Senior Assistant Director, Major Gifts

About This Role

The NTU University Advancement Office is seeking a Senior Assistant Director for Major Gifts to lead strategic fundraising, donor relationships, and gift structuring at the NTU Main Campus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage relationships to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors for philanthropic outcomes.
• Lead fundraising strategies including major gifts, capital fundraising, corporate donations, and grants to maximize support.
• Leverage leadership and volunteers to advance relationships with alumni, corporate partners, and foundations.
• Facilitate gift structuring to optimize donor purposes and manage closing processes with the Stewardship Team.
• Prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and work under pressure in a fast-moving team environment.
• Demonstrate proven ability to operate effectively with multiple stakeholders and influence without authority.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline.
• Experience in Higher Education/Not-For-Profit fundraising with monthly activity targets preferred.
• Business development or consultative sales experience may be considered.
• Experience managing complex and diverse relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication skills for developing business cases, proposals, and presentations.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Sound professional presence, collegial work style promoting teamwork, creativity, and open communication.
• Awareness of diverse stakeholders with a global, socially conscious mindset.