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Assistant Director of Corporate Partnerships (7547U) - College of Engineering

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Departmental Overview

There are many reasons why the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley is ranked among the top three engineering schools in the world. We offer a dynamic, interdisciplinary, hands-on education. We challenge conventional thinking and value creativity and imagination. And our students and faculty are driven by social commitment and want to change the world. With more than 247 regular faculty members, 2,421 graduate students and 4,320 undergraduate students located in seven academic departments, Engineering is the second largest college on the Berkeley Campus.

The College of Engineering Development team supports Berkeley Engineering's mission through marketing, communications, and private fundraising efforts designed to reach over 60,000 alumni, friends, students, foundations, and corporate partners. During the Light the Way campaign the College of Engineering received $900 million in private gifts and is consistently among the top fundraising units within the university.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Development & Corporate Partnerships, the Assistant Director of Corporate Partnerships supports the College's corporate relations program, serving as a key member of the team that builds and maintains top tier industry partnerships for the college. Responsibilities include event organization and logistics for complex campus visits, proposal development and grant writing, communications with key corporate funders, conducting donor prospect research and data analysis, and maintaining program communications such as the website and other external facing marketing pieces.

This position is responsible for a $500K fundraising portfolio.

At Berkeley Engineering, we educate and prepare engineering leaders who will create our future. While interest in STEM topics is desirable, a technical background is not required. We believe enthusiasm for innovation, entrepreneurship and a curiosity about engineering's impact on the public good are key ingredients for success in this position.

This is an incredible time to join Berkeley as a key member of the College of Engineering Development team. We are among the top fundraising universities (public or private) in the country, just having completed a $7.3 billion campaign. We have multiple communities of practice and working groups built to increase collaboration and knowledge sharing across campus, as well as invaluable professional development opportunities available to staff.
Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: August 30, 2024 - Open Until Filled
Responsibilities

35% Event & Meeting Coordination:

• Coordinate campus visits, events and meetings for corporate partners, including but not limited to:
  • Help to develop visit agendas and identify key participants (faculty, students, program staff, etc).
  • Schedule meetings and coordinate participant calendars for complex campus visits involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Draft sophisticated briefings and ensure that all meeting participants are informed about pertinent information in advance.
  • Arrange logistics such as catering, parking, and printed materials.
  • Assist with execution of major events managed by College Relations as needed (including programs and receptions for major donors, large conferences, public lectures, and College commencement ceremonies).

30% Corporate Partner Proposal Development & Relationship Management:

• Serve as lead grant writer for key annual corporate funders.
• Liaise with staff and faculty across the college to obtain information and craft narratives for proposals.
• Develop narrative, visuals and demographic information for annual corporate grant solicitations and proposals.
• Work closely with College's academic departments and research programs to build and maintain corporate relationships/partnerships.
• Work with assigned corporate funders and prospects, in addition to identifying new ones.
• Work with Senior Director of Development & Corporate Partnerships to develop one-pagers, proposals, slide decks, and gift opportunities materials.
• Assist with the development of corporate funder cultivation strategy and solicitation plans.
• Develop donor communications (preparation of written materials, drafting donor correspondence, etc).

15% Project Management & Strategic Planning:

• Participate in short- and long-range planning, coordinating corporate partnerships processes and tracking for the team.
• Assist with planning and implementation of fundraising projects and campaigns in support of the College's corporate relations program.
• Assess office procedures and practices, recommend enhancements for efficiency and effectiveness, and manage implementation.

15% Research & Data Analysis:

• Enter contact reports for donor interactions.
• Keep donor database up to date with corporate contact information, relationships, and background information.
• Work with Prospect Management to regularly manage and revise corporate prospects portfolio.
• Conduct or obtain research on corporate prospects to identify/qualify new donors or support proposal development.

5% General support for College of Engineering corporate partnerships operations:

• Enhance and maintain the college's industry relations web presence and printed materials.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for inbound general corporate relations inquiries.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent writing skills, including business writing as well as proposal writing for corporate foundation gifts.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including political acumen, to build and maintain effective working relationships at all organizational levels and with outside constituencies.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, including skill in creative and effective decision-making and problem identification/avoidance/resolution.
• Highly detail oriented with a critical degree of accuracy.
• Knowledge and understanding of fundraising, donor relations, corporate partnerships and external relations concepts, principles, techniques, procedures and practices.
• Knowledge of the campus, including its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements, programs, faculty activities, and infrastructure.
• Outstanding customer service ethic for working with campus donors.
• Knowledge of computer and database systems, to facilitate research, extract meaningful data for program analysis, and prepare documents and presentation materials.
• Thorough project-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising, corporate partnerships, and/or external relations.

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $88,900 to $126,400 yearly ($7,408.33 to $10,533.33 monthly). This is a 100% FTE career position eligible for full benefits. This position is FLSA Exempt and paid monthly.
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Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.
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