While the emphasis is undergraduate education, NAU offers a wide-range of graduate programs and research. The institution has carefully integrated on-campus education with distance learning, forming seamless avenues for students to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Flagstaff has a population of about 57,000, rich in cultural diversity. Located at the base of the majestic San Francisco Peaks, Flagstaff is 140 miles north of Phoenix at the intersection of Interstate 17 and Interstate 40. At an elevation of 7,000 feet, Flagstaff offers a spectacular view of the San Francisco Peaks, and is surrounded by the world’s largest Ponderosa Pine forest. Its four-season climate and location offer superb outdoor recreational opportunities including snow skiing, rafting through the Grand Canyon, hiking through Sedona’s red rocks, and visits to many geological and historical sites.

The College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences is committed to integrating instruction and scholarship across the disciplines of science, engineering, and mathematics. The College aspires to be the leading institution for scientific and technical education, research, and outreach in the interior western United States, providing students and external partners with the knowledge and skills to make a positive difference in the future of the region.

University Advancement’s mission is to promote Northern Arizona University, enhance its reputation, and foster volunteer involvement and private investment by creating and stewarding meaningful relationships.

• Cultivate and secure major gifts in support of the college with specific interest in leading donors to support priority projects and initiatives.

• Participate fully in the university’s comprehensive fundraising program including the prospect management system.

• Help set and then meet established fundraising goals and prospect contact objectives, and then be directly accountable for those goals.

• Oversee a comprehensive college-wide stewardship program to consistently acknowledge and thank donors leading to continued donor participation.

• Working with the Director of Gift Planning, develop a marketing plan to educate current and prospective donors and allied professionals about the benefits of gift and estate planning.

• Manage a continual personal portfolio of approximately 150 prospects.

• Cultivate prospects and donors for the purpose of negotiating and closing gifts through carefully planned personal contacts and visits.

• Develop strategies and briefing materials for major solicitations, and arrange visits for the Dean and faculty, and accompany them as appropriate.

• Work with the Director of Gift Planning in the identification of deferred giving prospects.

• Prepare an annual operating budget that includes marketing, cultivating, and visiting prospects to enhance the receipt of major gifts.

• Baccalaureate degree from a four-year college or university.

• Three or more years of fundraising experience including the cultivation and solicitation of prospects that have led to the closing of significant gifts.

• A history of positive relationships with members of the academic community, major gift prospects, and volunteers.

• Commitment to higher education and a strong desire to support and advocate the mission of Northern Arizona University.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Capacity to inspire confidence, trust and cooperation.

• Proven contributing team player with a history of working in a collaborative environment.

• Strong marketing skills.

• Demonstrated success as a public speaker.

• Demonstrated ability to work with people from a variety of culturally diverse backgrounds.

• Ability and willingness to engage in frequent travel to identify, assess, cultivate, solicit and steward prospects, as well as make connections with allied professionals.

• Strong organizational, motivational, and time management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to interact with donors.

• Ability to develop effective partnerships with internal and external constituencies.

• Prior experience in a comprehensive development program at a higher education institution.

• Advanced academic degree.

Additionally, as an employer in the state of Arizona, NAU is required to participate in the federal E-Verify program that assists employers with verifying new employees’ right to work in the United States.

Northern Arizona University implemented a furlough plan, requiring employees to take time off without pay for fiscal year 2010 (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010). The required amount will be prorated for new employees based on the date of hire and the following criteria:

Employees whose salaries are less than $40,000 per year will take up to one furlough days (eight hours for full time employees and prorated for part time employees).

Employees whose salaries are $40,000 or more per year will take up to three days (24 hours for full-time employees and prorated for part time employees).

Employees who are funded 90% or more by sponsored project funds (not including TRIF) are not required to take furlough time.