Required:

• At least seven years of increasingly responsible experience in higher education, preferably in development or similar professional experience in a nonprofit membership/volunteer driven or related environment.
  
• Working knowledge of high-level, sophisticated Development or similarly structured programs in an academic, membership/volunteer-driven or similarly structured environment including strong experience with major gifts or solicitations of a similar nature, level and complexity.
  
• Demonstrated skill in developing and implementing successful strategies for identification, cultivation and solicitation of individuals, corporations, and foundations including the ability to envision and articulate future direction.
  
• Knowledge of issues facing higher education and on the basic principles on which a public university is established.
  
• Management and administrative skills to organize, direct, motivate and evaluate other professionals and volunteers.
  
• Ability to grasp and articulate research quickly and across a wide spectrum of disciplines.
  
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral) to interact effectively with academic leaders, faculty, staff, donors and volunteers.
  
• A broad background in the management of unit-based and/or central teams in a major research university or institution of equivalent complexity.
  
• Ability to render mature judgments, to tolerate ambiguity and to navigate and be effective within a complex environment.
  
• Extensive experience participating in strategic planning.
  
• Self-starter who works independently while, at the same time works well collectively and collaboratively with colleagues to achieve common goals.
  
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as required and to travel to achieve stated goals.

• Experience in an academic medical school or hospital setting is beneficial and
  
• preferred.
  
• Knowledge of UCLA and its philanthropic history is preferred.
  
• Bachelor's degree preferred