Senior Associate Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, School of Social Policy & Practice

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Senior Associate Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, School of Social Policy & Practice

Annual Giving Officer C

The Senior Associate Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Engagement reports to the Associate Dean of Institutional Advancement. The Senior Associate Director is responsible for leadership annual giving and alumni engagement. Emphasis will be placed on cultivation and solicitation of annual fund donors for gifts at and above $1000 and strategic engagement of alumni through events, volunteer boards, and programming like Mentor Collective and the Alumni Hall of Fame.

Job duties include individual meetings with alumni, prospective donors, and current donors; managing relationships with alumni leaders; planning alumni events and alumni board meetings in addition to the annual Alumni Hall of Fame and Alumni Weekend events.

• Create and implement a comprehensive leadership annual giving strategy that includes solicitations at or above $1,000. Use Penn’s fundraising database for enhanced prospect identification and outreach efforts. Foster strong relationships to upgrade current donors and expand their giving to additional priority areas like the Dean’s Discretionary Fund.
• Develop relationships with alumni and annual giving prospects and donors through individual and group in-person and virtual meetings, receptions, and on-campus or regional events.
• Design and implement a comprehensive alumni engagement strategy including events such as Alumni Weekend, Alumni Hall of Fame Awards, regional alumni receptions, and receptions in conjunction with national conferences. Have recurring meetings alumni board leadership. Recruit and train alumni leaders and provide programmatic support and guidance for their key initiatives. Develop strategy to establish formal connections between alumni boards for different degree programs as well as annual or bi-annual meetings between the boards and the dean.
• Develop strategy for and manage career services focused events that connect alumni and current students and expose students to professional pursuits. Host at least two events per year.
• Develop strategy for and manage relationship with alumni volunteer mentors. Cultivate and steward this engaged volunteer group in ways including invitations to dean’s briefings, One Book event invitations, personalized invitations to regional events, and visit requests to get their feedback on the program. Plan two virtual events per year.
• Other duties as assigned.

Please provide a resume and cover letter in order to be considered for this role. Please upload all documents in the “Resume/CV” section of the application prior to submitting.

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