Associate Director, Principal Gifts Stewardship

Alumni Relations & Development Principal Gifts Stewardship

About the Department

Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) engages alumni (~220k), current students, parents, and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. ARD raises $600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute.

Job Summary

This position 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 role 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.
• Assists in creation of annual narrative and financial reports, demonstrating donor impact through informative and engaging stewardship reports.
• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with colleagues across the University.
• Maintains thorough and timely records and tracks stewardship activity through proficient use of the University's relationship database (Salesforce).
• Supports a portfolio of principal gift donors, capturing notable milestones and gift anniversaries.
• Crafts strategic, tailored engagement plans, including exploring, developing and executing new and creative ways to surprise and delight the University's most generous donors beyond written reports.
• Represents the donor voice, participating in the planning and execution of stewardship events and experiences that are donor-centric, advancing overall fundraising goals.
• 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.
• Educates and trains colleagues on policies and best practices through a variety of communication tools and vehicles.
• Attends and participates in team, departmental, and all-staff meetings.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance.
• Guides the creation of University-wide standards on appropriate ways to recognize and steward donors.
• Has a deep understanding within the areas of recognition, stewardship, acknowledgement, and proposal writing.
• Performs other related duties as needed or requested.

Minimum Qualifications

Education :

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience :

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

Education :

Experience :

Technical Skills or Knowledge :

Preferred Competencies

Working Conditions

Application Documents

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

Job Family

Alumni Relations & Development

Role Impact

Individual Contributor

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Range

$74,375.00 - $87,500.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University's good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

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