Senior Associate Director of Donor Relations

• General summary/purpose: Reporting to the Senior Director of Development in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) Office of External Affairs, the Senior Associate Director of Donor Relations will be responsible for development and oversight of donor relations strategy for the Krieger School, including determining best practices and processes. They will also manage and execute stewardship for all graduate and faculty level gifts. This position will manage an Associate Director of Donor Relations and Special Projects, the Assistant Director of Donor Relations and a Donor Relations Coordinator. The Senior Associate Director of Donor Relations will be skilled in managing and prioritizing multiple projects simultaneously and effectively in a complex and fast-paced environment.

Specific duties & responsibilities:

Donor Relations Strategy and Direction:

• Responsible for development and oversight of donor relations strategy for the Krieger School, including determining best practices and processes.
• Works directly with frontline fundraisers to implement proactive, strategic stewardship plans for principal and major gift donors and prospects. Requires familiarization with gift officer portfolios and work plans.
• Maintains a portfolio of personalized stewardship cases, where the donors or stewards are no longer major gift prospects and who have supported graduate, faculty or department specific funds, as well as those who have made unrestricted gifts to the Krieger School.
• Collaborates with faculty and students who are promoted through stewardship initiatives (such as Thank View campaigns, annual giving stewardship or appeals, DAR and/or KSAS communications).
• Manages and collaborates on stewardship-focused events such as Scholarship Impact Day, Professorship naming and Founders Wall ceremonies.
• Maintains a strong knowledge of news and other “happenings” at the Krieger School in order to be able to strategically share information with donors and prospects.
• Liaises with the DAR Communications team to develop and promote relevant and strategic content.
• Works closely with colleagues across DAR, specifically Office of Stewardship and Donor Engagement (SDE), to ensure KSAS is following and contributing to university policies and procedures and are being collaborative partners in donor relations strategies.
• Works closely with the Administrative Manager, Dean’s Office, and departments to ensure endowed and current-use funds are being administered according to donor intent and fund designation.
• Oversight and implementation of foreseeable projects for the donor relations team such as the endowment reporting process, CRM (JHAS) system, and campaign stewardship.
• Attends regular management team and leadership meetings.
• Advises on gift acceptance and gift agreement language as needed

Stewardship of graduate, faculty and other KSAS specific funds:

• Responsible for stewardship of graduate, faculty, and other KSAS specific funds, including:
• Professorships
• Graduate fellowships and post-docs
• Graduate Annual Fund
• Graduate awards
• Lectureships
• Faculty Awards

Acknowledgements:

Oversees and manages the acknowledgement process.

• Reviews and edits gift log and acknowledgement letters from admins/MGOs.
• Develop and implement revised acknowledgement process in conjunction with new university policy and process.
• Works with KSAS Communications as needed to keep template letters updated on an annual basis.

Management Responsibilities:

• Manage the Associate Director of Donor Relations and Special Projects
• Provide guidance and direction on the creation, development, implementation, and management of high-level stewardship programming for key principal level donors.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Five years of professional related experience – experience should be in fundraising, donor relations/stewardship, volunteer engagement, or other relevant field

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong oral, written and interpersonal skills, in addition to the ability to deal effectively with a broad spectrum of professionals
• Experience working at an institution of higher education
• Management experience

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Candidate should be a confident self-starter with the ability to create strategies to steward top-donors.
• Must be familiar with budget and endowment processes within non-profit organizations.
• Ability to interact and develop strong working relationships with high-level administrators and faculty members throughout the institution.
• Demonstrate sound judgement in situations requiring independent decision-making and in handling confidential and sensitive material.
• Must be able to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to be flexible and composed in rapidly changing situations and to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to perform within time constraints with a high degree of accuracy, effectiveness, and diplomacy.
• Must possess exceptional organizational skills with a high-functioning attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, professionalism and the ability to influence and work effectively with a wide range of people at different levels within the organizations (DAR colleagues, faculty, high-level donors and trustees, etc.). This includes the ability to proof-read, edit and craft original, high-level correspondence and reports.
• Must live within commuting distance to the Homewood campus in Baltimore and able to work on-campus 2+ days per week and remotely, effectively balancing the time.

Technical qualifications or specialized certifications:

• Proficient in MS Office and database applications, with the ability to use database for research and to run reports.

Any specific physical requirements for the job: N/A

Supervisory responsibility (indicate the number and type of persons supervised by incumbent): Associate Director of Donor Relations and Special Projects, Assistant Director of Donor Relations and Donor Relations Coordinator

Classified Title: Donor Relations Manager
Working Title: Senior Associate Director of Donor Relations
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE
Starting Salary Range:
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: 01-MD:Homewood Campus
Department name: 10001349-Development
Personnel area: School of Arts & Sciences

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