Associate Director, Stewardship

Associate Director, Stewardship

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, Stewardship will contribute to a comprehensive stewardship program to help cultivate, recognize and steward Kellogg alumni and friends. This position will play an integral role on the Kellogg Advancement team to help the school to continue to cultivate and steward its alumni and friend's constituency. The Associate Director ensures all significant donors are being stewarded in an appropriate and timely manner.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Manages and leads the reporting of all endowed and expendable funds for donor stewardship.
• Works with faculty and other areas to secure content needed.
• Collaborates with admissions/financial aid and finance to support the scholarship work.
• Fund management:
  Strengthen process in the creation of new funds and documenting information to support reporting and research on older funds.
• Donor Recognition:
  Responsible for donor recognition and managing all aspects of this important work.
• Projects include the review of gift agreements, developing and maintaining honor rolls and donor walls, and oversight of plaques/named space recognition.
• Ensure that donors are being recognized per their preferences.
• Leads partnership with the Assistant Director of Donor Relations on donor outreach, rendering requests, etc.
• Coordinates and supports communications to donor families for Investiture Ceremonies and collaborate with Faculty Affairs who leads the events.
• Develop appropriate infrastructures, systems and materials as required
• Assist with other duties as assigned by the Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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

Target hiring range for this position will be $76,000 - $86,000 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.