Director of Development - Annual Giving (Job Id: 43894)

Job ID: 43894

Location: VP Advancement

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree and three years of related experience.  Additional experience may be used on a one-to-one basis to offset the educational requirements. The university offers market competitive salary and benefits.  Grade EH  Salary is commensurate with experience

• Previous experience with annual fund in a higher education environment.
• Detail-oriented with a mind for how annual giving fits into the larger philanthropic picture.
• Able to take initiative and ownership of projects, seeing them through with excellence.

The Director will oversee all aspects of the Annual Giving program for the University of Louisville, including but not limited to: Phonathon, multi-channel solicitation platforms, online/mail/phone appeal processes/execution, Faculty/Staff campaign and strategic planning for innovative growth.  This position will focus on increasing donor participation, retention and dollars raised while maintaining clear lines of communication and collaboration with colleagues across campus.  The expectation is that this position will meet regularly with staff to review metrics to ensure success.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of assigned prospects to cultivate, solicit and steward accordingly - all of whom will be targeted for leadership annual gifts and positioned for future major gift discussions.
• Meet yearly meeting, event, referral, and proposal goals, as tracked within the alumni and donor database system in the Office of University Advancement.
• Plan, organize and implement the Faculty/Staff Giving Campaign, including volunteer management and solicitation strategy/execution.
• Design and implement a multi-year strategic and sustainable annual giving plan to raise annual gifts for the University of Louisville while developing measurable goals/metrics to monitor success.
• Utilize sophisticated data analysis methodologies to routinely monitor the impact of annual giving activities on the success of donor acquisition, retention and stewardship, while working with development officers across campus to develop and implement unit-specific annual giving initiatives within the framework of the overall institutional effort.
• Develop innovative strategies to increase alumni giving participation, total dollars raised, and donor acquisition/retention while utilizing all available resources, volunteers, communication platforms and recognition programs.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within Advancement and across campus units to build awareness for unit specific initiatives and communicate effectively the strategy focused on the annual giving program.
• Oversee of the phonathon program, collaborating with Wilson-Bennett Technology.  This includes the management and supervision of the phonathon coordinator and setting/executing the segmentation strategy.

The ideal candidate will have:

• excellent communication skills with an ability to speak and write persuasively about the role of philanthropy and its impact on teaching and research
• the ability to think critically and the ability to exercise sound judgement in an ambiguous environment
• the ability to work collaboratively and constructively. Able to build effective, strong working relationships with colleagues and prospects/donors  
• the ability to perform all job functions with a high degree of professionalism at all times, including responsibility, initiative, creativity, and in compliance with Affirmative Action guidelines.
• flexibility - ability to change tasks and objectives as needed
• ethical conduct - work is to be completed with integrity and honestly with respect to the sensitive personal information of prospects/donors.  University Advancement is the custodian of many types of information, including confidential, proprietary and private. 
• the ability to provide excellent customer service and be donor focused

Please include a cover letter and attach with your resume in one document

University Advancement encourages candidates to apply who have demonstrated capacity to create inclusive work environments, will work effectively on increasingly diverse teams, and will serve the increasingly diverse students we admit and want to attract.

Benefits - The University of Louisville has an exceptional benefits package; to learn more about our benefits please visit here

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The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at [email protected] or 502.852.6258.

To apply for this position, follow the "Online App. Form" link below and then click on the "Apply Now". You must answer all required fields and submit your application by clicking the "Submit" button.  Detailed instructions are available at louisville.edu/jobs in the "My Career Tools" section.  Vacancies are routinely removed from the jobs portal around 7:00PM each Monday.

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