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Engagement Officer
Office of Philanthropy
Vacancy number 301215
Position Type: Regular, full-time exempt position with full, competitive benefits package
Opens: 03/09/22 Closes: 06/02/22
Salary: $50,000-$60,000
• excellent tuition remission benefits
• outstanding health benefits plans and rates
• at least 11 paid holidays each year
• 40 days of annual, personal, and sick leave each year, including 20+ annual leave days
• great retirement plans
** This position is open to remote and/or hybrid work.
The Engagement Officer will help grow overall engagement and fundraising results through teamwork, creativity, problem-solving and leadership annual giving solicitations. The Engagement Officer collaborates with the Office of Philanthropy team to help identify prospective major gift donors to more deeply engage, cultivate and solicit philanthropic support for the University. The Engagement Officer will also hold a portfolio of Maryland-based leadership annual giving donors and prospective donors from which they will qualify, cultivate and solicit support.
This entry-level fundraising position is an ideal role in which to learn and refine the important foundational skills vital in becoming a major gift officer. The Engagement Officer reports to the Senior Director of Development.
We look forward to receiving your required electronic application with a cover letter and resume and learning about your interest in and qualifications for our vacancy. Please save your required cover letter and resume as one document and attach it in the resume location.
Key Functions/Responsibilities/Tasks:
• Builds on and refines systems and processes to support three Development Officers’ (DOs) work to qualify and cultivate a large base of donors and prospective donors.
• On behalf of DOs, thoughtfully communicates with and acts as point of contact for prospective donors.
• Aid in DO work to engage alumni and friends through digital and personal outreach. Schedule face-to-face and digital donor meetings for DOs. Manage details around meetings with the highest attention to detail.
• Qualify, identify, cultivate and solicit existing and new relationships with donors capable of making gifts annually of $1,000 - $10,000.
• Facilitates positive relationships among donors and UBalt Advancement staff, campus leadership, and faculty, to close gifts.
• Fully documents prospect strategies, contact reports, gift solicitations and stewardship reports within donor database.
• Supports stewardship and cultivation of donors through personalized outreach.
Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
Required Experience: A basic knowledge of fundraising techniques.
Preferred Experience: Some related experience. Fundraising experience via internships or volunteer work accepted.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Curiosity about learning and ability to cultivate and solicit donations from individuals at the major gift level.
Motivated by developing partnerships and achieving success as a team.
Proficient at analyzing information/situations and solving problems.
Has the highest level of integrity and the ability to handle confidential information discretely.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively and adapt to changing priorities.
Ease and comfort with meeting new people.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in person, electronically and on the phone, with the ability to develop, maintain and deepen interpersonal relationships.
Inherently customer service oriented; understands the value of helping people and has a growth mindset.
Expert organizational skills and ability to track and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong digital literacy especially as it relates to Microsoft Office Products, MS Word, PowerPoint and especially Excel. Skilled at working with a CRM.
The University of Baltimore ("UBalt" or "University") does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, race, religion, age, disability, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other legally protected characteristics in its programs, activities or employment practices. UBalt is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA Compliant Employer & Title IX Institution.
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UBalt is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA Compliant Employer & Title IX Institution.
The University of Baltimore ("UBalt" or "University") does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, race, religion, age, disability, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other legally protected characteristics in its programs, activities or employment practices.