Annual Giving Manager

SUMMARY

Fundraising

• Leads efforts to raise unrestricted funds through the university’s annual fund, ensuring fundraising goals are met or exceeded.
• Proactively manages a portfolio of donors, regularly engaging with donors, developing personalized touchpoints moving prospects from one stage to the next in the donor lifecycle: identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship.
• Secures first-time and renewed donor commitments, handing-off mid-level prospects to the major gifts team as appropriate.
• Manages and grows the Sailfish Society ($2,500 level) by creating innovative and effective strategies for donor acquisition and retention. Uses data and insights to personalize outreach and deepen engagement with this vital donor group.
• Oversees PBA’s annual day of giving, working alongside the Development leadership team and engaged partners (George Philanthropy Group, EAB, etc.) to ensure successful donor engagement and fundraising opportunities are completed.
• Regularly participates in professional development opportunities and stays current on best practices and emerging trends in annual giving. Implements these insights to continuously improve the university’s annual giving programs.

Project Management

• Serves as the primary point of contact for annual giving partnerships (EAB), ensuring that fundraising plans stay on target for overall fundraising success.
• Secures necessary creative elements for the successful and on-time deployment of solicitation and stewardship campaigns, including data files, copy, photos.
• Tests all annual giving campaigns prior to launch, ensuring accuracy and ease of giving.
• Ensures timely and thoughtful follow-up with donor leads, providing them with relevant information and next steps in the giving process. Tracks interactions and feedback to continuously enhance the donor experience.

EDUCATION:

EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Customer Service Orientation – Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times.
• Professionalism – Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
• Christ-first Faith – Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
• Adaptable/Flexibility – Ability to change or adjust to change.
• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making – Identifies and understands trends and/or issues, connects data points through analysis and logical conclusions/actionable strategies.
• Attention to Detail – Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye.
• Business & Financial/Budget Acumen – Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of financial concepts, accounting, marketing and organizational functions.
• Change Management – Ability to drive and implement change both internally and externally.
• Confidentiality – Maintains the necessary confidentiality and discretion required for the position.
• Continuous Improvement – Implement or brainstorm ways to optimize a process.
• Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
• Establishes Trust – Gains the confidence of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming, and vulnerable.
• Project and Time Management – Effective planning and priority setting. Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Results Orientation & Accountability – Takes accountability and identifies, executes and drives actions to consistently achieve desired results.
• Self-development – Grow one’s self-awareness, abilities, skills, and/or talent.
• Strategic Mindset – Ability to step out of the everyday details, view the situation from above and provide an objective perspective
• Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year.
• Ability to traverse campus and stairs.