Corporate Giving Director jobs in San Bernardino, CA

Job No: 523474
Work type: Management (MPP)
Categories: MPP, At-Will, Fundraising & Alumni Relations, Full Time, Telecommute eligible (work onsite as scheduled and/or as requested and telecommute as scheduled)Job Summary:

The Director of Annual Giving conceptualizes, organizes, implements, and evaluates a strategic annual giving program that raises unrestricted and restricted gifts for CSUSB through the solicitation of alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends.

Major duties and responsibilities

• The Director of Annual Giving designs and implements annual giving campaigns including direct mail, call center, email, text, and other solicitation channels to meet established fundraising and participation metrics. Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Oversight of the Annual Fund call center program, including the creation and implementation of effective calling campaigns;
• Design and execution of multi-channel direct mail and email campaigns; Leadership and coordination of the annual faculty-staff giving program;
• Creation of effective programs to engage and solicit current and former parents; Coordination of annual giving-level campaigns for athletics, the colleges, and other campus programs;
• Strategic planning and implementation of campus-wide giving days, peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, student philanthropy initiatives, and other programs to improve annual fund outcomes both in the percentage of alumni, parents, and friends participating and in the total dollars raised;
• Budget development and oversight to ensure that annual giving programs are cost-effective and adhere to fiscal requirements.
• The Director of Annual Giving is responsible for personally securing gifts at the leadership annual giving ($1,000 - $9,999) level. Responsibilities include:
• Providing active leadership in the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors and prospects, including alumni, parents, past student leaders, friends of the university, emeriti faculty, and others;
• Personally visiting with prospective donors and managing the University's relationship with assigned prospects and donors;
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across campus, ensuring that fundraising activities are coordinated with other development staff members and university initiatives;
• Working with staff from the division's advancement services office and prospect strategy staff to consistently ensure the freshness, correctness, and security of the advancement database including prospect, donor, and alumni records; Collaborating with the Office of Strategic Communication to market priority programs to on-campus and off-campus constituents through publications and other communication methods, improving awareness, and expanding support;
• Ensuring best practices in donor stewardship activities including appropriate individual and organizational donor recognition
• The Director of Annual Giving is part of an effective University Advancement team and shall:
• Participate in divisional strategic planning, goal setting, event planning, and project status sessions;
• Maintain the highest standards of development procedures and protocols utilizing various forms, report formats, databases, and clearance procedures;
• Collaborate with the Office of Strategic Communication to ensure that all development- oriented pieces, communications, and events adhere to campus-wide and divisional graphics and professional communication standards;
• Integrate development efforts with central advancement staff and the various services in place including working with the division's gift processing staff to ensure accurate gift recording and receipting;
• File detailed contact reports with central advancement;
• Assist with general donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship as part of a development team that attracts additional support that is important to all colleges, schools, and programs;
• Represent programs, the division, and the university in the community by attending events, participating in local organizations, and serving on community based boards.

Minimum Qualifications: Required Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired.
• Experience: one to three years of experience in higher education alumni engagement or development, or in the nonprofit sector.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, including written, oral, and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to present before a group
• Broad knowledge of fundraising principles and the ability to participate in all aspects of the gift cycle
• Knowledge of annual giving best practices
• Ability to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward prospects/donors and effectively move prospects through the development cycle
• Ability to recognize opportunities, identify high pay-off activities and prioritize them to attain goals
• Ability to work with a diverse constituency and all levels of the organization
• Ability to effectively present material and respond to queries from constituents
• Ability to understand the needs and interests of alumni and donors in order to develop relationships between them and the university
• Ability to responsibly handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Skilled in managing multiple projects on tight deadlines and under pressure
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and database programs
• Skilled in maximizing productivity through the use of appropriate tools and the development of resources that create a timely and efficient workflow

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in soliciting and stewarding gifts from individual donors
• Experience in making cold calls (opening doors) and developing donor-centric cultivation and solicitation strategies

Compensation and Benefits:

Anticipated Hiring Range: $7,083 - 7,916 per month

Classification Salary Range: $4,583.00 - $14,713.00 per month

The CSU system provides a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), sick and vacation time, and 14 paid holidays a year. Eligible employees are also able to participate in the fee waiver education program. A summary of benefit information can be found here.

Position Information:

Work status: Full-time/Exempt/At will

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm weekends and evenings

This is a full-time management (MPP) position. MPP employees serve at the pleasure of the campus President. MPPs do not serve a probationary period and never receive permanent status.

This position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed beginning February 28th, 2023.

Conditions of Employment

Background Check

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

I-9

CSUSB hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. See Form I-9 Acceptable Documents at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents.

COVID-19 Vaccination

CSU requires faculty, staff, and students who physically access campus facilities or programs to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, which includes obtaining a COVID-19 booster dose, or declare a medical or religious exemption from doing so. Any candidates advanced in a currently open search process should be prepared to comply with this requirement. See policy at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/11030468/latest.

Statement of Commitment to Diversity

In our commitment to the furthering of knowledge and fulfilling our educational mission, California State University, San Bernardino seeks a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the entire variety of human experience. We welcome people from all backgrounds, and we seek to include knowledge and values from many cultures in the curriculum and extra-curricular life of the campus community. We will create, promote, and maintain activities and programs that further our understanding of individual and group diversity. We will also develop and communicate policies and promote values that discourage intolerance and discrimination.

California State University, San Bernardino is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, caste, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, protected military or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. This position adheres to CSU policies against Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Violence, including Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking. This requires completion of Sexual Violence Prevention Training within 6 months of assuming employment and on a two-year basis thereafter. (Executive Order 1096) For more information about Diversity & Inclusion at CSUSB, please visit https://www.csusb.edu/human-resources/diversity-inclusion

Closing Statement:

Reasonable Accommodation

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact the ADA Coordinator by email at jeanne.durr@csusb.edu

Smoking

CSUSB is a smoke and tobacco-free campus. See policy at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/6591951/latest/.

Clery Act

In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, California Education Code section 67380, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the Cal State San Bernardino Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available at: https://www.csusb.edu/clery-act