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About the Role
The Albany Academy seeks a dynamic, strategic, and accomplished fundraising executive to lead a comprehensive advancement program for a prestigious, historic independent school system. This role is central to planning and executing an upcoming $50 million comprehensive fundraising campaign to secure the Academy's future.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic vision, leadership, and administrative oversight for all fundraising, constituent relations, and stewardship activities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and partner to the Head of School, Board of Trustees, and senior leadership team on philanthropic strategies.
- Foster a strong culture of philanthropy across the Academy community.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute the upcoming comprehensive campaign in partnership with leadership and external counsel.
- Translate strategic priorities into compelling philanthropic opportunities and a case for support.
- Establish campaign timelines, gift tables, annual fundraising targets, and performance indicators.
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a core portfolio of high-capacity prospects and donors.
- Expand the Academies’ philanthropic footprint by cultivating donor networks and broadening outreach to alumni.
- Drive growth for high-impact strategic priorities, focusing on endowment building for financial aid, faculty compensation, and facility modernizations.
- Serve as the primary staff liaison to the Board’s Institutional Advancement Committee.
- Oversee alumni relations and parent engagement programs to build lifelong connections.
- Collaborate with the communications team to align advancement outreach with the Academies’ mission.
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing advancement team.
- Supervise and modernize the advancement division’s infrastructure, including database management and prospect research.
- Partner with the CFO and Business Office to manage the advancement budget and ensure financial stewardship.
- Support the school's Mission and Core Values and contribute to its broader life.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- Significant progressive experience in institutional advancement or philanthropic leadership.
- Demonstrated success personally cultivating, soliciting, and securing major gifts.
- Strong understanding of major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, donor stewardship, and advancement operations.
- Experience developing fundraising strategies and managing significant prospect portfolios.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and motivate advancement professionals.
- Experience building productive relationships with donors, institutional leaders, and governing boards.
- Strong financial, organizational, and performance-management skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, professional judgment, integrity, and discretion.
- Established philanthropic, civic, or professional relationships in New York's Capital Region (preferred).
- Significant experience leading or supporting a comprehensive fundraising campaign (preferred).
- Demonstrated success securing seven-figure philanthropic commitments (preferred).
- Experience in independent schools, higher education, or comparable nonprofit organizations (preferred).
- Experience strengthening an advancement operation and expanding major-gift fundraising capacity (preferred).
- Advanced degree or relevant professional credential (preferred).
Skills
- Fundraising
- Strategic planning
- Campaign management
- Major gifts solicitation
- Donor relations
- Constituent engagement
- Volunteer mobilization
- Financial stewardship
- Team leadership
- Database management (Raiser's Edge or equivalent)
- Prospect research
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Performance management
Location
- Albany, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Significant progressive experience
- Senior leadership
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree or relevant professional credential (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $160000.00 - $185000.00 per year
About the Company
- Albany Academy is an independent Pre-K through Grade 12 school in Albany, New York, fostering intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and strong character.
- The school has a passionate and highly skilled faculty committed to student development.
- The dynamic community values and celebrates diverse perspectives and life experiences.
- The school is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and academically excellent school culture.
Equal Opportunity
- Albany Academy is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and sustaining an inclusive community.