Harvard Law School (HLS) was founded in 1817 and is the oldest continually operated law school in the United States. Today, HLS offers an energetic and creative learning environment that prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, teaching and more. It provides students with a challenging, supportive atmosphere and access to an unmatched array of course and academic offerings, a global alumni network and a bustling campus life. Harvard Law School’s dedicated faculty, made up of 100 full-time professors and 150 visiting professors, offers a range and depth of expertise in all fields of legal scholarship and practice, which no other law school in the country can rival. Its diverse student body represents every state in the U.S. and more than 70 countries around the world. Alumni include leaders in all branches and all levels of government, in academia, in media, in for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations domestically and around the world. HLS is home to the largest law library in the world with a collection of more than 2 million volumes.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director of Individual Giving, the Associate
Director of Major Gifts actively manages a portfolio of prospects at
various relationship and proposal stages and is responsible for the
identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of prospects with
giving capacity of $100,000 or more. The incoming Associate Director will partner
with world-class faculty, conduct donor and prospect visits and participate in
fundraising events at a most exciting time – as HLS has just launched its
public phase of The Campaign for the
Third Century. A minimum of seven years of direct fundraising
experience, preferably in leadership or major gifts in higher education is
preferred and a demonstrated ability to form and leverage relationships with
major prospects, effectively manage volunteers and secure significant gifts through
thoughtful prospect management is required.