Assistant Director Annual Giving
Assistant Director Annual Giving
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Job
Summary:
TheAssistant Director of Annual Giving at Rollins College will manage various annual giving programs to inspire philanthropic support. Responsibilities include planning and executing direct response communication campaigns to raise unrestricted funds for multiple schools and departments managing student fundraising programs and overseeing general stewardship communications. The AD will collaborate on the annual Giving Day effort and assist with daily operations. Reporting to the Senior Associate Director of Annual Giving the AD must have excellent writing and communication skills strong attention to detail superior project management abilities and be a proactive relationship builder for effective collaboration with colleagues campus partners students and donors.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop multichannel annual giving strategies.
- Manage a series of direct response campaigns to increase giving to the Rollins Annual Fund and other campus priorities by educating engaging and soliciting constituents.
- Develop creative and effective messaging for solicitation and stewardship communications to drive annual giving growth and philanthropic support.
- Manage content creation and audience segmentation vendor management and all phases of the editing process.
- Develop and implement solicitation and stewardship strategies to strengthen philanthropic engagement among students.
- Manage the planning and of Student Philanthropy Week and Senior Giving annual campaigns.
- Support strategies to increase leadership giving including collaboration with Major Parent and Planned Giving teams to coordinate leadership solicitations and stewardship of annual gifts to the Rollins Annual Fund.
- Act as a liaison to select campus partners including but not limited to the Crummer Graduate School of Business the Hamilton Holt School Athletics and the Rollins Museum of Art to establish goals and develop solicitations to increase annual fund support from targeted constituencies.
- Serve on the core team for planning and executing annual Giving Day.
- Manage data strategy for series of direct marketing efforts that employ annual giving best practices and improve donor participation engagement and retention; define criteria to pull audience data and manage segmentation and preparation to ensure accuracy and integrity of communications.
- Manage general Annual Giving operations including responding to inquiries from alumni parents and other constituents made through the general Giving phone and/or email account in a timely manner creating appeal codes building online giving forms requesting vanity URLs etc.
- Draft and maintain documentation for business processes and policies.
- Research and ensure best practices are developed and deployed while also testing new strategies.
- Support Alumni Weekend and other alumni or Advancement programs.
Qualifications & Education:
- Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college.
- At least one year of work experience in annual giving direct marketing fundraising and development or related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Work experience in higher education and/or nonprofit.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- Demonstrated initiative creative energy and ability to manage complex programs or communications.
- Flexible selfmotivated adaptable and comfortable working in an ambiguous and everchanging fastpaced environment.
- Strong planning project management and organizational skills; keen attention to detail; ability to set and balance multiple priorities and manage time effectively in a deadlinedriven environment.
- Creative and resourceful thinker with strong skills in collaboration and partnershipbuilding. Ability to work independently and as a team player while handling multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
- Experience employing technology digital marketing tools data management and analytics to optimize fundraising efforts. Familiarity with relevant and contemporary tools/technologies for email marketing html content management social media video online giving texting etc.
- An aptitude for numbers data and analysis is essential. Strong Excel skills necessary for data segmentation and analysis and to manage and fully utilize marketing tools/technologies. Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy are crucial.
- Ability to handle confidential information maintain and update files with high degree of accuracy and sensitivity to the importance of alumni and donor relations.
- Computer fluency including Microsoft Office Suite ability to learn and utilize CRM database email marketing platform reporting tools and other technology/systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Possess persuasive writing and editing skills with an attention to detail.
Work Environment:
- Campusbased customer service role in an office environment offering some opportunity for a hybrid work schedule.
- Regular use of a computer and databases.
- Flexible scheduling and must be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends for Advancement events throughout the year including alumni/advancement events Alumni Weekend and Family Weekend.
Instructions to Applicants:
To apply please submit an application and upload the following materials:
- Cover letter
- Resume
Screening of applications will begin immediately.
Benefits & Perks:
- 25 Days Paid Time Off (vacation sick and personal time)
- 10 Days Paid Holidays
- 5 Days Paid College Closure Days
- Eligible for Medical Prescription Dental & Vision Insurances (within 30 days of hire)
- 100 EmployerFunded Health Reimbursement Account $125/month)
- 100 EmployerPaid Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
- Domestic Partner Benefits
- 11.5 Employer Retirement Contributions
- Discounted OnCampus Dining Meal Plans
- Free OnCampus Parking
- Free Access to Campus Amenities (gyms pools library sporting events and more)
- Free Full Tuition for Employees and their Families
- Pet Insurance
- 100 EmployerFunded Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- AwardWinning Wellbeing Programs
- Plus More!
Additional Perks:
- Rollins College is conveniently located on multipleLynx Bus Routes(Winter Park/Rosemont9 & Winter Park/Springs Village23 and within walking distance from theWinter ParkSunRail Station
- Local & National Discount Programs including Winter Park Locations (i.e. shops restaurants gift cards and more)
- Free ETraining Courses & Professional Development Opportunities
- IT Software & Laptop Discounts (Apple Lenovo and more)
- College Bookstore Discounts
- Annual Service Awards & Recognition Programs
- Discover what its like to live in Orlando:Live Work Play and Learn
- Plus More!
Rollins offers a competitive salary along with our generous fulltime benefits package. Click here to review our fullbenefits package.
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
Rollins College is an equal does not discriminate on the basis of sex disability race age religion color national or ethnic origin ancestry marital status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information physical characteristics or any other category protected by College policy or federal state or local law for employment and in our educational programs and activities. To learn more about our commitments visit click applicant who requires reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us by phone or in writing to 407.646.2102.
FLSA Status:
Exempt
Service Months:
12
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
