Assistant Director, Stewardship

Job no: 559727
Location: Long Beach

This role coordinates and implements donor experiences through events, communications, and campus engagement activities that highlight the impact of philanthropy and strengthen long‑term relationships with the university. In addition, partners across campus plan, organize, and execute stewardship initiatives, ensuring projects run smoothly, communications are timely, and donors remain informed, connected, and inspired.

• Lead, coordinate, and implement the Comprehensive Stewardship Plan, including event programming, social engagement activities, and board‑related stewardship efforts.
• Responsible for coordinating stewardship communications to support collaboration across internal and external partners.
• Develops and maintains project plans, timelines, and deliverables for department related projects.

Planned Giving & Stewardship

1.0 time‑base, 40 hours per week.

This is a temporary position for 1 year with no permanent status granted. Temporary assignments may expire prior to the ending date.

Advancement Professional II

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources.

• Hiring Range: $5,274 (Step
  1) – $6,303 (Step 10) per month commensurate with candidate's education, experience, skills, and training.
• CSU Classification Salary Range: $5,274 (Step
  1) – $7,684 (Step 20) per month.

• Paid Time Off: Up to 24 vacation days per year (based on employee group and/or length of service), 14 paid holidays, and 12 sick days annually with unlimited accrual.
• Health Coverage: A variety of medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Retirement Plans: Participation in the CalPERS defined benefit plan, along with voluntary savings options such as 403(b), 401(k), and 457 plans.
• Educational Benefits: Tuition fee waiver programs for eligible employees; dependent eligibility varies by employee group and bargaining unit.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential counseling and support services for employees and their families.
• Additional Benefits: Wellness programs, professional development opportunities, and insurance options including life, disability, and pet insurance.

• Equiv­alent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and two years of relevant experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, communications, and/or 4 years of professional experience in project coordination, event planning, or a related field preferred.

Employees who are required to operate motorized vehicles and/or use their personal vehicle more than once a month on university business must take a mandatory Defensive Driving course and enroll in the DMV Employee Pull Notice (EPN) Program.

Sedentary work – Involves mainly sitting. Walking and standing are minimal. Lifting is limited to lightweight objects (10 pounds or less).

CSULB is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e., H‑1B Visas).

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSULB will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, CSULB provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or other protected status. CSULB complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California…