Annual Gift Coordinator - Higher Ed. aids in the planning and implementation of annual gift programs. Supervises, evaluates, and restructures assigned campaigns and membership programs and oversees special events. Being an Annual Gift Coordinator - Higher Ed. is responsible for attracting and retaining prospective donors, monitoring mailings, and analyzing past donations. Requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Annual Gift Coordinator - Higher Ed. typically reports to a director. The Annual Gift Coordinator - Higher Ed. gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. To be an Annual Gift Coordinator - Higher Ed. typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Title:
Assistant Director, Annual Giving
Department:
VP Development & Alumni Relations
Reports To:
Executive Director, Annual Giving
Position Type:
Staff
Position Summary:
The Assistant Director will work with the Executive Director, Annual
Giving in the administrative and programmatic aspects of the annual giving
operations, with primary responsibility over the Student Engagement Center
Calling Program. The program employs student fundraisers to solicit financial
support for the university from alumni and friends. The Assistant Director is
responsible for providing overall support involved with the annual fund
programs including planning, managing, and evaluating the Student Engagement
Center program.
Core position responsibilities include: developing, implementing, and overseeing all aspects of the Student Engagement Center Calling Program; working with the Annual Giving team to develop a program and implement strategies that will expand the base of annual giving support.
Essential Functions:
- Work with the Executive Director, Annual Giving to create and manage a comprehensive plan that enables the university to reach donors and non-donors to consistently build and sustain the donor pipeline.
- Utilize calling software to strategically segment, assign and manage calling records, manage calling shifts, and callers' performance, and report the progress of the program.
- In partnership with Executive Director, develop and manage a comprehensive plan to incorporate texting and video outreach into the engagement center for alumni outreach, pledge fulfillment, and solicitation.
- Work flexible hours/days that include evenings and Sundays.
- Recruit, lead, train, and motivate a team of approximately 30 student employees.
- Supervise and manage the workflow of the student employees, and set and measure performance standards.
- Generate statistical data and comparative reporting.
- Ability to analyze data and manage detailed reporting.
- Provide daily gifts and pledge reports through the efforts of the Student Engagement Center to the Operations team.
- Develop and implement a calling segmentation plan to optimize prospect contact and retention rates.
Additional Functions:
- Support the work of the annual giving team and the Development & Alumni Relations division.
- Assist with the planning and implementation of annual giving events.
Prerequisite Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university; Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Functional knowledge of the Raiser's Edge database.
- Minimum of 3 years of successful professional development experience, preferably in higher education;
- At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in higher education fundraising or with a non- profit organization.
- Experience working with fundraising software programs – Wilson Bennett Technologies (WBT) or similar; ThankView; Mongoose text messaging – or similar; social media platforms.
- Experience managing a Student Engagement Center program.
Bargaining Unit:
PSA
Range/Band:
21
FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time
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