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Form of workSUMMARY The Associate Director, Donor Relations is responsible for planning, executing and continually improving the law school's donor relations program, which creates opportunity for engagement with its generous donors.
This position is instrumental in implementing a comprehensive stewardship plan to build donor trust through consistent and meaningful contacts. The Associate Director will regularly assess the performance of the law school's donor relations efforts, which includes events, donor/student meetings, gift acknowledgement, publications, and a wide variety of recognition opportunities based on industry standards and best practices.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Thorough knowledge of development and all aspects of donor relations, with deep understanding of stewardship concepts and best practices.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively with coworkers and as well as donors, faculty, and students; must have demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment, tact, and discretion.
Work independently to develop a donor stewardship matrix, outlining recommended communications and recognition opportunities for gifts of all levels.
Create new and inventive strategies for donor engagement through various donor societies.
Ability to lead the development of stewardship materials and publications, collaborating closely with Marketing and Communications staff and front line fundraisers, bringing donor relations expertise and perspective to ensure each piece of collateral is integrated into the overall donor relations and recognition strategy.
Exceptional writing skills with an eye for creativity and great attention to detail.
Ability to craft compelling donor communications, including but not limited to meaningful and engaging acknowledgement letters, fund activity reports, endowment reports, and progress reports.
Collaborate with the database team to ensure a seamless and efficient gift acknowledgement process.
Establish a collaborative relationship with the Financial Aid and the Business Office to ensure free flowing exchange of information between the departments.
Exercise independent judgement in collecting and analyzing information on scholarship awards and recipients in order to create accurate fund activity reports.
Create and implement the annual recognition name mailing for the Donor Honor Roll and ensure that the donor's wishes are accurately reflected in all print materials.
Oversee the creative development and installation of donor signage, ensuring proper levels of recognition on pieces like individual plaques, giving society signage, and the campaign donor wall.
Manage holiday and birthday greetings to donors, alumni, and friends of the school.
High organizational ability, adherence to strict deadlines, and ability to manage concurrent projects and priorities.
Solid computer skills, including knowledge of common donor databases, such as Raiser's Edge, and productivity tools within the Microsoft Office suite.
Exercise utmost discretion and good judgment in working with all students, alumni, and donor data; comply with FERPA regulations in sharing information about students.
Proven analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Undertake and manage special projects as assigned.
Complies with all aspects of the law school’s Customer Service Standards.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
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QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The person must have a poised and professional image; strong interpersonal skills with the exceptional ability to prioritize projects and workload, as well as the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. Must be able to interact effectively and efficiently with all visitors and students while projecting a positive image for the department and law school. Service oriented with ability to make all visitors feel welcome. Must have a collaborative approach to working with others. Must have excellent writing and editing skills; proficient in windows-based software, including word processing, spreadsheet skills, and ability to learn new software programs as needed. Ability to work in a fast paced environment and perform multi-tasking duties.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Bachelor's degree required. A minimum of five years professional experience in Advancement/Philanthropy, preferably in higher education.
LANGUAGE SKILL
Ability to effectively and professionally communicate in one-on-one and small group situations to students, alumni, law firms, clients and other employees of the organization. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to write correspondence.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to perform basic math essentials.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to define routine problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions to solve routine problems and/or deal with a variety of variables in situations, especially when department head may be out of office or unavailable. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. Occasional light to moderate lifting from floor level, at waist, and above shoulders required. Infrequent bending and stooping necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision in order to accurately input data and proofread; distance vision in order to recognize and assist visitors to the department.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Fast paced, multi-tasking, non-smoking work environment. Must be able to work the general business schedule of the law school (9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) plus evenings and weekends as needed. Some travel as required.
Competitive Benefits Package for full-time staff
- All Health/Dental/Vision Insurance Coverage Effective on your date of hire
- CIGNA Plus Medical & Prescription Coverage (Employee Only Semi-Monthly $61)
- CIGNA Dental & Vision (Employee Only Semi-Monthly $3.50)
- HSA/FSA Medical Savings Accounts
- Pet Insurance.
- Life Insurance covered by the law school at two times your basic annual salary, but not to exceed $500,000.
- Optional Life Insurance for employee and spouse
- Short & Long Term Disability coverage no cost to employee
- 403(b) employee only contribution; auto-enrolled at 2%
- 401(a) Employer contributes 8% of your salary after 1 year and worked 1,000 hours.
- Paid Leave Time, New Employees earn 1 day (7.5 hours) per month
- Sick Leave Time, New Employees Sick leave will be prorated based on the hire date at 9.375 hours per month for the first partial year of employment. On January 1st, staff employees are eligible for 15 days sick leave at full pay.
- 17 Paid Holidays 2024
- Employee and Dependent Tuition Remission options
- FREE Downtown Employee Parking
- Discount Tickets to STCLH Sporting Events for Employee and Family
- On Campus Cafe
- Casual Dress on Fridays
Required Skills
Required Experience
Qualifications/Traits:
Education:1. A bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Skills and Experience:1. 5-8 years of media strategy ( _ current title should be Sr. Media Planner or greater_ ).2. Digital experience preferred.3. Experience managing multiple clients, multiple departmental teams.4. Exposure to planning all media channels, both nationally and locally.5. Exposure and experience with business analytics.6. Solid experience delivering programs from hypothetical to flawless real world execution.7. Robust negotiation skills and experience with multi-media integrated packages.
Competencies (characteristics and work style) ** :**1. Solid attention to detail;2. Substantial collaboration skills;3. Ability to handle multiple tasks;4. Superior communication skills;5. Substantial verbal and written presentation skills;6. Passionate and professional;7. Authentic team player;8. Strong respect for the creative process and product;9. Ability to contribute unique and original thinking and solutions;10. Active listener;11. Ability to manage and prioritize personal workload effectively;12. Results-oriented, with a commitment to accountability;13. Strength in dealing with change;14. Approachability;15. Ability to manage up well; and16. Conveys integrity and trust.
