Philanthropic Engagement Specialist

Job Posting:

JR100282 Philanthropic Engagement Specialist (Open)

Department:

Alumni Engagement, JM

Position Type:

Regular

Open Date:

09-10-2024

Close Date:

Job Description:

This position is responsible for supporting philanthropic engagement, with donors, prospective donors, and stakeholders of the Bowie State University community. The incumbent will be a customer service-focused agent and self-starter who will support the Manager of Donor Engagement and Stewardship to manage, co-manage, or coordinate stewardship and developmental activities including, but not limited to:

• Under the supervision of the Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager, supports the cultivation of current and prospective donors. This consists of supporting OAES strategies.

• Working closely with the Manager in the planning and implementation of the University System of Maryland’s annual Maryland Charity Campaign. This includes partnering with the four colleges and all administrative units.

• Supporting stewardship of donors, including coordination and efforts on increasing participation of infinity groups such as student organizations and fraternities/sororities, alumni within 1 – 10 years of graduation, and volunteer boards.

• Responsible for arranging and coordinating logistics for campus visits by donors and prospects; providing logistical and administrative support during events sponsored by the division.

• Support the Office of Alumni Engagement and Stewardship (OAES) strategic plan by assisting and facilitating alumni and student engagement activities and programs.

• Works with the Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager to ensure the timely delivery of gift acknowledgment letters, scholarship reporting, personal and professional milestones collateral, and other cultivation collateral as directed.

• Documents tasks performed by OAES and constitutes touched by OAES in the appropriate databases for reporting and tracking purposes.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Job Information:

EDUCATION: Associate degree preferred. Related experience demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position may be substituted.

EXPERIENCE: Prior experience with customer service, event management, donor relations, and student and alumni affairs preferred, but not required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES: Must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Must have the ability to establish and maintain a good rapport with donors, students, faculty/staff and vendors.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.

Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program.

The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.

In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.