Associate Director, Annual Giving and Leadership Gifts

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Reporting to the Senior Director of Advancement the Associate Director of Annual Giving & Leadership Gifts is responsible for coordinating annual giving initiatives as required. The Associate Director manages a portfolio of donors and prospects with responsibility for qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship.

The Associate Director of Annual Giving & Leadership Gifts is ahybrid role combiningannual giving program execution with frontline fundraising strengthening the pipeline of donors who can progress from annual support to leadership and major gift relationships.

Annual Giving Program Execution

Lead day-to-day implementation of the Universitys annual giving solicitation calendar in partnership with the Senior Director of Advancement recommending strategies to strengthen participation retention renewal and revenue.

Manage direct mail projects from concept through completion including coordination with the mail house/direct mail vendor data requests segmentation production schedules proofs and delivery.

Lead execution of digital annual giving solicitations including email appeals and other digital outreach using performance data to refine segmentation messaging and strategy.

Support annual giving campaigns targeting alumni parents and families friends faculty/staff and other University constituencies.

Help ensure consistent messaging and branding across annual giving communications.

Track campaign results and provide reporting on response rates participation dollars raised donor acquisition retention and other key annual giving metrics.

Collaborate withcampus partners.

Donor Portfolio Management

Manage a portfolio ofannual and leadership giving donors and prospects with potential for increased philanthropic engagement.

Develop and independently execute individual strategies for qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship with clear moves-management goals.

Conduct meaningful donor outreaches.

Personally solicit annual and leadership-level gifts in support of University priorities and maintain measurable portfolio fundraising goals.

Identify annual donors with increased capacity or inclination and help move qualified prospects into the Universitys major gift pipeline.

Maintain accurate and timely contact reports moves proposals and prospect information in the advancement database.

Partner with frontline fundraisers to facilitate appropriate donor transitions and handoffs.

Giving Day & Special Campaigns

Serve as a key operational partner for the Universitys annual Giving Day campaign.

Coordinate campaign timelines communications donor segments challenges volunteer outreach and follow-up.

Assist with digital and peer-to-peer fundraising strategies.

Support targeted annual giving campaigns and special initiatives throughout the year.

Evaluate campaign performance and recommend opportunities for improvement.

Bachelors degree.

Minimum six years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising annual giving leadership giving alumni or constituent engagement nonprofit development or a related field with direct fundraising experience strongly preferred.

Strong written verbal and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to communicate confidently with donors and prospects.

Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple fundraising projects donor strategies vendors and deadlines simultaneously.

Demonstrated experience building donor or constituent relationships including qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Ability to work collaboratively within a goal-oriented advancement team.

Willingness to participate in occasional evening and weekend events and limited travel.

Preferred Qualifications

Four or more years of higher education advancement or nonprofit fundraising experience.

Demonstrated experience with direct mail digital fundraising and other multi-channel annual giving campaigns.

Experience working with donors alumni volunteers customers clients or other external constituents.

Familiarity with advancement databases CRMs or other relationship-management systems.

Experience coordinating projects with external vendors.

At the Universitys discretion the education and experience prerequisites may be accepted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the University an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Roger Williams University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workforce. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin or any other basis protected by applicable state and federal law. For information on our Non-discrimination policy visit here.

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