Advancement ManagerLagos Business School

• To lead the School’s advancement programmes while responsible for maintaining and increasing funding from a portfolio of individuals and corporate partners through grant writing, stewardship, individual cultivation and solicitation, and fundraising events management.
• The Advancement Manager must be proactive, highly motivated, and detail-oriented, able to advance the School’s efforts to fundraise and friend-raise.
• Must be proficient at developing and refining systems and procedures for the smooth functioning of operations and growing knowledge of Advancement Services

Essential Duties / Key Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Create yearly budgets for the Advancement Department and manage Advancement Budgets.
• Create donation policies and procedures.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the advancement role in prospect management, donor recognition, donor stewardship, and other related activities, including development research, database management, and donor history.
• Establish overall goals and strategies for increasing private support for the School.
• Work with donors on behalf of the School on the acceptance of gifts and oversee the procedures and documentation for assistance receipting.
• Communicate donor wishes and requirements to the School.
• Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive and accurate fundraising database to include all past and prospective donors.
• Oversee all donor information entered and retrieved; oversee the accuracy and efficiency of reports created.
• Develop donor and prospect activity reports.
• Provide oversight of pledge and acknowledgment processing activities.
• Contribute to the effective team management of all customer relation problems, issues, and opportunities.
• Handle advancement fundraising activities related to major gifts, planned gifts, and corporate and foundation philanthropy and cultivate gift prospects when appropriate.
• Responsible for endowments (scholarships and others) and reporting award status to donors.
• Represent the School at meetings and events with key organizations.

Key Performance Indicators

• Meeting financial targets for projects
• Number of donors willing to partner with the School
• Number of encounters between the school and donors/prospects.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in any related discipline and certificate courses in fundraising/budgeting and financial analysis. MBA or a Master’s degree is an added advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years experience in the Business Development / Marketing function of a medium or large organization.

Competencies Required:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Customer service skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• General management/administrative skills.
• Fundraising skills
• Budgeting and Financial Analysis
• Relationship management skills.