Associate Director, Reunion Class Giving
Company: Columbia University
Location: New York
Posted on: October 30, 2024
Job Description:
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Salary Range: $83,000 - $87,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based
on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental
budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses,
specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the
University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of
possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Senior Director of Individual Giving, the
Associate Director of Reunion Class Giving is the team leader for
all aspects of reunion year fundraising encompassing over 4,000
reunion prospects annually. The Associate Director builds and helps
manage up to 5 volunteer committees, works closely with senior
staff, annual giving and the major gifts team, and will personally
solicit and close gifts to meet comprehensive Reunion Fundraising
goals of $5 million to $10 million annually and 25% to 30% reunion
alumni participation.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of 100-150 prospects with a goal of 75
personal visits, preferably face-to-face, and 100 solicitations in
the $1,000 to $50,000 range per year.
- Design and implement strategy for recruitment of reunion
fundraising committees and coordinate efforts with the Senior
Director of Individual Giving, Executive Director of Development
and Major Gift Officers, as well as with Associate Dean and Dean
when appropriate.
- Develop communication strategies for committees, run committee
trainings and meetings and represent the Development Office at
various meetings.
- Identify, enlist, and solicit volunteers for the 60th to 5th
year reunions and directly work with 3-5 committees to help achieve
their fundraising goals. Identify, cultivate and manage cultivation
and solicitation of additional reunion year prospects across the
classes.
- Strategize and devise cultivation, solicitation and stewardship
processes for all Reunion Leadership gift prospects.
- Create annual plans for direct marketing including mail,
telemarketing, and email solicitations with specific strategies for
each class.
- Edit and oversee all fundraising information (letters,
brochures, e-communications) sent to alumni.
- Design and implement a planned giving program to be rolled out
to all Reunion classes and manage Planned Giving
Ambassadors.
- Analyze giving data and strategize with Senior Staff and
Reunion Chairs/committees to define goals and solicitation
approaches, identify prospects, and coordinate peer
solicitations.
- Respond to other special projects that support development
objectives, particularly for Reunion year classes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors required; Master's degree preferred. 3-5 years of
development or business experience preferred, with consideration
given to other exceptional candidates with extensive development
experience.
- Preference given to those with fundraising background in an
educational setting.
- Must be highly organized, capable of managing multiple tasks
under deadline, mature, and have excellent verbal and written
communication skills.
- Must be proficient with the use of computers.
- Proficiency in word processing and managing data
preferred.
- Experience with Raisers Edge strongly preferred.
- Must be able to work with diverse constituencies and support an
inclusive work environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local
residents.
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Keywords: Columbia University, Passaic , Associate Director, Reunion Class Giving, Executive , New York, New Jersey
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