Associate Director, Donor Relations and Stewardship

Department: Kellogg Campaign Strategy
Salary/Grade: EXS/8

Job Summary:

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is proud of its global network of more than 72,000 alumni. With a network as broad as ours, we know how important it is to facilitate connections between and among our alumni in order to build a strong, engaged global community.As an elite global business school, the Kellogg Alumni Relations and Advancement team supports a breadth of opportunities for our alumni to connect with each other as well as the school, including social and professional networking, continued learning, career advice and more.

Reporting to the Director, Donor Relations & Stewardship, the Associate Director will contribute to a comprehensive stewardship program to help cultivate, recognize and steward Kellogg alumni and friends. This position plays an integral role on the Advancement team to continue to cultivate and steward Kellogg's alumni and friend constituency.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage donor stewardship events.
• Ensure all significant donors are being stewarded in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Develop and implement stewardship programs for donors from leadership annual giving up through principal giving levels.
• Foster relationships with gift officers, produce stewardship plans, and track milestones.
• Develop appropriate infrastructures, systems and materials related to donor relations as needed.

Specific Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Gathers data and develops strategies designed to realize the current and life-time giving potential of individual prospects.
• Maintains consistent and appropriate contact.
• Ensures effective stewardship.

Collaboration

• Involves moderate- to-high-level of collaboration with both internal department partners and moderate level of collaboration with broader University partners to identify & integrate resources in order to accomplish strategic goals & objectives.
• Please bullet examples of key partnerships and work involved below:
• Partner with gift officers, faculty, key leaders and the dean's office
• Liaison with design team
• Collaborate with special events and facilities

Prospects & Gifts

• Develops, plans & implements personalized stewardship strategies, goals & approach for more complex, key or high-profile donors.
• Works with other areas of development to coordinate contacts.

Events

• Creates donor centric event materials, including programs and other collateral materials.

Administration

• Manages stewardship activities developed and implemented for client groups including tracking all contact in databases.
• Reviews use of database and recommends changes to create a system of prompts and reminders to ensure timely and appropriate activity.
• Obtains information for and drafts stewardship reports to individual donors of endowed funds, major capital gifts, key corporations, foundations, Board of Trustees members, etc.
• Manages other stewardship correspondence as needed including items such as acknowledgment letters, holiday cards, plaques and signage, and gift selection.
• May work with vendors to secure donor recognition items.

Budget

• Track expenses and work with our finance partners

Supervisory

• Supervise 1-2 staff &/or provide work direction.
• Provide training to staff within or outside of immediate dept or division in regard to function.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, experience, and any other certifications or clearances)

• Bachelor's degree
• 3-5 years' experience in related setting, preferably in an educational setting and/or in fundraising
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and cooperatively with other staff and volunteers.
• Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.
• Detail oriented.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong organizational and creative skills.
• Computer skills, proficiency in working with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proven ability to work discreetly with sensitive and confidential information.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Demonstrated Customer Focus
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Ability to work independently and be a strong team player

Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience)

• Experience working in high-performing development operations
• Significant writing and editing experience
• Experienced project manager

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Curiosity and analytical thinking
• Global perspective
• Thrive in fast-paced environment
• Ability to be flexible

Target hiring range for this position will be $74,000 - $90,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Benefits:
At Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful, competitive, high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts and more! Visit us at https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/index.html to learn more.

Work-Life and Wellness:
Northwestern offers comprehensive programs and services to help you and your family navigate life's challenges and opportunities and adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.
We support flexible work arrangements where possible and programs to help you locate and pay for quality, affordable childcare and senior/adult care. Visit us at https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/work-life/index.html to learn more.

Professional Growth & Development:
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