Wayne State University
Leadership Annual Giving Officer-College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Detroit, MI, US
Sponsorship not specified$100k-$150kDetected 12 days ago
Leadership
About the role
- Cultivate, solicit, and steward leadership annual gift donors to meet established fundraising goals within the allocated expense budget.
- This position reports to the Senior Director, Donor Experience and Individual Giving.
- Conduct one-on-one solicitations to strengthen constituent relations and increase donor giving at the $1,000 or higher level.
Responsibilities
- Job Purpose Support and participate in fundraising efforts, strategies, and initiatives for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS).
- Develop strategies to engage prospects and donors and increase attendance at, and participation in, alumni donor events and programs.
- Manage and oversee follow-up activities to acquire and upgrade donors and encourage gifts at the $1,000 level or higher.
- 10% Collaborate with the Donor Experience team to implement strategies to ensure appropriate stewardship of prospects and donors, including custom strategies for loyal donors.
- Engage CLAS colleagues as appropriate to support prospect strategies.
- Perform other related duties and complete special projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Regularly route donor contributions and required paperwork to central development for timely processing.
Compensation
- Manage a portfolio of leadership annual gift prospects of approximately 100-150 alumni and friends.
- Cultivate, solicit, and steward leadership annual gift donors to meet established fundraising goals within the allocated expense budget.
- Responsible for achieving ambitious annual fundraising goal and assisting in meeting unit goals.
- Serve as liaison to the Annual and Digital Campaigns team on behalf of CLAS.
- Collaborate and strategize with Annual and Digital Campaigns team on methodologies to increase the alumni, staff, student, and friend donor base.
- Play active role in executing plans for the annual Giving Day for CLAS.
Equal opportunity
- Essential Functions (Essential functions are the primary duties/major job responsibilities that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.
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