Senior Associate Director, Alumni Giving & Engagement

Dartmouth College; Hanover (NH); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth College seeks an Associate Director of Annual Giving Engagement to cultivate alumni support for the university’s priorities. The role leads donor education, engagement strategies, and targeted solicitation to strengthen participation in the annual fund.

With 7+ years in fundraising, you’ll manage volunteers, collaborate across campus, and drive innovation in donor engagement and digital fundraising tools, while navigating a hybrid schedule on Hanover campus.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related professional experience with at least 3 years of experience in annual giving, alumni engagement, or related development work.
• Demonstrated success in driving participation and building engagement
• Strong communication, organizational, and volunteer management skills
• Experience collaborating across teams and working with volunteers
• Proficiency with donor databases, CRM systems, and digital fundraising tools
• Able to anticipate, deliver on, and exceed the expectations of alumni, alumni class officers and volunteers, colleagues, and other constituents
• Able to introduce and drive innovation in ways small and large
• Able to collaborate with others as primary means to achieve results
• Able to seek out and create learning opportunities, including through those revealed by setbacks and failures as well as successes.

Responsibilities

• 35% Donor Engagement: In support of Tuck's strategic imperative to grow alumni giving participation, designs and executes strategies that strengthen alumni connection to Tuck and encourage annual giving.
• 25% Gift Solicitation and Commitments: Identifies donor prospects, cultivates, solicits, and closes annual fund gifts.
• 25% Volunteer Management: Recruits and manages annual giving volunteers.
• 10% Student Engagement: Partners with Alumni Engagement and other campus stakeholders to cultivate a culture of engagement and philanthropy among current students.
• 5% Team Development: Contributes ideas, input, and support to Tuck Advancement initiatives, decisions, communications, and other activities with annual giving implications.

Skills

Donor engagement

Annual giving

Alumni engagement

Communication

Organizational skills

Volunteer management

CRM systems

Donor databases

Digital fundraising tools

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Dartmouth College seeks an Associate Director of Annual Giving Engagement to cultivate alumni support for the university’s priorities. The role leads donor education, engagement strategies, and targeted solicitation to strengthen participation in the annual fund.

With 7+ years in fundraising, you’ll manage volunteers, collaborate across campus, and drive innovation in donor engagement and digital fundraising tools, while navigating a hybrid schedule on Hanover campus.