Assistant Director, Annual Giving Alumni Relations

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Departmental Overview

UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design offers an environment to collaborate and innovate with others committed to creating a welcoming home for design & research excellence toward environmental resilience and equity. CED is comprised of faculty, students, and staff with an impressive set of backgrounds and talents. We believe in the importance of supporting an inclusive environment that values community and builds its strength from a diversity of views and expertise.

There are approximately 50 faculty, 90 adjunct, and 18 unit faculty, 1250 undergraduate and graduate majors, and approximately 50 total staff. The college budget is approximately $33M. The College of Environmental Design (CED) is a multifaceted with three departments (architecture, city & regional planning, and landscape architecture & environmental planning) and an institute that holds degree programs (Institute of Urban and Regional Development); undergraduate, professional graduate and research doctoral degree programs; a suite of highly regarded summer design institutes; widely recognized environmental design archives; computing and fabrication facilities; and a building with an auditorium, classrooms, studios, labs, research centers, library, archives and a cafe.

The Assistant Director of Development + Alumni Relations leads alumni relations and annual giving initiatives for the College of Environmental Design. This position is responsible for developing CED's donor pipeline through effective communications, cultivation, stewardship, and alumni engagement practices. The Assistant Director leads CED's annual giving strategy, including Big Give and partnering with University Development and Alumni Relations. In addition, this staff member manages a small portfolio of leadership, giving to donors, and CED's giving society. This position reports to the Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Relations.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: 5/1/26 - Open until filled

Responsibilities

35% Fundraising. Personally manage a portfolio of leadership-level prospects with a capacity of up to $100K. Identify and qualify prospective donors. Cultivate, solicit, and steward gifts of $1K+. Fundraising work may include attending evening or weekend events and meetings.

30% Annual Giving. Lead all aspects of CED annual giving fundraising efforts, including developing and executing e-solicitations, serving as the CED liaison for University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) on direct mail response and telemarketing campaigns, Big Give, crowdfunding campaigns, and annual giving impact statements. Manage CED's Wurster Society, annual giving calendar, track, and report fundraising results. Serve as the CED point person on the Annual Giving Roundtable working group.

15% Alumni Relations. Manage CED's alumni programs, including Homecoming and Bauer Wurster Society events. Develop and implement programming and communications that support alumni connections to CED. Serve as CED point person on Berkeley Alumni Engagement Group.

15% Communications. Manage Give Pages on the CED website, including writing content and coordinating with CED's communications team. Donor communications efforts include writing newsletter content and custom stewardship and program impact reports.

5% Professional development. Engage in professional learning and growth opportunities, and actively contribute to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the unit and at CED.

Required Qualifications

• Thorough working knowledge of fundraising, donor relations, and public relations concepts, principles, procedures, and techniques.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills to establish and maintain good working relationships throughout the organization and with outside constituencies.
• Strong knowledge of applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills, including skills in creative and effective decision-making, problem identification/avoidance / resolution, and project management skills.
• Strong skills in maintaining confidentiality.
• Skills to meet or exceed fundraising objectives and goals.
• Bachelor's degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the UC Berkeley campus, its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements, issues of concern, and infrastructure.