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The Opportunity

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.

Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.

You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

Position Summary

Huron| GG+A is a full-service philanthropic management consulting firm with 60 years of industry-defining leadership in helping our clients realize the full potential of their missions through the growth of philanthropic support. Our primary mission is to assist our clients in the substantial improvement and acceleration of their fundraising programs. We seek to align those programs with the institution’s core mission and ensure their sustainability.

Huron| GG+A is an international resource for data-driven best practices in all areas of advancement, including fundraising, engagement, communications, and advancement services. We provide counsel to a global constituency of nonprofits, specifically in the areas of higher education, academic medicine/healthcare, independent schools, arts and culture, select humanitarian institutions, and a range of charities and nonprofit organizations.

GG+A embodies a high-performance and entrepreneurial culture. We are client-centric, rigorous, creative, and data-driven in our practices, and committed to responding swiftly and effectively to client needs and requirements. We offer a challenging environment and seek intelligent, energetic, and self-motivated individuals who are achievement-oriented and have high integrity.

Qualifications

Contribute to the Huron |GG+A Academic Medicine Practice Area by developing strategies, products and capabilities, marketing and sales plans, and delivery methodologies that enhance the ability to initiate, sustain and steward the philanthropic missions of our clients.

Our Ideal Candidate will have the following attributes:

Education, Experience and Attributes

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred

• Minimum of ten (10) years frontline development experience building and managing philanthropic programs in academic medicine, teaching hospitals, specialty treatment and research centers or community healthcare centers/clinics.

• Demonstrated experience in the following: building annual giving and program support, major or principal gifts, corporate or foundation initiatives, stewardship, volunteer engagement projects, digital outreach and virtual programs, crowdsourced fundraising and/or gift planning

• Demonstrated experience building and managing grateful patient initiatives

• Experience planning and executing focused and comprehensive campaigns, strategic planning and development of gift propositions or donor collateral

• Experience supporting and expanding major gift programs, individual gift officer metrics and portfolios, annual workplans and mentoring/coaching major gift officers

• Demonstrated experience directly closing major gifts

• Experience leading high performing fundraising teams

• Demonstrate strategic thinking applied to a rigorous, analytic approach to client situations, tailoring delivery to a client’s specific culture or need

• Demonstrate understanding of fundraising best practices and the non-profit sector

• Demonstrate broad insight of philanthropic management

• Ability to take a hands-on approach to consulting with the ultimate goal of providing an individualized, long-term, sustainable solution for each client

• Client-focused with an intense intellectual curiosity about each individual organization and what makes it unique

• Demonstrate a high level of flexibility, stamina and perseverance with an unbridled passion and commitment to the field of philanthropy, as well as a strong and tenacious work ethic

• Experience with Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and SharePoint

• Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, specifically with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel

• Ability to travel up 3-4 days per week, as needed

In the role of the Global Philanthropy Consultant, Academic Medicine an individual could expect the following responsibilities in their day to day:

Leadership

• Leverage a wide range of skills, experience, and leadership approaches to effectively collaborate with a group of talented, creative consulting resources professionals, who will build upon existing programs and create new programs and client offerings

• Ensure a focus on strategic and operational leadership and management, ensuring quality of deliverables against exacting deadlines

• Motivate others in the firm to identify and implement specific integrated projects intended to enhance the visibility of the group in their competitive arena and develop a dominant position in marketplace

• Optimize value and service delivery to clients, increase and secure profitable business, and motivate and develop a high-performing team

Consulting

• Provide consulting services to client institutions which might including fundraising program assessments, strategic planning (feasibility) studies, campaign planning, major gift program planning and execution, staff and volunteer training, strategic planning, alumni relations assessments, case for support development, etc.

• Liaise with client organization staff and leaders with respect and confidence, including senior leadership across and beyond advancement functions

• Demonstrate strong commitment to working as part of a team on client engagements across a spectrum of non-profit institutions that vary by size, mission, and sector

• Compile and present clear, compelling, cohesive, accurate, and persuasive presentations and reports, independently or with the support of others. Such compilation and review usually includes the reconciliation of anecdotal findings, benchmarking data, Major Gifts Portfolio Analysis (MGPA), and other analytics (if included) to ensure alignment throughout the report/presentation

Operations

• Ensure that practice area products and services support GG+A’s overall strategy and revenue goals

• Grow and guide support of the widening range of products, services, and client deliverables

• Collaborate with GG+A Consulting Team in process improvement and management methodologies to increase efficiencies, cost effectiveness, and workflow optimization

• Contribute to continuous improvement in all areas including systems, policies and procedures, client service and technical support, quality control and management reporting in order to improve the overall effectiveness of the practice area

Business and Product Development

• Create, design, and implement strategies to drive revenue growth and profitability

• Share strategic business development and planning ideas, including new product development and ongoing innovation of existing products

• Positively and proactively support the drive for teamwork, cooperation, and results-oriented outcomes with consulting professionals across the firm

• Collaborate with the Business Development Team to develop, review/edit proposals for consulting services to prospective clients and review/edit proposals prepared by other teams

• Lead and/or participate in sales presentations as appropriate

• Pursue opportunities to support the overall marketing/business development objectives of product portfolio by creating lead-generating content, articles, webinars, speaking at professional conferences, writing white papers, and/or other similar activities

ommunication and Relationship Skills

• Ability to establish, cultivate and nurture high value relationships with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders at all levels

• Ability to influence leadership by providing data-driven recommendations that show clients the “why” as well as the “how”

• Demonstrate judgment and poise to present findings and recommendations in a confident, inspiring manner

• Demonstrate discretion when dealing with highly confidential issues

• Demonstrate effective emotional intelligence and intuition necessary to appropriately engage with multiple personalities in a variety of client environments

• Professional and polished executive presence and business acumen; verbal/written communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with consulting professionals and clients

• Strong sales skills and a significant drive to build a client base in the higher education practice area

• Poise and maturity to present findings and recommendations in a confident, inspiring manner

• Ability to produce top-quality work under pressure, with minimal direction, while dealing with competing priorities and exacting deadlines

• Ability to provide highly valued client-service for both internal and external clients, with focus on continual improvement

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to motivate teams and individuals

• Ability to read, write, speak and comprehend English fluently

Reasoning Ability

• Critical thinking that enables effective data review and ability to generate narrative observations, findings and recommendations

• Ability to think strategically (see big picture) as well as execute tactically (know the details)

• Ability to use diplomacy and tact when dealing with problems

• Ability to anticipate problems and determine the best course of action for their resolution

• Ability to anticipate possible risks and develop a mitigation plan in preparation

• Demonstrated organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Demonstrates sound discretion and professional judgement in decision making

Posting Category

Education

Opportunity Type

Regular

Country

United States of America

At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.

Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.

Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.