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.

A Typical Day May Include:
• Develop and implement a multi-year fundraising strategy that is inclusive of diverse revenue streams – including foundations, corporations and individuals. As part of this strategy, set, monitor, and report on measurable goals for revenue sustainability and growth.
• Partner with the leadership team to define BNI’s fundraising priorities as related to the organization’s strategic and operational priorities and needs.
• Recruit, hire, coach, and supervise a team of development staff members and manage budgets related to the fundraising team.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the organization to research and identify philanthropic potential within existing organizational relationships, and to identify new prospective corporate and foundation funders, with an emphasis on major regional and national foundations.
• Create and manage cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for the most promising corporate and foundation prospects, partnering with BNI leadership and/or key staff members as relevant.
• Oversee creation and implementation of a purposeful annual giving strategy that seeks to increase donor retention and overall commitment levels.
• Partner with Strategic Communications staff to develop and implement an annual giving solicitation strategy, with an emphasis on digital engagement.

Perks with a Purpose
Our benefits are created with YOU in mind.

Healthcare
• Highmark Medical and Mental Health
• Employer-Sponsored Dental and Vision Coverage
• Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account• Teladoc Virtual Health
Financial Well-being
• 401K Retirement Savings option
• On-Demand Pay
• Employee Referral Bonus program
• Student Loan Forgiveness
• College Scholarship & Tuition Discounts
• Employee Discounts
Life & Family Support
• Free Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• LifeSolutions Employee Assistance Program
• Erie Campus*- discounted on-site weekday childcare
• Employee discounts for select events and services