Chief Advancement Officer

Our vision at SAS explains why we exist. We aspire to be a world leader in education, cultivating exceptional thinkers prepared for the future. We are committed to our mission that has been at the heart of our 65-year history: to provide each student an exemplary American educational experience with an international perspective.

If there is one thing we know about the future, it is that our students will graduate into a rapidly changing, increasingly global world where their success will depend to a large degree on their ability to learn new skills, take on new challenges, and work with a diverse range of people. We aim to build a strong sense of joy and purpose in learning among our students to enable them to do so.

We know that our students’ future success will depend on their ability to develop skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and cultural competence. And, it will depend on the quality of the moral character they develop. We seek to personalize learning for every child to meet their unique learning needs. We know that supporting them in their social-emotional growth is as important as their academic growth. And, we seek to stimulate that growth in a community as rich in equity and inclusion as it is in the extraordinary diversity of our students. Our ability to attract, retain, and develop diverse talented educators, working collaboratively in teams, is vital to our success.

**Accountable to**

School Superintendent

**Job Priorities**
- Maintaining the Advancement Office as a vital, respected contributor to the life and well-being of the SAS community
- Forming deep and effective working relationships with the Superintendent, Board, Foundation members, and leadership team members
- Help to sustain and grow engagement and participation levels in the school’s Annual Fund campaign.
- Create a major gift mindset utilizing Board and Foundation members as cultivators/solicitors and predicated on good data, research, and targeting
- Prepare and execute a capital campaign with a likely target of up to $50 million
- Work with Parent organizations (PTA and Boosters) to encourage and support parent engagement and volunteer activities at the school
- Oversee parent engagement to support parent-school partnership and strong two-way communication channels, encourage parent volunteerism and champion parent activities
- Lead the team responsible for the alumni relations program to foster relationships between the school and alumni

**Key Responsibilities**
- Oversee all development and constituent relations activities at the School
- Hire, train, manage, and evaluate all advancement staff (currently 6.0 FTE)
- Provide strategic direction for all advancement programs; serve as a “thought partner” and sounding board to the Superintendent
- Represent the Advancement Office and SAS both within and outside of the School community
- Lead parent engagement
- Furnish support and direction to the Superintendent, School Board, Foundation Board, and volunteers for all outreach activities
- Personally cultivate and solicit major gifts.
- Enhance efforts in prospect research, major gifts, and stewardship
- Collect, analyze, and manage Advancement data systems
- Meaningfully engage alumni with today’s school; strengthen and renew relationships with past parents.
- Manage capital campaigns.
- Form deep working relationships with the Director of Admissions, the Chief Operating Officer, and the Director of Strategic Communications.
- Undertake additional responsibilities as assigned by the Superintendent.

**Terms of Employment**

**Position Qualifications**

Ideally, they will have:

- Five or more years of development experience, including managing the full scope of development functions, including information services, annual giving, major gifts, campaigns, and stewardship
- Demonstrated evidence of an ability to raise six and seven-figure gifts
- Experience at an institution known for annual giving and fundraising and has a track record for attracting voluntary support
- Familiarity and comfort with Asia and the Asian philanthropic community
- Experience and comfort working with governance Boards and standing committees

**Competencies and Skills**
- Be an outstanding communicator orally and in writing
- Be capable of engaging parents and volunteers in stimulating dialogue about the School
- Fully support the School’s vision and mission, and the notion of “extraordinary care”
- Have an external focus and passion for building and sustaining relationships and contacts
- Have comfort dealing with people from all backgrounds and positions ranging from corporate executives to support staff members
- Have great enthusiasm and highly skilled in advancement and development work, with high energy for an extremely fast paced environment
- Be an effective storyteller who can articulate the case for support of SAS
- Possess excellent analytical skills
- Demonstrated confidence and decisiveness; a strong leader
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