Assistant Director, Athletics Advancement

SUMMARY:  Queens University of Charlotte seeks a dynamic and entrepreneurial fundraising professional to serve as Assistant Director for Athletic Advancement. Reporting to the Associate Vice President for University Advancement, with a dotted line to the Director of Athletics, the Assistant Director for Athletics Advancement will be a front-line fundraiser responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts in support of Queens University and its Royals Athletics Department.

This role will contribute directly to shaping the strategies and direction of athletic fundraising at Queens, with a focus on building a sustainable, donor-driven revenue stream to support student-athlete success, academic achievement, and the continued growth of Queens’ NCAA Division I programs.

This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities  include:

• Fundraising Strategy and Execution:

  1. Manage all aspects of planning, implementing, and executing athletic fundraising strategies to achieve individual and team fundraising goals.
  2. Establish and manage a robust portfolio of individual major and leadership annual giving prospects to secure significant philanthropic support, including five-figure gifts and above.
  3. Collaborate with Associate VP to develop a pipeline of major and transformative gift prospects.

• Annual Giving and Donor Engagement:

SUMMARY:  Queens University of Charlotte seeks a dynamic and entrepreneurial fundraising professional to serve as Assistant Director for Athletic Advancement. Reporting to the Associate Vice President for University Advancement, with a dotted line to the Director of Athletics, the Assistant Director for Athletics Advancement will be a front-line fundraiser responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts in support of Queens University and its Royals Athletics Department.

This role will contribute directly to shaping the strategies and direction of athletic fundraising at Queens, with a focus on building a sustainable, donor-driven revenue stream to support student-athlete success, academic achievement, and the continued growth of Queens’ NCAA Division I programs.

This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities  include:

• Fundraising Strategy and Execution:

  1. Manage all aspects of planning, implementing, and executing athletic fundraising strategies to achieve individual and team fundraising goals.
  2. Establish and manage a robust portfolio of individual major and leadership annual giving prospects to secure significant philanthropic support, including five-figure gifts and above.
  3. Collaborate with Associate VP to develop a pipeline of major and transformative gift prospects.

• Annual Giving and Donor Engagement:

  1. Create and execute a comprehensive annual fund strategy for athletics with a strong emphasis on donor acquisition, retention, and upgrade.
  2. Craft creative, informative, and persuasive messaging and videos in support of annual giving initiatives for assigned teams and the broader athletics program.

• Donor Cultivation and Stewardship:

  1. Capitalize on the momentum of Queens' reclassification to NCAA Division I to cultivate relationships with alumni, parents, friends, and surrounding community members (including the Myers Park neighborhood).
  2. Represent Royals Athletics at meetings, games, events, and other functions to build relationships with and steward donors.
  3. Travel as needed to cultivate donors and attend away games, tournaments, and donor meetings.

• Athletics Program Integration:

  1. Become immersed in the needs, priorities, and strategic goals of Queens Athletics.
  2. Maintain a master calendar of athletics advancement events in collaboration with Athletics and Advancement teams.

• Data Management and Reporting:

  1. Maintain accurate records of donor interactions and activities in the Slate CRM database.
  2. Prepare timely and detailed call reports documenting donor engagement. Training in all software systems will be provided.

  Non-Essential Duties  

• Other duties and special projects may be assigned to meet department and university needs.

  Experience, Knowledge & Skills Preferred

• Minimum of five years of athletics, development, or related work experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication, organizational skills, self-motivation, and the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Capacity to understand and effectively communicate the value of NCAA Division I athletics at an academically rigorous liberal arts university.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of experience and education

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Seven or more years of development or related work experience.
• Career experience that includes oversight of major projects and contributions to strategic planning and decision-making.
• Proven success in soliciting and securing major gifts, including five-figure commitments and above.
• Advanced degree preferred.

 ** Application Process**

Does this sound like a good fit? Submit the following:

1. A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience.
2. Current résumé 

Applications received by June 2, 2025,**  **will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

 ** About Queens University of Charlotte**

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors. 

 Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership , Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education.  This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger. 

 Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges. 

 By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte  with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community. 

 Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work. 

 Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process. 

  Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, a 403b retirement plan, with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.

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