Alumni Giving & Engagement Director

At a Glance

Job Title:

Alumni Giving & Engagement Director

Location:

Friends School of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD 21210

Reports To:

Associate Director of Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer

Position Type:
Full Time, Exempt

Pay rate: $80,000 - $85,000

Friends School is a Quaker, co-educational, college preparatory school, Pre-K through Grade 12, in Baltimore City, enrolling 740 students, 44% of whom identify as children of color. We are guided by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. We strive to be a purposefully inclusive community that reflects the racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and religious diversity of our city and our region.

The faculty and staff of Friends School supports the mission of the School through their commitment to a collaborative work environment, to which they contribute joy, passion, a sense of humor, organization, and flexibility. Regardless of position, Friends School employees interact with students and colleagues in a respectful and warm manner. In addition to a commitment to the fundamental ideals of Quaker education, Friends School staff members are expected to model and foster the Habits of Mind, which we believe are essential to an outstanding 21st century education: creativity, curiosity, empathy, reflection, and resilience.

Alumni Giving and Engagement Director (AGE Director) collaborates with the Advancement Office team to develop and implement a strategic, comprehensive program to engage, solicit and steward alumni (graduates and nongraduates). For this constituency, the Director plans and manages cultivation, education and stewardship events and programs, recruits volunteers, serves as the strategic coordinator of the Friends School Alumni Association, and participates in internal and external community activities to bolster philanthropy for and engagement with the School.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive education and engagement plan for alumni (graduates and nongraduates) in concert with the Advancement Office Team, in order to support philanthropic growth among this constituency. Includes but is not limited to event planning, personal solicitations, direct mail, online marketing and social media outreach.

• Spend fifty percent (50%) of time on activities directly related to fundraising (identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship); twenty-five percent (25%) spent on event planning, volunteer management; and twenty-five (25%) on alumni and fundraising communications, in partnership with the Advancement Office and Marketing Department.

• Cultivate, solicit and steward a portfolio of alumni, donors and volunteers. Complete 5 to 10 face-to-face meetings per month.

• Partner with additional internal and external stakeholders, such as faculty, staff, administrators and parents/caregivers.

• Serve as a liaison and strategic partner for the Alumni Association Board (AAB), the Athletic Hall of Fame (AHOF) Committee and other alumni affinity committees/groups.

• Develop strategies to engage alumni both in-person and online and to identify alumni development prospects working in partnership with development office program directors.

• Serve as the liaison for all alumni outreach and engagement opportunities, establishing and building relationships with a wide range of alumni -- locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, in-person and online.

• Ensure accurate and complete alumni database records; capture contact, biographical and career information, via social media, correspondence, website, postal returns, etc. Assist with fulfillment of alumni transcript requests and help maintain the School's archives.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of development or related professional experience, with a preference for a background at an independent school or higher education.

• Demonstrates an interest in and a commitment to Friends School's mission and values.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of fundraising, strategic communications, event planning, and/or constituent relations.

• Proven track record of successful collaboration with various constituencies, such as peers, volunteers, boards, donors and/or school leadership.

• Demonstrated experience in front-line, customer-service roles.

• Ability to learn quickly and be able to work both independently and collaboratively;

• Experience utilizing databases;
  Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and/or NXT preferred.

• Possess a high degree of professional discretion, integrity, good judgment and high standards of professional conduct.

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

• Demonstrated experience with volunteer management.

• Experience with strategic and annual planning, project management and process improvement efforts is essential.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to…