"Leadership Annual Giving Officer"

Job Details

DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:
Women, members of underrepresented groups, and persons with
disabilities are encouraged to apply. Position will remain open
until filled.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship at this
time.

The Leadership Annual Giving (LAG) Officer is a front-line
fundraising position focused on leadership annual giving
opportunities among alumni. The LAG Officer targets existing
leadership level donors for gift renewals, develops Washington C.
DePauw level donors to increased annual giving, and identifies
donors ready for major gift development. In addition, the LAG
Officer works closely with the Director of Annual Giving to align
strategy and follow up.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable
accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward an active portfolio of
200 leadership annual giving donors with a capacity of $5,000 or
higher, with a focus on gift asks in the $25,000+ range.
• Develop and implement targeted leadership annual giving
solicitations for milestone reunion classes and those years leading
up to milestone classes.
• In partnership with colleagues in Annual Giving and Alumni
Engagement, leverage reunion volunteers to identify leadership
annual giving prospects and to encourage participatory gifts to The
Fund for DePauw.
• Develop a strategic plan to increase giving via Tiger Club and to
utilize the athletics affinity groups for ongoing solicitation
strategies, especially at leadership giving levels. Serve as staff
liaison with Athletics for all Tiger Club fundraising.
• Actively develop and lead alumni volunteers - particularly in
reunion or Tiger Club programs - focused on increasing, retaining
and acquiring new donors through special events including the Day
of Giving, Giving Tuesday and other DePauw traditions.
• Participate in the collaborative process of the strategic
planning for the overall Annual Giving program.
• Other duties as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement(s)
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for
his/her actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and
thoroughly.
• Active Listening – Ability to actively attend to, convey, and
understand the comments and questions of others.
• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Autonomy - The ability of the individual to complete assigned
tasks with little oversight.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with
others using the spoken word.
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing
clearly and concisely.
• Customer Oriented - A desire to serve both external and internal
clients by focusing effort on meeting the clients’ needs,
understanding their concerns, and seeking to build trust.
• Diversity Oriented - Commitment to valuing a variety of different
experiences, encouraging input and collaboration from campus
stakeholders, including being mindful of experiences related, but
not limited to: age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion,
socio-economic status, LGBTQ, and/or job type.
• Initiative - Ability of the individual to act and take steps to
solve or settle an issue.
• Interpersonal - Ability to develop and maintain relationships
with others.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following
a systematic method of performing a task.
• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information
publicly.
• Relationship Building - Ability to establish and maintain a good
rapport and cooperative relationship with customers and
co-workers.
• Reliability - Ability to be dependable and trustworthy.
• Self-Motivated - Ability of the individual to reach a goal or
perform a task with little supervision or direction.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to
organize and complete work within given deadlines.

SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: Bachelor's Degree (four-year college or university)
required.

Experience: Preferred candidates will have a minimum of three years
of progressive development or related experience, with experience
in managing a portfolio.

Communication/Language: Intermediate: Ability to read and interpret
documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or
employees of an organization.

Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all
units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and
decimals.

Computer Skills: Knowledge of database management systems, CRM, and
Microsoft Office products, including Excel. Ability and desire to
frequently learn new products related to the role is
required.

Certificates & Licenses: CFRE desirable

Other Requirements
• A strong understanding of the mission of liberal arts
institutions.
• Travel from campus, as needed, to conduct solicitations, or to
recruit volunteer leaders for assigned programs.
• Normal work responsibilities include time outside of normal
office hours, some evenings and weekends.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Physical Demands Lift/Carry

Stand O (Occasionally)
Walk O (Occasionally)
Sit C (Constantly)
Handling / Fingering C (Constantly)
Reach Outward O (Occasionally)
Reach Above Shoulder O (Occasionally)
Climb O (Occasionally)
Crawl O (Occasionally)
Squat or Kneel O (Occasionally)
Bend F (Frequently)
Speak O (Occasionally)

10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
11-20 lbs O (Occasionally)
21-50 lbs O (Occasionally)
51-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)
Over 100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

Push/Pull

12 lbs or less F (Frequently)
13-25 lbs O (Occasionally)
26-40 lbs O (Occasionally)
41-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this
occupation.
O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the
time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)
F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of
the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)
C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of
the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

Other Physical Requirements
• Vision (Near, Distance, Peripheral, Depth Perception)
• Hearing (Auditory perception, or audition)

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Normal office environment