Liberal Arts Director of Development; Donor Engagement and Stewardship

Hiring Department:
College of Liberal Arts

Position Open To:
All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA

Earliest

Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration:
Expected to Continue

Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Manage and execute activities spanning the full Donor Engagement Process to identify, engage, and steward alumni, parents and donors for the College of Liberal Arts.

• Leadership and Project Management Demonstrate leadership, professional assertiveness and relationship management in the donor relations space.
• Lead day-to-day operational oversight, collaborative and strategic planning, development, coordination, and implementation of a comprehensive alumni and donor engagement and stewardship program.
• Partner with leadership to identify top stewardship prospects and initiatives.
• Manage and develop direct reports focused on targeted communications to specific groups of donors, alumni and parents; annual giving activities; campaigns; programmatic stewardship; and individual stewardship plans (ISP).
• Create systems of measurement and metrics to improve continuously.
• Supervise alumni engagement and donor stewardship tracking.
• Contribute to working knowledge of College's desire to continuously improve stewardship practices and create a culture of philanthropy.
• Remove barriers to effective communication; allow others space to speak their perspective; surface and address conflict.
• Build and manage relationships that encourage collaboration by valuing others’ emotions, input, and curiosity.
• Collaboration and Engagement Engage in two-way communication acknowledging input from the Frontline Team.
• Collaborate and partner with colleagues and students across the College of Liberal Arts and the University to shape the vision for stewardship.
• Develop resources and guidance to support internal and external philanthropic stakeholders in communications, annual giving and campaigns, general stewardship efforts, individual stewardship plans, and targeted plans for affinity groups.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to collect and curate data for metrics reporting and advancement.
• Administration Lead strategy and execution of affinity group engagement, using data as a guide, and noting all activity in CRM.
• Make strategic personal connections of prospective donors to specific areas of interest and engagement in the College; execute all affinity group engagement strategies; create metric-driven goals and strategies for local and regional events and oversee execution of events in coordination with COLA events director and development teams in UDO and other CSUs.
• Manage an annual stewardship event working directly with the COLA Director of Events.
• Plan and facilitate both virtual and in-person stewardship gatherings.
• Provide direction and oversight in the planning and implementation of stewardship-specific activities at…