Stewardship Officer

Blacksburg, VA - USA

Hourly Salary: $ 50000 - 55000

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The Stewardship Officer is a member of the Advancement Divisions Donor Relations team with responsibilities to pursue and promote the overall institutional goals related to best-in-class stewardship relationship building and customer service for internal and external constituents. This role will contribute to the Virginia Tech goal of increasing donor retention and the alumni giving rate. The Stewardship Officer will create and implement an annual strategy to manage coordinate and distribute customized stewardship for a portfolio of donors who have supported Virginia Tech. This position manages multiple and competing priorities in the dynamic Donor Relations environment. This role is part of a transparent innovative high-performing and dynamic team. The Stewardship Officer demonstrates best-in-class standards including meticulous accuracy and anticipating constituent needs. This position has frequent contact with internal and external constituents providing information and assisting in the resolution of questions while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive donor information.

Additional duties may include strategic collaboration with university partners along with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with the Advancement Division Stewardship Plan and best-in-class stewardship initiatives. The Stewardship Officer will be responsible for things such as leading gift acknowledgment processes overseeing stewardship content and strategic messaging and audience-based or personalized stewardship plans. Additional responsibilities could also include leading scholarship stewardship executing strategic stewardship for initiatives such as Giving Day or helping to ensure appropriate documentation and stewardship of leadership major and principal gifts.

Required Qualifications

Masters degree or Bachelors degree and experience equating to an advanced degree.

Demonstrated experience with multitasking working independently with attention to detail in a fast-paced goal and deadline-driven team environment.

Ability to handle confidential materials and information.

Demonstrated experience in using Microsoft Office products.

Demonstrated project management experience involving analyzing data problem-solving with a strategic approach as well as creative and critical thinking.

Demonstrated experience with communication in a professional setting (e.g. individual correspondence proposals report writing marketing).

Experience outlining and implementing plans managing projects and analyzing data.

Demonstrated experience in using a constituent database such as Blackbaud or a similar system.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with Advancement operations donor relations alumni operations event management and/or volunteer programs.

Demonstrated experience interacting and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders such as faculty staff volunteers alumni donors students and external vendors.

Experience developing effective strategies to foster relationships and engagement.

Ability to speak and write articulately persuasively and with sensitivity to donor concerns.

Ability to effectively write and manipulate database queries for the retrieval and production of detailed constituent information.

Pay Band

N/A

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$50000 - $55000

Hours per week

Review Date

January 7th 2026

Additional Information

Safe Driving Record.

Unable to Sponsor Work Visas.

Regional and national travel required for the purposes of conducting field research cultivation solicitation and stewardship which may include overnights and weekends.

Must have the ability and willingness to travel utilizing standard commercial and/or personal modes of transportation.

Ability to work nights and weekends and participation in college or university programs when possible.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicinecollege Graduate School and Honors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerous Extension officesand research institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees students or applicants on the basis of age color disability sex (including pregnancy) gender gender identity gender expression genetic information ethnicity or national origin political affiliation race religion sexual orientation or military status or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about discuss or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants or on any other basis protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation please contact Advancement HR at during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

Job DescriptionThe Stewardship Officer is a member of the Advancement Divisions Donor Relations team with responsibilities to pursue and promote the overall institutional goals related to best-in-class stewardship relationship building and customer service for internal and external constituents. Thi...