Associate Director of Constituent Relations Events
Associate Director of Constituent Relations Events
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About Rice:
Boasting a 300acre treelined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6to1 undergraduate studenttofaculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lectures series courses and student government. Developing closeknit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Position Summary:
The assistant director will implement a comprehensive donor relations and stewardship program that appropriately engages prospective donors to Rice Athletics through the planning implementation and staffing of assigned athletics development and letterwinner events involving senior administrators coaches and studentathletes. This position will also collaborate with university constituent relations to promptly recognize athletics donors of all levels through gift acknowledgment letters endowment reports signage specialized events etc.; and work with the Development and Alumni Relations gift processing team to ensure the timely recording of all gifts to the department of Athletics.
Ideal Candidate Statement:
The ideal candidate will be able to effectively work with a diverse group of constituents on event planning functions and serve as a liaison between the Athletic Department and donors.
Workplace Requirements:
Oncampus position: This position is exclusively onsite necessitating all duties to be performed in person. PerRice policy 440work arrangements may be subject to change.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree
- In lieu of the education requirement additional related experience above and beyond what is required on an equivalent yearforyear basis may be substituted
- 1 years of related experience
- In lieu of the experience requirement additional related education above and beyond what is required on an equivalent yearforyear basis may be substituted
Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and time management abilities
- Keen attention to detail with a quick understanding and retention of information about alumni donors and assigned projects
- Ability to collaborate effectively and adapt to changing situations
- Proficient in data analysis
- Capability to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team to meet deadlines and schedules
- Familiarity with Google Workspace
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to learn new strategies
Preferences:
- Experience with fundraising in a higher education setting
Essential Functions:
- Actively manages relationships with annual and capital donors for athletics including the Owl Club and Sports Interest Groups
- Oversees stewardship for endowment donors including facilitating connections with scholarship studentathletes
- Assists in planning athletic development events such as game day hospitality fundraising dinners golf tournaments letterwinner reunions and donor appreciation events. This includes invitation management registration logistics and overall
- Proactively supports development staff in creating and coordinating personalized stewardship plans for donors and volunteers
- Collaborates with Development and Alumni Relations staff to effectively steward donors and volunteers ensuring consistent implementation of the campuss master strategic stewardship plan
- Creates and develops compelling donor and volunteer stories for print and online publications
- Works with athletics business operations development and alumni relations to ensure that all gifts to athletics are recorded promptly
- Engages with vendors for hospitality and event coordination
- Performs additional duties as assigned
Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University
Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center ator for support.
If you have any additional questions please email us at. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
