Assistant Director of Annual Giving

Grinnell College

POSITION SUMMARY

The Assistant Director of Annual Giving manages a portfolio of current, lapsed, and prospective donors with a focus on cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding leadership-level annual gifts. The position uses digital and personalized engagement strategies to strengthen donor relationships, increase annual giving participation, and encourage increased philanthropic support of College priorities.

The Assistant Director also develops engagement and solicitation strategies for young alumni to build early philanthropic habits and strengthen the future leadership annual giving pipeline. Working collaboratively with colleagues across Development and Alumni Relations, the position uses donor data, segmentation, and engagement activity to identify

opportunities for increased giving, major and planned gift referrals, and continued alumni involvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Personally solicit alumni to renew and increase giving, conducting face-to-face meetings and virtual meetings.
Manage a pool of approximately 1,000 prospective alumni annual giving donors
Young Alumni engagement and pipeline development.
Execute regularly scheduled communication touchpoints using digital platforms.
Assist with alumni activities.

ABOUT GRINNELL COLLEGE

Grinnell College is a top-ranking private liberal arts institution that values diversity, equity, inclusion, intellectual freedom, and social responsibility. We seek candidates that align with these values and have the ability and desire to advance our values and belonging within our community and the communities we engage. Ideal candidates will be prepared to collaborate and contribute to the mission and values of the college across all constituencies.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university
1 year or more experience in fundraising, annual giving, alumni Internal relations, advancement, sales, relationship management, marketing, communications, or a related field
Champion Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Strong communication skills in a variety of ways for multiple constituents
Exhibit collaboration and organizational abilities
Familiarity using CRMs

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in higher education advancement, annual giving, alumni relations, or nonprofit fundraising.
Experience managing a donor, client, or constituent portfolio.
Experience using digital engagement strategies to cultivate and maintain relationships.
Experience working with a constituent relationship management (CRM) or advancement database.
Ability to build strong relationships with Grinnell College alumni and other college constituencies
Served on teams that have successfully completed comprehensive fundraising campaigns

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