Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Community Partnership - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE : Job Details

Code: 20838 Posted: 05/02/2024

UW-Parkside is a great place to enhance your career. The campus is nestled in 700 acres of woodland and prairie and two miles west of Lake Michigan in Kenosha, WI. At Parkside we offer competitive pay and benefits, as well as an engaging and supportive work environment. Parkside is a community that's easy to call home. Find out why.

Position Title: Vice Chancellor (Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Community Partnerships)

Employment Type: Full-Time Limited

Reports To: The Vice Chancellor will report to the Chancellor.

Full Time Pay Range: $150,000-180,000

UW-Parkside stands at an exciting moment in history. As the university pursues its first comprehensive campaign, it is looking for an energetic, forward-focused advancement executive to help convert potential into reality. Success in the coming years will mean that the Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Community Partnership has established a sustainable philanthropic foundation, increased alumni engagement and community engagement, and successfully communicated the vision, needs, and impact of a university inextricably intertwined with the region's economic growth. UW-Parkside seeks a self-motivated, strategic, and growth-oriented partner who is eager to build a program, close principal gifts, and collaborate with committed partners across campus and community.

The Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Community Partnership serves as the institutional officer providing leadership, development, and management of coordinated development, alumni relations, community relations, corporate partnerships, public relations, and communications initiatives.

University Advancement and Community Partnership is responsible for leading dynamic development activities, corporate relations, community relations, alumni relations, Foundation Board engagement, strategic communication, and legislative liaison activities to support the University's long-term sustainability of its educational mission and distinctive position in public higher education. Development includes individual giving, major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, corporate philanthropy, foundation giving, donor cultivation, and stewardship. Alumni relations include working with constituent alumni organizations, the Alumni Association, the academic colleges, and the athletic department to foster engagement of a diverse community with the students, faculty, and staff to advance the University's mission. Community engagement includes outreach activities that advance partnerships and the reputation of the University. Communications and public relations efforts include strategic communication with alumni and donors to the University and various community stakeholders in the region as well as media relations covering all University units.