Associate Director, Development Stewardship

Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech seeks an Associate Director of Development Stewardship to lead donor impact reporting and stewardship communications. The role supervises two Development Impact Reporting Officers and partners with campus units to gather and share programmatic impact.

The position uses financial, donor, and institutional data to address reporting gaps, improve processes, and help campus partners articulate philanthropic outcomes.

Qualifications

• The ability to lead complex projects with overlapping deadlines and stakeholders.
• Experience building productive partnerships across academic, administrative, financial, and development functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for donor impact reporting and stewardship communications.
• Supervise two Development Impact Reporting Officers and collaborate with campus partners to collect and communicate programmatic impact.
• Use data to identify reporting needs, improve processes, and support campus partners in communicating philanthropic impact.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Blackbaud CRM

Job description

The Associate Director of Development Stewardship provides strategic leadership for Georgia Tech’s donor impact reporting program and related stewardship communications.

The position supervises two Development Impact Reporting Officers and works closely with development officers, academic and administrative units, and other campus partners to collect and communicate programmatic impact information.

The position uses development, financial, and institutional data to identify reporting needs, address gaps, improve processes, and help campus partners communicate philanthropic impact effectively.

Note that despite the job posting, this role does not organize events, nor does it require significant travel.

Qualifications

Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; strong problem-solving skills; experience managing complex projects with overlapping deadlines, dependencies, and stakeholders; and the ability to build productive partnerships across academic, administrative, financial, and development functions.

Strong pluses:

Familiarity with donor relations and stewardship best practices; knowledge of endowment and expendable funds, donor restrictions, gift agreements, donor intent, and fund reporting; experience with Blackbaud CRM or another advancement CRM; experience reconciling information from multiple systems or data sources; experience using technology and automation to improve reporting processes, data quality, or project management; experience in higher education advancement; experience supervising professional staff or leading a donor relations, stewardship, communications, or reporting function.