Director, Annual Giving & Alumni Engagement

CASE; Westminster (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

McDaniel College in Westminster, MD invites applications for a Director of Annual Giving. The Director oversees a multi-channel annual giving program and leads a three-person team to raise at least $2 million annually from 23,000+ alumni and friends, while personally raising $200,000–$400,000 in new cash and pledges.

Reporting to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director works with Alumni Engagement and Advancement Services to design strategies, uses technology and social

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Five to seven years of demonstrated annual giving experience and success at a non-profit organization, preferably in a higher education setting, required.
• Demonstrated success in the personal cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of annual giving donors required.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment to achieve institutional goals.
• Strong analytical and independent decision-making capability required.
• Demonstrated supervisory and budgetary experience required.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills required.
• Strong project management, leadership, organizational planning skills with the ability to set priorities and balance concurrent tasks.
• The ability to recruit, motivate, and direct alumni and parent volunteers.
• Proficiency in customer relations management database systems; preferably Slate and/or Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge/NXT.
• Proficiency in online giving platforms such as GiveCampus or Slate preferred.
• Experience with the use of texting, social media, online giving platforms, and crowdfunding in annual giving solicitations required.
• Flexible and available for evening, weekend, or early morning events and meetings.
• Ability to travel as needed to manage a prospect portfolio.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license with two or less points.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for McDaniel College’s annual fundraising efforts, managing a team of two staff members and overseeing a comprehensive, multi-channel annual giving program designed to raise $2 million annually.
• Cultivate and solicit donors through personalized campaigns, reunion giving programs, athletic fundraising initiatives, and college-wide giving days.
• Maintain a portfolio of 75-125 prospects, conduct at least 100 donor visits each year, and partner with development officers to identify, cultivate, and secure major gift opportunities.
• Analyze fundraising performance data, develop dashboards and projections, manage departmental budgets, and collaborate with Communications and Marketing to ensure brand consistency.

Skills

Excellent written and oral comms

Analytical thinking

Independent decision making

Project management

Leadership

Budget management

Travel flexibility

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Slate

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge/NXT

GiveCampus

Job description

McDaniel College in Westminster, MD invites applications for a Director of Annual Giving. The Director oversees a multi-channel annual giving program and leads a three-person team to raise at least $2 million annually from 23,000+ alumni and friends, while personally raising $200,000–$400,000 in new cash and pledges.

Reporting to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director works with Alumni Engagement and Advancement Services to design strategies, uses technology and social