About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.

As a world-leading institution, Berkeley is known for its academic and research excellence, public mission, diverse student body, and commitment to equity and social justice. Since our founding in 1868, we have driven innovation, creating global intellectual, economic and social value.

Departmental Overview

There are many reasons why the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley is ranked among the top three engineering schools in the world. We offer a dynamic, interdisciplinary, hands-on education. We challenge conventional thinking and value creativity and imagination. And our students and faculty are driven by social commitment and want to change the world. With more than 247 regular faculty members, 2,421 graduate students and 4,320 undergraduate students located in seven academic departments, Engineering is the second largest college on the Berkeley Campus.

The College of Engineering Development team supports Berkeley Engineering's mission through marketing, communications, and private fundraising efforts designed to reach over 60,000 alumni, friends, students, foundations, and corporate partners. During the Light the Way campaign the College of Engineering received $900 million in private gifts and is consistently among the top fundraising units within the university.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Development & Corporate Partnerships, the Assistant Director of Corporate Partnerships provides critical operational and logistical support for the College's corporate relations program, serving as a key member of the team that builds and maintains top tier industry partnerships for the college. Responsibilities include event organization and logistics for complex campus visits, management of entry level (<$25K) corporate funders, grant proposal support, and the continuous enhancement of team workflows and operational efficiencies. Additionally, the role focuses on the development of donor-facing materials, conducting donor prospect research and data analysis, and maintaining program communications such as the website and other external-facing marketing pieces. This position has an annual fundraising goal of $500,000.

Responsibilities

Event & Meeting Coordination

• Coordinate logistics for campus visits, events, and meetings for corporate partners, including catering, parking, printed materials, room bookings, and calendar coordination.
• Support the production of high-level visit briefings and executive agendas.
• Assist with execution of major events managed by College Relations as needed (e.g. receptions, large conferences, public lectures, and College commencement ceremonies).

Corporate Partner Proposal Development & Relationship Management

• Maintain a portfolio of entry-level (<$25k) corporate donors, including managing renewals and discovery outreach.
• Support Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships in development and submission of grants for key annual corporate funders.
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships to create high-quality one-pagers, slide decks, and other donor-facing materials.
• Execute the stewardship calendar for the corporate relations team, ensuring timely acknowledgement of gifts, submission of grants by stated deadlines, and coordination of annual impact reports for corporate partners.

Fundraising Operations & Process Coordination

• Support gift processing for corporate gifts on an as needed basis, serving as a liaison between program staff/faculty and University Development & Alumni Relations (UDAR).
• Coordinate the logistics of short- and long-range team planning; maintain and update tracking systems to ensure accurate reporting on corporate partnership progress.
• Provide project management support for fundraising campaigns and team initiatives, ensuring all milestones are tracked and deadlines are met.
• Continuously evaluate team workflows and administrative procedures, recommend enhancements for efficiency and effectiveness, and manage implementation.

Research & Data Analysis

• Serve as a "power user" of the donor database, managing data integrity by entering contact reports and keeping the database updated with corporate contact information and relationship mapping.
• Pull and synthesize data for corporate partnerships impact reporting and the "Top 10" corporate partner dashboards.
• Conduct proactive research on corporate prospects and alumni networks to identify/qualify new donors and support proposal development.

General support for College of Engineering corporate partnerships operations

• Enhance and maintain the college's industry relations web presence and printed materials.
• Help design and implement a framework for vetting inbound general corporate relations inquiries.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent writing skills with an ability to craft sophisticated donor correspondence, grant proposals, and marketing collateral.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to build and maintain effective working relationships at all organizational levels and with outside constituencies.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with a focus on identifying and resolving logistical bottlenecks and improving team workflows.
• Highly detail oriented with a critical degree of accuracy.
• Knowledge and understanding of fundraising, donor relations, corporate partnerships and external relations concepts, principles, techniques, procedures and practices.
• Knowledge of the campus, including its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements, programs, faculty activities, and infrastructure.
• Outstanding customer service ethic for working with campus donors.
• Excellent proficiency in database systems (e.g., Salesforce/CADS) to conduct complex prospect research, extract data for strategic analysis, and maintain team-wide dashboards.
• Thorough project-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising, corporate partnerships, and/or external relations.