POSITION SUMMARY
The Assistant Director of Annual Giving manages a portfolio of
current, lapsed, and prospective donors with a focus on
cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding leadership-level annual
gifts. The position uses digital and personalized engagement
strategies to strengthen donor relationships, increase annual
giving participation, and encourage increased philanthropic support
of College priorities.
The Assistant Director also develops engagement and solicitation
strategies for young alumni to build early philanthropic habits and
strengthen the future leadership annual giving pipeline. Working
collaboratively with colleagues across Development and Alumni
Relations, the position uses donor data, segmentation, and
engagement activity to identify
opportunities for increased giving, major and planned gift
referrals, and continued alumni involvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Personally solicit alumni to renew and increase giving,
conducting face-to-face meetings and virtual meetings.
Manage a pool of approximately 1,000 prospective alumni annual
giving donors
Young Alumni engagement and pipeline development.
Execute regularly scheduled communication touchpoints using
digital platforms.
Assist with alumni activities.
ABOUT GRINNELL COLLEGE
Grinnell College is a top-ranking private liberal arts institution
that values diversity, equity, inclusion, intellectual freedom, and
social responsibility. We seek candidates that align with these
values and have the ability and desire to advance our values and
belonging within our community and the communities we engage. Ideal
candidates will be prepared to collaborate and contribute to the
mission and values of the college across all constituencies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university
- 1 year or more experience in fundraising, annual giving, alumni
Internal relations, advancement, sales, relationship management,
marketing, communications, or a related field
- Champion Diversity Equity and Inclusion
- Strong communication skills in a variety of ways for multiple
constituents
- Exhibit collaboration and organizational abilities
- Familiarity using CRMs
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in higher education advancement, annual giving,
alumni relations, or nonprofit fundraising.
- Experience managing a donor, client, or constituent
portfolio.
- Experience using digital engagement strategies to cultivate and
maintain relationships.
- Experience working with a constituent relationship management
(CRM) or advancement database.
- Ability to build strong relationships with Grinnell College
alumni and other college constituencies
- Served on teams that have successfully completed comprehensive
fundraising campaigns