Assistant Director of Annual Giving

Assistant Director of Annual Giving
University of Puget Sound
Job ID: 6162
Location:  
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

Staff Posting Details
Appointment: regular, full-time, (1.0 FTE)

Position Summary:

The Assistant Director of Annual Giving manages, directs, and executes the appeal methodologies for the entire annual giving program. The assistant director oversees two professional staff members and reports to the Director of Annual Giving.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Identify, evaluate the value, conceptualize the use, and direct the implementation of all new and existing media, focusing specifically on the induction of innovative outreach vehicles.
• Devise annual fund messaging and write all mass solicitations.
• Oversee the production of all mass solicitations.
• In concert with communications, develop visual aspects of the solicitation program.
• Develop the office's outreach calendar and ensure its execution.
• Manage the onboarding of all new and emerging media, including the online giving platforms.
• Coordinate the many facets of the annual online giving day, including relationships with university partners, outside vendors, and divisional colleagues.

Using existing solicitation methods and the induction of new resources for the office, design mass solicitation strategies specific to constituents that drive the alumni donor count, including:

Millennials, alumni inside 10th reunion, and senior class gift pledge fulfillment

LYBUNTs, retention of consecutive donors, and retention of new donors

Create and execute, in concert with donor relations, an impactful stewardship program for the Puget Sound Fund.

Elevate the visibility of Puget Sound Fund donors, specifically leadership-level donors and young alumni.

Oversee the office's acknowledgment efforts.

Design and deliver reports on the success of each individual mass solicitation effort as it supports the overall annual giving strategy.

Coordinate and execute all restricted-expendable fundraising initiatives like the Logger Club fundraising program, achieving pre-set goals.

Oversee the management of the department's budget, the office's annual database audit and roll program, production of all Millennium-based reports, and the inventories and physical records for the office and its programs.

Coordinate the administrative support duties of the annual giving office manager and assistant.

Other duties as assigned by the director of annual giving.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position oversees two professional staff members and members of the student staff.

Budget Responsibilities: This position is charged with managing the Office of Annual Giving Budget but reports to the director on all budgeting matters.

Qualifications:

• Well-developed technical aptitude with proven experience in online fundraising
• Strong organizational, planning, analytical, and project management skills
• Attention to detail
• The ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Experience with drafting, editing, and producing multiple direct mail solicitations
• The ability to work and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with a broad range of internal and external constituents including alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends of the college
• Strong interpersonal leadership and communication skills
• The ability to work independently, solve problems, handle confidential information and navigate sensitive situations
• Adept knowledge of computers and computer software programs such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, as well as constituent relations software such as Sage Millennium
• A bachelor's degree
• Experience in student phonathon management and online fundraising tools preferred
• Ability to respectfully work, communicate and provide leadership within a diverse campus community

Compensation and Benefits: Decisions about starting salaries are made based on the extent and relatedness of the candidate's education and experience and on internal equity and market considerations.

Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, visit: https://pugetsound.edu/human-resources/benefits

Application Deadline: Review of application materials will begin immediately. Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified.

Required Documents:

Resume Letter of Interest

Applications submitted without the required attachments will not be considered.

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of all required background checks and if applicable for the position, drug screen, physical test and functional assessment. All new hires will be required to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination or approved exemption.

Diversity Statement:

We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives. We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community. We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: https://pugetsound.edu/about-puget-sound-0/mission-core-values/institutional-equity-diversity

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.


How to Apply
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/employment

About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.

As a strategic goal and through our core values, University of Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. EOE/AA





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