Donor Relations Specialist jobs in Rochester, NY

Associate Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship
6716BR
University Advancement
Marketing, Annual Giving & Stewardship

Detailed Job Description
The Associate Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship is primarily responsible for managing donor engagement, stewardship initiatives and recognition for all levels of the university's donors. The Associate Director works closely with the advancement and alumni relations directors, university partners, and college faculty and staff to develop recognition and engagement plans that foster and sustain long-term meaningful relations between RIT and its donors. The Associate Director routinely responds to donor inquiries to maintain high standards for donor experiences and satisfaction. These programs will acknowledge, recognize and communicate the impact made by donors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Live our values, embrace diverse perspectives, and nurture the RIT community to remain a great place to work for all.
• Creates, implements, oversees, and evaluates comprehensive stewardship and donor relations programs that creatively and strategically engages prospects and donors. Programs are complex requiring advanced knowledge and leadership, and this role serves as the division's expert on legal requirements of various donor agreements, fund documentation, and gift agreements. Programs include but are not limited to: fund agreements and donor documentation; fund stewardship and reporting; fund utilization; and capital project stewardship as defined by the University Advancement leadership team.
• Assists the Sr. Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship developing overall donor relations and stewardship strategy to include: building new programs, creating practices and procedures, identifying metrics, leading process improvement initiatives that result in great efficiencies, improving workflow efficiencies, etc. Serves the Sr. Director's deputy and functions on their behalf when needed. Provides guidance and mentoring to the Assistant Director.
• Develops and implements meaningful individual stewardship plans that strengthen long-term relationships with top-tier donors. Assists with strategies and creates stewardship plans for donors at various recognition levels and ensure plans are compiled, documented and communicated to all involved parties. Establish and manages information tracking processes regarding recognition, on-going communications and continued cultivation of past and current major donors to enhance their relationship.
• Works collaboratively with internal and external campus partners to manage capital project progress including prospect and proposal development and tracking, oversight of the capital project dashboard for reporting, management of web presence and marketing plans for select capital projects, assisting in evaluating naming opportunities, creating strategic stewardship plans for capital and special project campaigns, etc.
• Serves as project lead for complex and highly visible donor-related initiatives and programs including establishing guidelines; developing, implementing and documenting processes; leading cross-departmental teams; analyzing data and developing internal and external reporting standards.
• Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data for all donors as it relates to determining donor reporting, recording fund beneficiaries and ensuring donor funds are expended appropriately within the administrative and academic units.
• Develops and executes communications and educational programming for divisional staff and campus partners that emphasize the importance of donor-centered principles in a complex university environment. Promote an institution-wide culture of donor stewardship.
• Collaborates with the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship, the Controller's Office and other academic and administrative units with respect to the appropriate utilization and administration of donor provided funds to ensure those funds are expended in accordance with the terms of the donor agreements and the donors' wishes.
• Maintains business acumen associated with fundraising principles; IRS guidelines; current use, endowed and restricted fund management and other industry guidelines.

Department/College Description
At Rochester Institute of Technology, our mission is to shape the future and improve the world through creativity and innovation. As an engaged, intellectually curious, diverse and socially conscious community, we leverage the power of technology, the arts, and design for the greater good. In the Division of University Advancement at RIT, we are dedicated to advancing this mission by fostering deep and meaningful connections with alumni, parents, friends, and organizations with the goal of increasing the resources available to the university through greater volunteer engagement and increased philanthropic support. As Advancement professionals, we seek support from a variety of investors to ensure a life-transforming RIT education is accessible to the talented students who seek to join us.

RITs Division of University Advancement (UADV) is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with each other, our constituents and our broader communities. We are dedicated to developing and implementing best practices to promote even greater diversity through our employee retention and hiring, accessibility, marketing materials, constituent engagement and in pursuit of our philanthropic goals.


Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree
• 5 years of constituent relationship, development or volunteer management experience, preferably in higher education
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate to Advance level in Microsoft Office with technical aptitude to learn role-specific software
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent written and oral communications skills

Ability to work flexible hours including some nights and weekends required.

Preferred Qualifications

Professional Area:
Employment Category: Fulltime
Staff Job Function: Wage Band: 118A

Required Application Documents

How to Apply
In order to be considered for this position, you must apply for it at: http://careers.rit.edu/staff. Click the link for search openings and in the keyword search field, enter the title of the position or the BR number.

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Additional Details

Rochester Institute of Technology, the 10th largest private university in the U.S., is among the worlds leading technological universities. Its 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries are enrolled in over 200 academic programs, including 7 interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs. A pioneer in experiential education, RIT was the first to offer undergraduate degree programs in biotechnology, information technology, software engineering, and microelectronic engineering. As home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the university offers unparalleled academic opportunities and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Founded in 1829, RIT has 115,000 alumni throughout the United States and around the world. RIT has been named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the "Great Colleges to Work For." RIT is a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation site, and is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples through the Upstate NY Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. For more information, visit www.rit.edu/overview/rankings-and-recognition and www.rit.edu.

As a member of the RIT community employees receive a well-balanced benefits package that offers a variety of choices and access to additional employment advantages. These benefits, combined with an employees pay, provide a total compensation package that can be tailored to meet your needs. More on RITs Benefits, Health & Wellness program can be found at: https://www.rit.edu/fa/humanresources/content/benefits-health-and-wellness

RIT does not discriminate. RIT is an equal opportunity employer that promotes and values diversity, pluralism, and inclusion. For more information or inquiries, please visit RIT/TitleIX or the U.S. Department of Education at ED.Govjeid-d23b7179e8903d4fbbc44df36c9b0f3f