Donor & Community Relationship Specialist; Corporate​/Found Rel Admin III

Title

Donor & Community Relationship Specialist (Corporate/Found Rel Admin III)

$62,322

12 Months

37.5

Discretionary Hybrid

Exempt

Gateway Community & Technical College

Gateway Boone

Advancement

Gateway Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

The Donor & Community Relationship Specialist is a front-line relationship builder and fundraiser responsible for growing and deepening Gateway’s donor and community network through intentional relationship development, donor cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising. Working under the strategic direction of Advancement leadership, this position translates Advancement strategy and College priorities into specific relationship opportunities, engagement pathways, funding opportunities, and next moves. The Specialist manages a portfolio of mid-level donors and prospects, develops new relationships throughout the community, makes appropriate philanthropic asks, and uses moves-management practices to intentionally bring donors and community partners closer to Gateway over time.

• Donor Cultivation, Fundraising & Moves Management:
• Manage an assigned portfolio of mid-level donors and prospective donors, including scholarship donors, endowed fund holders, and other priority relationships identified by Advancement leadership.
• Execute moves-management strategies to qualify, cultivate, solicit, steward, renew, and deepen relationships.
• Make appropriate small and mid-level philanthropic asks and assist in moving donors toward increasingly meaningful engagement and investment in Gateway.
• Community Relationship & Prospect Development:
• Develop and cultivate prospective donor and community relationships across corporate, nonprofit, government, philanthropic, civic, and community sectors.
• Maintain an active presence at community, business, industry, chamber, College, and other relationship-building activities.
• Listen for emerging interests, needs, connections, and opportunities and bring relevant relationship intelligence back to Advancement leadership.
• Assist in bringing new individuals and organizations into Gateway’s circle and developing them into engaged supporters and prospective donors.
• Donor Relations, Stewardship & Engagement:
• Develop and execute intentional stewardship and engagement for assigned donors, including scholarship donors, endorsed fund holders, and other priority constituencies.
• Create opportunities to bring donors closer to Gateway through campus and program visits, student and faculty connections, events, impact communications, recognition, and other meaningful experiences.
• Relationship Intelligence, Portfolio Management & Documentation:
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of donor and prospect relationships in the College’s constituent/donor relationship management system, including contacts, interests, connections, engagement activity, giving opportunities, stewardship, relationship movement, and next moves.
• Maintain disciplined portfolio follow-up and use relationship intelligence and data to support ongoing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
  Internal Connection & Gateway Engagement:
• Attend Gateway programs…