The Lawrenceville Fund Digital Gift Officer

CASE; Lawrenceville (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational institution is seeking a Digital Gift Officer to enhance its fundraising efforts. This role focuses on cultivating donor relationships through various digital channels, including video, email, and social media. The ideal candidate will manage a diverse portfolio of prospects, aiming to upgrade contributions and ensure continued support. By leveraging data-driven insights, you'll develop effective engagement strategies and represent the school within the community. Join a dynamic team committed to fostering philanthropy and making a meaningful impact on the institution's mission.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Leave

Retirement Plan Options

Flexible Work Environment

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of development or direct solicitation experience required.
• Ability to analyze engagement strategies and present results.

Responsibilities

• Manage a donor portfolio and conduct gift solicitation meetings.
• Implement digital communication strategies for donor engagement.

Skills

Donor Engagement

Digital Communication

Fundraising Strategy

Data Analysis

Effective Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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Description

Reporting to The Director of The Lawrenceville Fund, The Lawrenceville Fund Digital Gift Officer will conduct personalized donor visits to support the unrestricted annual fund. This role will leverage a range of digital channels-including video, email, texting, social media, phone, and virtual meetings-to cultivate relationships, solicit gifts, and steward donors through individual outreach. The primary focus will be on managing and expanding a portfolio of annual fund donors and prospects, with an emphasis on upgrading gifts and identifying potential major gift contributors. This is an in-office position. Visits will be primarily conducted via zoom and phone call, with limited local in-person visits.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Manage a Donor Portfolio to Conduct Gift Solicitation and Stewardship Meetings:

• Oversee and build relationships with a dynamic portfolio of 500+ prospects, with a goal of completing 225 personal visits annually.
• Engage these individuals through a variety of digital platforms to drive solicitation and foster meaningful interactions.
• Focus on upgrading donors from regular giving levels to larger contributions, including Red and Black Leadership level gifts.
• Steward current donors to ensure continued support and increased giving

Digital Engagement Strategy:

• Implements comprehensive digital communication strategies that include social media, email campaigns, video outreach, and texting. Create compelling messaging to inspire engagement and enhance philanthropic support for The Lawrenceville Fund.

Donor Insight and Analysis:

• Analyze giving trends and track detailed progress towards fundraising goals. Work to identify opportunities for donor acquisition and engagement based on data-driven insights.

Community Engagement:

• Represent The Lawrenceville School within the broader community of alumni, parents, and friends, reinforcing the School's commitment to its mission and enhancing donor relationships.
• Attend on campus, local, and regional events to represent the School as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a required field required
• Two to three years of development experience and/or direct solicitation experience required
• Must be able to speak with alumni and other constituents about supporting Lawrenceville's unrestricted annual fund.
• Must be able to work earnestly and cooperatively as a team with coworkers, and give and receive feedback.
• Must be able to work in a friendly and collegial manner, with a thorough appreciation for the goals and mission of Lawrenceville, the interests of independent secondary education, and an understanding of liberal education as well as the operations that attend to schools of that nature.
• Must have a high level of ability to work cooperatively and respectfully with all types of constituents
• Must be able to analyze and determine strategies for engagement and fund development, and must be able to present frequent goal analysis and results and be prepared to suggest new strategies when appropriate.
• Experience with class segmentation and be able to identify specific alumni constituencies within classes.
• Must possess clear, concise, and effective writing and speaking skills.

Work Characteristics and Physical Demands: The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands are in excess of those for sedentary work. Must be able to remain on their feet for extended periods of time, go up and down flights of steps, as well as stoop, kneel, crouch, and lift.
• Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, fax machines, etc.
• Must be capable of using visual display terminal with continuous wrist movement on a keyboard
• Required to stand and sit for long periods of time
• Required to, talk, hear, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms
• Required to work evenings, weekends and holidays in conjunction with School calendar and events
• Must be able to lift up to 25lbs. without assistance
• Ability to see with normal parameters.
• Operates in a professional work environment

The Lawrenceville School is a diverse and inclusive community and makes all employment decisions without regard for an individual's race, creed, color, religion, national origin, nationality, sex, pregnancy, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability (including AIDS and HIV related illness), genetic information, refusal to provide genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic testing, ancestry, familial status, marital status, domestic partnership status, civil union status, atypical cellular or blood trait, military service, application for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The Lawrenceville School will also provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals in accordance with applicable law.

The Lawrenceville School conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Eligible employees receive a competitive benefit package that includes health insurance coverage, paid leave and retirement plan options and many other valuable programs.