Senior Associate Director - Annual Giving

Job Summary

Are you passionate about higher education and the impact it can have on individuals and communities? Do you have a proven track record in donor retention and alumni engagement? If so, we invite you to apply for the position of Senior Associate Director of Annual Giving at Northeastern University, where you'll serve as a leader on the Annual Giving team and play a pivotal role in helping to achieve our annual donor count goals.

The Senior Associate Director will oversee our donor retention strategies, with a particular focus on the Northeastern Loyalty Society, our consecutive giving recognition society. Responsibilities include:

• Developing a robust strategy for retaining donors from all constituencies, with a particular focus on growing our retention rates among our critical recent graduate audience.
• Regular meetings with donors and potential donors to solicit and steward gifts.
• Oversight of our loyal giving society, including solicitation strategies, personal outreach, stewardship of donors, and collaboration across the Advancement division to ensure appropriate recognition of members.
• Managing other donor recognition programs, including special donor events.
• Tracking and analyzing results of retention efforts to future strategies.

The Senior Associate Director will also be responsible for developing strategies to enhance Annual Giving programs to support donor growth, including researching best practices and new innovations in the Advancement space, building out new program structures & implementation plans, investigating technology resources for future implementation, and oversight of Giving Day strategy & execution.

This position will manage two staff members: an Administrative Assistant, and an Associate Director whose primary responsibilities are overseeing Northeastern's signature Giving Day program along with managing affinity-based fundraising strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Six or more (6+) years of experience in development, preferably in higher education and/or annual giving
• Demonstrated skill in relationship building, gift solicitation, and stewardship
• Excellent management, organizational, interpersonal, public speaking, and computer skills
• Superior communication skills (written and oral)

Key Responsibilities

Donor Retention, Northeastern Loyalty Society Management, Annual Giving Program Development, Staff Management & Affinity Strategy Oversight