About Bellarmine University:
Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.
SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.
Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.
Job Description:
Reporting to the Director of the Bellarmine Fund and President's Society and serving as a key member of the Development and Alumni Relations team, the Associate Director of the Bellarmine Fund plays an important role in developing and executing a comprehensive, multi-channel annual giving and donor engagement program designed to increase participation, strengthen donor retention, grow philanthropic support, and build the pipeline for future major gifts.
The Associate Director will help lead annual giving strategies across direct mail, email, digital fundraising, crowdfunding, giving days, peer-to-peer campaigns, social media, and other emerging channels. The position will be particularly responsible for developing innovative digital fundraising strategies, strengthening annual giving donor relations and stewardship, managing key annual giving initiatives, and using data and technology to improve donor acquisition, retention, renewal, and upgrades.
The Associate Director will collaborate extensively with Development and Alumni Relations colleagues, campus partners, volunteers, students, and external vendors to create compelling philanthropic experiences that connect donors to Bellarmine University's mission and demonstrate the impact of their support.
Responsibilities:
Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.
SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.
Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.
Job Description:
Reporting to the Director of the Bellarmine Fund and President's Society and serving as a key member of the Development and Alumni Relations team, the Associate Director of the Bellarmine Fund plays an important role in developing and executing a comprehensive, multi-channel annual giving and donor engagement program designed to increase participation, strengthen donor retention, grow philanthropic support, and build the pipeline for future major gifts.
The Associate Director will help lead annual giving strategies across direct mail, email, digital fundraising, crowdfunding, giving days, peer-to-peer campaigns, social media, and other emerging channels. The position will be particularly responsible for developing innovative digital fundraising strategies, strengthening annual giving donor relations and stewardship, managing key annual giving initiatives, and using data and technology to improve donor acquisition, retention, renewal, and upgrades.
The Associate Director will collaborate extensively with Development and Alumni Relations colleagues, campus partners, volunteers, students, and external vendors to create compelling philanthropic experiences that connect donors to Bellarmine University's mission and demonstrate the impact of their support.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute comprehensive annual giving strategies across direct mail, email, web, digital, social media, phone, peer-to-peer, and other emerging fundraising channels.