Benefactor Service Assistant Director
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Job Location:
Scottsdale, AZ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The benefactor service assistant director is an important front line service representative and relationship manager within the Department of Development on our Annual and Midlevel Giving team. The assistant director (AD) serves as a critical first point of contact for prospects and benefactors who make in-person inquiries of Development or engage through direct mail digital philanthropy phone calls and/or written correspondence. The AD will serve as an on-call resource during business hours responding to the full scope of inquiries including face-to-face meetings with individuals. During interactions the AD will strengthen relationships with Mayo Clinic supporters qualify and assess major gift potential and triage prospects to Prospect Management to maximize philanthropy. The associate will partner with fundraisers by meeting and supporting benefactors when the primary assigned relationship manager is unavailable.
Additional responsibilities include face-to-face telephone email and written interaction with prospects and benefactors to express gratitude and provide stewardship. The assistant director will be fully integrated into the Department of Development team to best respond to business needs. They will be most closely aligned to Prospect Management Office of Gift Planning Stewardship and Recognition Gift Processing and a regional fundraising team. The role requires significant focus on responding to benefactor inquiries and directing these inquiries appropriately to meet the needs of each benefactor. The associate is expected to call and personally meet with benefactors the latter occurring on campus.
The AD needs to possess a high level of proficiency and knowledge of strategic funding priorities in order to align benefactor interest with Mayo Clinic strategic priorities as well as the ability to translate scientific knowledge for a lay audience. The associate needs to possess a high level of comfort calling prospects and benefactors. Development professionals at Mayo Clinic are required to adhere to the Donor Bill of Rights and ethical standards set forth for the department and the institution.
The successful candidate will work in-office on-campus approximately 70% of the time and remotely from home 30% of the needs require employee to live within driving distance of the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Arizona campus.
Qualifications
Requires a bachelors degree and a minimum of three years experience to include one or more of the following: annual fund special events stewardship or cultivation of benefactors and/or customers/clients marketing and communications. Incumbent must be a self-motivated self-directed and highly organized individual who will promote a productive collegial workplace and be a professional ambassador for Mayo Clinic. Theassistant directormust be able to work effectively in a consensus-style operation that expects and promotes teamwork. Belief in the mission and strong ethical conduct are essential. Requires excellent oral and written communications skills a broad-based knowledge of fundraising and the ability to work in a complex environment with multi-dimensional points of view. Must be comfortable with ambiguity possess the ability to inspire trust and confidence and communicate effectively with internal and external audiences. The ability to work independently manage multiple projects and maintain a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality is essential. Must be proficient in the use of information technology and management of database systems. Some travel is required primarily within driving distance. A valid drivers license is required.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fiscal Management
- Organizational skills
- Fundraising
- Communication skills
- Management Experience
- Teaching
- Administrative Experience
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Program Development
- Supervising Experience
- Attention to detail
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