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Annual Giving Officer
Office of the Vice President, Advancement and External Relations
Vacancy number 301333
Position Type: Regular, full-time exempt position with full, competitive benefits package
Opens: 03/01/23 Closes: Open Until Filled
Salary: $65,000-$80,000
• 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
With supervision and guidance from the Assistant Vice President for Alumni and Donor Services, the Annual Giving Officer is responsible for the creation, implementation, execution, and evaluation of a comprehensive annual giving plan designed to cultivate and retain current donors and acquire new supporters for the University of Baltimore. This position develops an organized plan of solicitation, communication, and stewardship strategies involving direct mail, a phone program, email and social media vehicles, giving days, and online donations. The Annual Giving Officer will have strong management skills, experience with monitoring and evaluating annual giving programs, ability to meet financial targets, and experience managing vendor relationships. This individual will also work closely with key staff in the Office of Advancement and External Relations to secure a steady stream of a financial funding for the University, support overall fundraising activities, and serve as an important partner in developing the donor pipeline.
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 (please make the file name short and without spaces or special characters) and attach it in the resume location. To apply, visit http://www.ubalt.edu/candidate_gateway/erecruit.html. Additional instructions below.
Key Functions/Responsibilities/Tasks:
Develop, execute, and evaluate a comprehensive annual giving program. The program will include direct mail appeals, two semesters of the phone program, e-solicitation and social media efforts and the development of a university giving day. Partner with the Donor Relations team to ensure there is a stewardship component for each appeal. Share annual plan with Advancement colleagues so they are aware of planned campaigns, key dates, milestones, and opportunities for collaboration.
Manage administrative projects in a timely manner such as, but not limited to, pledge reminders for the phone program, recurring gift management and renewals, payroll deduction renewals, creation of dedicated online giving links, handling phone and email communications with donors, database documentation.
Partner with colleagues such as the Advancement Communications Manager, Creative Services and Marketing, the Donor Relations team, etc. to develop fundraising appeals. Coordinate and manage vendor relationships to produce and execute direct mail appeals, the phone program, and other annual giving efforts. Connect with Major Gifts Officers to ensure efforts support donor pipeline development.
Partner with the Assistant Vice President to set overall annual giving goals, as well as targets for individual annual giving efforts. Routinely and proactively monitor and evaluate annual giving plan, milestones, and year to date progress. Be flexible and make adjustments to the program plan when necessary in an effort to reach/exceed the overall goal.
Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
Required Experience: Three years' experience in a fundraising position with a proven track record of success.
Preferred Experience: Fundraising experience in a higher education setting.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Understanding of a comprehensive annual giving program.
• Must be a motivated self-starter, comfortable working both independently with limited supervision and as part of a team.
• Enthusiasm for fundraising and the mission of the University of Baltimore.
• Must be a creative and strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving and prioritizing skills.
• Incisive decision-maker who knows when to refer issues to other colleagues and/or their supervisor for handling.
• Organizational skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to assume responsibility for completing deadline-driven projects.
• Excellent project management skills. Must be able to effectively plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate projects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate with various constituencies.
• Ability to use data to develop outreach and fundraising strategies.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and comfortable navigating a donor database, preferably Blackbaud’s Raiser's Edge.
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.
We appreciate your interest in our recruitment. Please review the information below before you visit http://www.ubalt.edu/candidate_gateway/erecruit.html to apply.
We need to receive your electronic application in our system by the vacancy closing date in order to consider you for the vacancy. Information follows about submitting the electronic application and attaching your required cover letter and resume.
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NAVIGATION
A - COVER LETTER AND RESUME ATTACHMENT AND UPLOAD
Before you apply:
• Save one PDF or Word file with your cover letter, resume, and any additional information you would like to have considered.
When you apply:
•In Candidate Gateway: Click “Browse” to access the Word or PDF document you saved with all of your documents.
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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.