Associate Director, Principal Gifts Stewardship (Acknowledgements and Reporting)

Principal Gifts Stewardship

This role develops and implements programs with senior leadership and colleagues to lead a comprehensive University-wide donor relations program to enrich the relationship between donors and the University. Plans, organizes, and leads the donor program to recognize, steward, and cultivate individuals in meaningful ways and at different giving levels. This position develops and implements programs to support central principal gifts stewardship and engagement to enrich the relationship between principal gift donors, donors who have cumulatively given $10M and above, and the University.

Responsibilities :

• Contributes to the overall success of the comprehensive stewardship program to recognize, steward, and develop meaningful experiences for principal gift donors across the University.
• Manages the leadership acknowledgement process, drafting personalized communications, thoughtfully thanking donors for their generosity in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assists in creation of annual narrative and financial reports, demonstrating donor impact through informative and engaging stewardship reports.
• Develops, writes, and manages ad hoc donor reporting or writing projects.
• Maintains thorough and timely records and tracks stewardship activity through proficient use of the University's relationship database (Salesforce).
• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with colleagues across the University, particularly with Leadership Engagement, Communications, and relationship managers to closely partner on stewardship projects.
• Represents the donor voice, participating in the planning and execution of stewardship events and experiences that are donor-centric, advancing overall fundraising goals, and are consistent and coordinated across the University.
• Engages with donors remotely and at visits, meetings, and events as needed.
• Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding within the areas of recognition, acknowledgements, donor engagement, and stewardship reporting.
• Assists in guiding the creation of University-wide standards on appropriate ways to recognize and steward the University's most generous donors. Uses expertise in donor relations to develop policies and quality control guidelines.
• Educates and trains colleagues on policies and best practices through a variety of communication tools and vehicles, including written information, presentations, and staff training.
• Attends and participates in team, departmental, and all-staff meetings.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance, including attending webinars, seminars, building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.
• Guides the creation of University-wide standards on appropriate ways to recognize and steward donors. Uses deep understanding in donor programs to develop policies and quality control guidelines for donor relations programs.
• Has full authority to develop communication strategies for publications related to donors and volunteers.
• Performs other related duties as needed or requested.

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Application Documents :

When applying, the documents MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.