Stewardship & Donor Relations Specialist

University of California; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design seeks a Stewardship Analyst to lead donor stewardship and alumni relations efforts within the Development and Alumni Relations team. You will manage reports, campaigns, acknowledgments, events, and donor communications to strengthen engagement and impact.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean, you will coordinate cross‑department efforts, maintain databases, and support administrative operations with a focus on inclusion and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Working knowledge of fundraising, donor relations, and public relations concepts, principles, procedures, and techniques.
• Working knowledge of applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc.
• Good written and interpersonal communication skills to establish and maintain good working relationships throughout the organization and with outside constituencies.
• Good organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Skills in maintaining confidentiality.
• Thorough knowledge of computer and database systems to facilitate research, pull data, and to prepare donor reports and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead CED’s stewardship program, including writing and designing custom donor stewardship reports and program impact reports, establishing CED’s stewardship e-campaign as well as creating and managing the CED stewardship calendar.
• Lead development communications initiatives, including executing written and e-communications via marketing cloud emails, developing donor notecards, managing CED giving pages on give.berkeley.edu, and supporting development and distribution of D+AR alumni communications.
• Provide D+AR event support, including logistics from coordinating vendors to creating and sending invitations, managing RSVPs, preparing event briefings, printing nametags, sending post event thank you emails and surveys, event attendance to the university database.
• Provide administrative support for D+AR team, including Bear Buy and ERSO purchases, international travel arrangements, donor meeting logistics, preparation of donor briefings, contact report uploads to the university database, alumni list request pulls, fundraising results reporting, and oversight of the D+AR online tools and accounts, including Asana, Paperless Post, department email and Google drives.
• Engage in professional learning and growth opportunities, and actively contribute to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of inclusion within the unit and at CED.

Skills

Fundraising concepts

Donor relations concepts

Public relations concepts

Written communication

Interpersonal communication

Confidentiality

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Adobe

Canva

CADS

Job description

University of California, Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design seeks a Stewardship Analyst to lead donor stewardship and alumni relations efforts within the Development and Alumni Relations team. You will manage reports, campaigns, acknowledgments, events, and donor communications to strengthen engagement and impact.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean, you will coordinate cross‑department efforts, maintain databases, and support administrative operations with a focus on inclusion and