Associate Director, Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving

The University of Notre Dame (ND.jobs) is accepting applications for a Associate Director, Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving.

Applications will be accepted until 7/16/2023.

A key member of the Annual Giving team at one of the nation's leading universities, the Associate Director will oversee the Graduate Business and Law School's giving societies. The person in this role will be in charge of setting the strategy and executing the action plans to meet the department and school's unrestricted giving goals. They will ensure the next generation of Notre Dame lawyers and business leaders can answer the call to a Notre Dame education without financial burden.
A successful candidate will make the Law and Business societies more unique and attractive for their members and drive membership and dollar growth in the following areas: new donor recruitment, member renewal rates, and member upgrades.
Additionally, the Associate Director will be in charge of driving effective and differentiated strategies for the three segments within each giving society: fund level, giving society level, and premier level.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Optimize experiences associated with membership in the Order of St. Thomas More and the Law Dean's Leadership Circle, the giving societies for the Notre Dame Law School, and the O'Hara Society and the Business Dean's Leadership Circle, the giving societies for the Mendoza College of Business.
• Renew and upgrade Order of St. Thomas More and O'Hara Society donors through our seven annual renewal campaigns.
• Create print and digital marketing and promotional materials such as impact reports, information sheets, and quarterly reports.
• Analyze and interpret data and information from various sources to identify new areas of growth for the Order of St. Thomas More and O'Hara Society, especially as it pertains to upgrading Graduate Business Fund and Law School Annual Fund donors.
  • As a part of this, execute annual recruitment campaigns for new benefactors.
  
  
  
  
• Establish relationships with internal partners to drive giving to law and graduate business priorities.
• Partner with Academic Advancement Directors and Alumni Directors in the Law School and the Mendoza College of Business to ensure coordination with broader relationships and fundraising strategies.
• Host premier events for members of the Law Dean's Leadership Circle and the Business Dean's Leadership Circle.
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate updates to senior leadership.
• Collect stories and produce storytelling materials to communicate the impact of giving through the website, newsletters, social media, and other platforms.
• Consider our commitment to the values of belonging, equity and access, integrity, learning, and anti-racism while engaging in all job responsibilities.
• Commitment to a collaborative, empathetic, and encouraging team culture.

COMPETENCIES

• Communication Skills - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing Notre Dame in a way that aligns with our mission to current and potential benefactors. This includes building relationships with the deans of the Notre Dame Law School and Mendoza College of Business and current giving society members. It also includes overseeing the strategic planning and execution of direct mail and digital marketing campaigns targeting new and existing donors, and collecting stories and producing storytelling materials through the website, newsletters, social media, and other materials.
• Developing Objectives and Strategies - Establishing long-term goals and specifying data, metrics, timelines, and resources needed to achieve them. This includes analyzing and interpreting data and information from various sources. This also includes preparing reports and presentations to communicate updates to senior leadership.
• Planning & Organizing - Plan and optimize our stewardship journey for benefactors. Influence experiences, events, and other opportunities they can take advantage of on campus.
• Relate Well - Developing constructive and cooperative working with campus partners and Notre Dame Development fundraisers. Most importantly, these relationships should influence fundraising by identifying areas of opportunity and influencing the best ways to make a law or graduate business ask. These relationships should also provide additional avenues of engagement for Sorin Society members on campus.
• Analytical Thinking - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. Knowledge of data analysis and the ability to tell stories from data and information received.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This role is eligible for hybrid work and is based in South Bend, IN. This role is typically 40 hours/week but will require additional hours during home Notre Dame Football games and during our annual Day of Giving, Notre Dame Day. Travel is expected 2-3 times per year.

We welcome and encourage those with diverse backgrounds and experiences whose talents elevate our work and foster an inclusive experience for everyone who cares for Notre Dame to apply. For more information about why Notre Dame is one of the best places you will ever work, visit our Benefits Page.



Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree
• Experience in storytelling, marketing communications, and/or fundraising
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree
• Proven track record of cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors
• Demonstrated success in tracking and analyzing metrics and results
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Excel, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Word
• Success in achieving ambitious goals and metrics

ABOUT NOTRE DAME:
The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842 by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Ind. For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Notre Dame has received Honor Roll distinctions as one of the top 10 higher education workplaces in the country in the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual "Great Colleges to Work For" survey...and we are proud of it!

This appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Applicants will be asked to identify all felony convictions and/or pending felony charges. Felony convictions do not automatically bar an individual from employment. Each case will be examined separately to determine the appropriateness of employment in the particular position. Failure to be forthcoming or dishonesty with respect to felony disclosures can result in the disqualification of a candidate. The full procedure can be viewed at https://facultyhandbook.nd.edu/?id=link-73597.

Equal Opportunity Employment StatementThe University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and those candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please apply online at http://ND.jobs to Job # S231175. For additional information about working at the University of Notre Dame and various benefits available to employees, please visit http://hr.nd.edu/why-nd. The University of Notre Dame supports the needs of dual career couples and has a Dual Career Assistance Program in place to assist relocating spouses and significant others with their job search.




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