Senior Director of Campaign Planning and Management

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Job Description Summary Administrative Exempt

Job Description Wellesley College is engaged in the most ambitious comprehensive campaign in its history, raising the support that sustains an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world. The Senior Director of Campaign Planning and Management is responsible for keeping that work on course. Reporting to the Vice President for Development, the Senior Director leads the Development Office’s planning, coordination, and management of the campaign, building and maintaining the plans, timelines, benchmarks, and reporting that hold a multi-year effort together and keep its many moving parts coordinated, tracked, and on schedule.

The Senior Director staffs the campaign’s volunteer committees, coordinates the engagement of trustees and campaign volunteers, and produces the progress reporting used by College leadership and the Board of Trustees. In partnership with the Assistant Vice President for Information Strategy and Operations, the Senior Director applies the College’s fundraising analytics and reporting to campaign planning and decision-making. The position does not carry a frontline fundraising portfolio.

This is a role for someone who takes pride in the systems and structure behind a successful campaign and who finds satisfaction in the disciplined, behind-the-scenes work it requires.

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Position Responsibilities:

Campaign Planning and Management:

Campaign Plan and Timelines:
Develop and maintain the high-level campaign timeline and the detailed project plans beneath it, including benchmarks, milestones, deliverables, and the individuals responsible for each.

Day-to-Day Campaign Management:
In close collaboration with the Vice President, plan, implement, and manage the day-to-day Development work of Wellesley’s multi-year comprehensive campaign.

Accountability and Follow-Through:
Keep campaign projects, initiatives, and deadlines on time and on target, coordinating the contributions of colleagues across Development whose work advances the campaign.

Volunteer Leadership and Trustee Engagement:

Committee Staffing:
Staff the campaign’s volunteer committees, including the preparation of annotated agendas, support of committee assignments, and follow-through on commitments made.

Trustee and Volunteer Coordination:
Coordinate the strategic engagement of trustees, campaign volunteers, and committee members, ensuring that their time and involvement are well directed and carefully tracked, in partnership with the Vice President for Development and the Office of the President.

Campaign Events:
Partner with colleagues across Development and the College to coordinate campaign events and gatherings, ensuring that they align with campaign timelines, priorities, and volunteer engagement.

Campaign Progress and Board Reporting:

Tracking Against Goals:
Draw on the College’s fundraising analytics and…