Stewardship Professional I (Athletics

Stewardship Professional I (Athletics)

The Athletics Department is dedicated to excellence in collegiate sports, building a modern model of intercollegiate athletics, fostering, integrity, innovation, and student-athlete success.

The University of Arizona Athletics Department invites you to apply to the role of the Stewardship Professional I.

The Stewardship Professional I will serve as an active member of the major gifts team. Responsibilities include oversight of efficient and effective recognition programs are in place to support the team's goals and objectives. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented individual with strong organizational and project management skills, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

This position requires the ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, and travel as needed.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee recognition programs and
  coordination of special recognition events for donors. Such as banquets,
  in-game presentations, and donor trips. Creating custom experiences for major
  donors in conjunction with games at home and away.
• Create a stewardship calendar that aligns with fundraising campaigns
  and key organizational milestones.
• Develop and execute personalized donor stewardship communications, including impactful thank-you messages tied to gift agreements, proposals, fundraising initiatives, and campaign reports, leveraging creative approaches that extend beyond traditional acknowledgment letters to deepen donor engagement and strengthen philantropic relationships.
• Develop gift tracking recognition metrics that will shape future acknowledgments
  and donor programming in the future. May use acknowledgment processes and
  generation of acknowledgment reports, campaign tracking reports and other
  reports as needed.
• Strategic planning and collaboration with other departments and teams
  to ensure seamless integration and alignment of major gift fundraising
  activities and initiatives for donor recognition events and maintenance of
  programming.
• Develop best practices and procedures to engage donors throughout the year, ensuring efficient and effective operations that thank donors in
  unique ways at every opportunity.
• Assist the Associate AD, Major Gifts with production, execution and
  oversight of donor recognition presentations.
• Developing ways to maintain
  impactful and personalized recognition programs.
• Ensuring high level donors are
  highlighted on various reports such as major gifts budgets quarterly and
  annually, pledges are announced, capital statements highlight key donors on a
  national stage.
• Oversee donor recognition in printed materials serving as the
  liaison with communications personnel, printers, mailing vendors, etc.
• Serve as Ticket Office liaison for Major Gifts ticketing needs.
  Ensuring donor recognition events are created each year, and donor thank you
  gifts are presented in an impactful way to donors.
• Assist and provide excellent customer service to major gifts
  donors with inquiries, ticket questions and resolution, season renewals, gift
  processing and all other questions related to their major gift.
• Assist in donor research and donor roster management. Ensure
  the timely review of donor rosters and maintenance of donor rosters for all
  development officers.
• Regularly review and maintain up-to-date information on the
  Major Gifts portion of the Wildcat Club website.
• Organize and maintain physical and electronic development
  records, donor files, and donor accounts, as well as retention and filing of
  gift agreements, payments and other correspondence to and/or from donors
  ensuring that support documents are easily accessible and up to date.
• Review, reconcile, and prepare monthly expense reports.
• Oversee advanced administrative support and day-to-day
  operations for the Major Gifts team.
• Budget accountability.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Fosters a collaborative work environment through respectful and effective
  communication.
• Demonstrated experience managing value added projects and strategic
  initiatives.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to problem solve and make decisions.
• Ability to multi-task with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working
  relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Dedication and motivation to initiate, lead and support
  value-added projects.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Knowledge of NCAA, Big 12, and University of Arizona position related
  rules and compliance.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, including the ability to
  plan, establish priorities and successfully manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated…