners into cohesive and compelling communications.
• Demonstrated initiative and creative energy.
• Well-developed management and organizational skills.
• Sensitivity to the needs, attitudes and situations of donors and alumni.
• Strategic and problem solving orientation, with demonstrated analytic and strategic planning skills.
• Judgment to know when to act decisively and when to seek consensus, with the ability to respond accordingly.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work across a complex organization, and to tolerate and address ambiguity appropriately.
• Proven team builder committed to nurturing excellence in others.
• Demonstrated integrity and ability to handle confidential information with discretion and judgment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and to serving the needs of a diverse community.
• Participates as a development team member in bringing a sense of humor and joy to their work and workplace.

EXPERIENCE

• Ten years of relevant experience in communications, marketing, public affairs, development, alumni relations, or the equivalent.
• Evidence of management experience, preferably in a large complex organization.
• Demonstrated ability to convene and lead collaborative teams.
• Ability to work independently with senior leaders to advance project and programmatic objectives.
• Comprehensive campaign experience desired.
• Eight years of experience in communications planning, publications management, writing, and editing.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a fund-raising and/or academic medical center environment is highly desirable.
• Experience in a health care or higher education environment desired.

EDUCATION

• Advanced degree preferred.

Reporting to the Executive Director for Strategic Engagement and working closely with the Chief Development Officer, this position is responsible for a range of leadership communications, articulation of campaign and priority fundraising initiatives, and stakeholder engagement efforts, forging and sustaining high-level relationships and communications among key institutional leaders and stakeholders (e.g. board members, executive leaders, donors, alumni, volunteers and friends). The position serves as counsel and strategic advisor, bringing together communications, project management, and relationship management strategies to advance a culture of philanthropy in support of Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. This work requires aptitude for independent thinking, superior writing ability, professional discretion, and demonstrated skill at navigating ambiguity. A collaborative spirit centered in a desire to partner across complex organizational structures is also required.