Senior Associate Director of Donor Relations
Position Title:
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Senior Associate Director of Donor Relations
Position Type:
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Regular
Hiring Range:
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_$115,200.00 - $143,987.00 per year. Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity._
Pay Frequency:
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Annual
OVERVIEW
University Relations (UR) builds Santa Clara University’s excellence and character by strengthening relations with alumni, parents, and friends of the University, raising public awareness, and increasing private philanthropy, which supports the University’s growth and reputation.
The Office of Donor Relations within UR helps nurture lasting relationships between the University and those who support the institution with private gifts. Donor Relations develops content for frontline fundraisers that inspires philanthropic investment, and is an active advocate for donor interests. The team fosters the relationship between the University and its donors through proposal writing, gift acceptance and management, acknowledgement, recognition, donor/volunteer engagement, and reporting.
**A. POSITION PURPOSE
**Santa Clara University is seeking a talented and experienced Sr. Associate Director of Donor Relations to develop communications that support fundraising and campaign goals. This individual will manage the Associate Director of Donor Relations and the Assistant Director of Donor Communications. This team will deliver:
- Proposals and cases to support philanthropic investment
- Internal and external communications assistance to the Institutional Giving team
- Content for University Marketing and Communications (UMC) storytelling and Alumni Relations teams
- Appeals and stewardship collateral for the Annual Giving’s gift acknowledgments and executive communications (for UR VP and president’s office as needed)
- Select donor stewardship pieces
Reporting to the Director of Donor Relations, this position requires a thoughtful, proactive, and motivated professional with a proven track record in storytelling and persuasive writing, employee management and training, as well as project management, preferably in a development setting. The Sr. Associate Director will be responsible for managing and prioritizing a pipeline of writing requests from a team of major, parent, principal, and gift planning officers, and telling the story of SCU to engage philanthropic prospects and donors.
The successful candidate will be a donor-informed writer/editor, with expertise in strategic communications and an ability to leverage print and digital content platforms. They will gather the facts needed to create compelling and customized donor content and train/encourage/inspire staff to create sophisticated donor collateral.
_This position is eligible for a flexible work schedule: hybrid - work from the office and home._
B. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Functional Area
- Manages the Associate Director of Donor Relations and the Assistant Director of Donor Communications.
- Responsible for proposals and cases for support for gift prospects of $100k+, Annual Giving appeals and stewardship, donor stories and profiles, Institutional Giving internal/external communications support, donor stewardship reports for select major/principal donors, and the timely production of presidential and UR VP gift acknowledgements and general correspondence.
- Works closely with the Director of Donor Relations to set department goals and strategies to achieve and evaluate them.
- Performs independent research and/or conducts interviews wi...
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