Associate Director, Annual Giving Programs
Northeastern University
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Developing the strategy for Giving Day challenges, to drive competition and giving
- Spearheading a working group model to organize workflows amongst all Giving Day stakeholders and ensure deadlines are met.
- Managing the Giving Day website and serving as point person with our vendor
- Partnering with various units and departments, including schools & colleges, Athletics, Cultural Centers, student programs, and the Global Campus Network to help develop and execute Giving Day strategies.
- In collaboration with annual giving colleagues, developing a robust marketing plan to build awareness of Giving Day and solicit gifts from all Northeastern constituencies including Alumni, Parents, Students, and Faculty & Staff.
- Partnering with colleagues across campus to help develop and execute targeted giving strategies for various units and audiences, including schools & colleges, Athletics, cultural centers, student programs, and the Global Campus Network.
- Translating constituent engagement with various areas into giving by identifying fundraising goals, developing appeal strategies in partnership with Annual Giving outreach colleagues, supporting peer-to-peer fundraising efforts, and collecting and coding relevant data.
- Helping to develop targeted strategies to encourage giving across the Global Campus network, tailoring messages and content to the unique experiences of constituents on each campus, as well as our campus’s place in their local communities.
- Partnering with the Director for Student Philanthropy & Engagement to work with student groups, ensuring that students maintain their affinity after graduation and support those groups through giving.
- Working closely with the Alumni Relations Educational Initiatives team to deliver effective Annual Giving strategies to our schools and colleges, particularly around specific funding priorities and special events and programs.
- Seeking to identify groups and audiences that have not previously been engaged with Advancement, with compelling stories that can be leveraged to increase giving.
- Providing meaningful stewardship to donors who support affinity groups, focused on demonstrating the impact of giving.
- Manage all aspects of Giving Day, including challenges, operations, marketing, and development of Giving Day website
- Implement and oversee a working group model to manage collaboration and accountability among all Giving Day stakeholders and ensure workflows are efficient and deadlines are met.
- Serve as primary point of contact with Giving Day website vendor, with responsibility for site build, with assistance from the Annual Giving Administrative Assistant.
- Partner with various units, including schools and colleges, Athletics, Cultural Centers, student programs, and the Global Campus Network to help develop and execute Giving Day strategies.
- Develop plan for centrally funded Giving Day challenges and serve as point person and advisor for gift officers soliciting challenge gifts from donors.
- Work with Advancement Resources colleagues to ensure Giving Day gift processing, day-of operations, and reporting run smoothly.
- In collaboration with Associate Director of Annual Giving Outreach, develop marketing plan to build awareness of Giving Day and solicit gifts from all Northeastern constituencies including Alumni, Parents, Students, and Faculty & Staff.
- Partner with colleagues across campus to help develop and execute targeted giving strategies for various units, including schools and colleges, Athletics, Cultural Centers, student programs, and the Global Campus Network.
- Identify affinity groups with engaged constituents and compelling cases for giving and develop strategies to translate that engagement into giving by identifying fundraising goals, developing appeal strategies in partnership with Annual Giving outreach colleagues, supporting peer-to-peer fundraising efforts, and collecting and coding relevant data.
- Develop targeted strategies to encourage giving across the Global Campus network, tailoring messages and content to the unique experiences of constituents on each campus, as well as our campus’s place in their local communities.
- Partner with the Director for Student Philanthropy and Engagement to work with student groups, ensuring that students maintain their affinity after graduation and support those groups through giving.
- Work closely with the Alumni Relations Educational Initiatives team to deliver effective Annual Giving appeals for our schools and colleges, particularly around specific funding priorities and special events and programs.
- Seek to identify groups and audiences that have not previously been engaged with Advancement, but with compelling stories that can be leveraged to increase giving.
- Provide meaningful stewardship to donors who support affinity groups, focused on demonstrating the impact of giving.