Associate Director of Annual Giving

Bowdoin College, United States

Updated: about 8 hours ago
Location: Brunswick, MAINE
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Posting Details


Title Associate Director of Annual Giving
Posting Number S01291JP
Department Annual Giving
Job Summary
The Associate Director of Annual Giving is responsible for overseeing the milestone 25th Reunion program as well as developing and implementing an 18-month strategic fundraising plan to elevate Bowdoin College’s Reunion giving overall. In addition to managing a slate of 12 assigned classes—which includes the recruitment, coordination, and stewardship of volunteers—the Associate Director will oversee and grow a robust Reunion giving program in collaboration with Annual Giving staff, relationship managers, and senior management with the goal of increasing total percent of annual dollars raised from reunion classes each year. The Associate Director of Annual Giving reports directly to the Senior Associate Director of Leadership Annual Giving and works collaboratively with a team of ten professional fundraisers at one of the nation’s premiere annual giving programs.
Essential Functions:
  • Partner with Bowdoin Alumni Fund class volunteers in 12 assigned classes to achieve annual revenue, participation, and leadership giving goals. Strengthen volunteer teams through recruitment, training, management, and consistent communication. Travel regionally to meet with volunteers and prospects achieving 50-75 visits annually. Collaborate with class managers in Annual Giving to ensure program consistency, while understanding and responding to the uniqueness and special qualities across each class.
  • Act as the lead for each assigned class’s individual fundraising strategy in partnership with Lead Agent volunteers to successfully achieve revenue and participation targets. Collaborate with Leadership Gift Officers (LGO) to coordinate ask timing and challenge gifts. Establish class goals and priorities and provide summaries on class progress with key volunteers. Personally solicit alumni in assigned classes who are not assigned to LGOs, when necessary. ​
  • Manage the 25th Reunion program in collaboration with an Alumni Relations and Leadership Gifts partner. Set ambitious multi-year giving, participation, and leadership giving and develop a strategy to meet those targets. Recruit, onboard, engage, and steward Reunion Committee members. Oversee class-specific Reunion communications including class newsletters and solicitations. Staff Reunion Weekend events.
  • Oversee the coordination and strategy for reunion giving across all class years by developing volunteer recruitment and management strategies, ensuring revenue goals and ask amounts are ambitious, and monitoring and analyzing reunion-related data. Mentor and guide other class managers and develop templates and plans to establish consistency across all Reunion year classes. Organize and lead a cross-departmental annual retreat to coordinate reunion giving efforts. Build timelines for committee recruitment and challenge gifts. Identify opportunities to promote and celebrate giving during events including Reunion Weekend.
Education/Skills Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree is required.
Applicants must possess:
  • Excellent writing and speaking skills a demonstrated capacity to develop, organize, and manage programs.
  • The ability to work independently and creatively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
  • The ability and willingness to travel, strong organizational skills, and a familiarity with computer systems and software used in development settings (e.g., fundraising reports).
  • Comfort working with diverse alumni populations and in soliciting, training, leading, and guiding alumni volunteers as well as a commitment to and respect for the contributions of volunteers.
  • A positive attitude, and be a driven and energetic team player.
Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents
A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience is required.
Successful experience with fundraising, volunteer management, and project management is strongly preferred. Previous experience working in class management is a plus.
Must be a self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills and well-developed computer, spreadsheet, word processing, and database skills.
Standard Work Days and Hours
This is an exempt position requiring time commitment necessary to satisfactorily complete job requirements. Hours are primarily Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. onsite in Brunswick, ME, with opportunities for hybrid work. There is occasional work after 5 p.m. or on weekends. Travel is required.
Benefits and Pay:
  • The hiring range for this position is $74,200 – 79,200.
  • A variety of health insurance plans (Medical, Vision, Dental)
  • Generous Retirement Plan – 10.12% annual compensation contribution (Eligible after 1 year of service and age 26)
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid time off – Vacation, Personal, Holidays, and Special Days Off Paid parental leave.
  • Free fitness and wellness classes!
  • And more: https://www.bowdoin.edu/hr/benefits-perks/index.html
About Bowdoin
Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors.
We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed.
Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine.
Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.
Shift N/A
Employment Category Full Time Year Round
FTE 1.00
Benefits Eligible Yes
Pay Type Salaried
Background Check Package Requirements Faculty/Administrative
Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Bowdoin vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job? Yes
Is a pre-placement physical required for this position? No
Posting Date 06/28/2024
Applications Accepted Until
Open Until Filled Yes
Type of Posting Internal/External
Special Instructions to Applicants
EEO Information
Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses.

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