Assistant Director, Development Job Description
Assistant director, development
provides the team with a significant depth of knowledge about Carnegie Mellon University/higher education, fundraising, and alumni relations;.
Assistant Director, Development Duties & Responsibilities
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In close coordination with the Director of Development for Major Gifts and Membership, assists in the development of comprehensive constituent management plans for the Baker Institute Roundtable and Roundtable Young Professionals with a focus on cultivating and soliciting prospective members
Works with the Director of Development for Major Gifts and Membership and the Assistant Director of Development for Stewardship to produces written reports, including strategic assessments, trend analyses, pre-meeting briefings, call reports, and other informational documents regarding the membership component of institute fundraising
Develop strategies to track and analyze results of development activities, solicitation assignments, and progress
Maintain strong peer network and conducts periodic benchmarking on prospect identification practices at similarly-sized and focused Development shops
Identify professional development opportunities and monitor list-serves and publications to further develop professional skills and fundraising knowledge
Attend and cover “futures seminars and events” for the web and other communication vehicles (including development pieces and the electronic newsletter)
Coordinate, direct, and implement development activities for the broad campus and within a particular school or college for the institution
Coordinate with staff and development officers to develop and produce key stewardship deliverables, including written (hard copy, email or online content), video, or events
Provide staff support to volunteers in the solicitation of prospects
Oversees & ensures that day-to-day operations are appropriately managed, efficient and effective, especially prospect moves managemen
Assistant Director, Development Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Assistant Director, Development
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, AFI, IAW, M.D, SHRM, FCC, PHR, MD, SCP, CP
Education for Assistant Director, Development
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Employers hiring for the assistant director, development job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Education, Communications, Faculty, Marketing, Performance, The Arts, Journalism, Public Affairs, Management, Performing Arts
Skills for Assistant Director, Development
Desired skills for assistant director, development include:
Communications strategies
Development
History
Marketing
Principles of fundraising
Ability to articulate the case for supporting the vision/mission/goals of Carnegie Mellon
Ability to initiate
Ability to see and understand the objectives of the University Advancement division
Advanced research techniques using electronic database research and Internet resources
Analyze
Desired experience for assistant director, development includes:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively to multiple audiences
Evidence of ability to work cooperatively with administrators, faculty, staff, students, and the public
Demonstrated record of being a team player
Willingness and ability to make “cold calls” and to cultivate relationships with and solicit individuals and corporations
Ability to develop cultivation and solicitation strategies and ensure follow-up activities and stewardship with donor prospects
Five years of major gift fundraising in a higher education athletics setting
Assistant Director, Development Examples
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Assistant Director, Development Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an assistant director, development. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for assistant director, development
- Initiate, cultivate, develop and track new recruiting relationships with employers interested in hiring Kellogg MBAs with a focus on those with growth potential and need for MBAs
- Lead effort to identify 600+ new major gift prospects per year through the use of gift reports, data model(s), wealth screens, and other tools
- Identify potential engagement strategies and make assignment recommendations for new prospects
- Provide Principal & Major Gifts team with weekly list of new prospects and ensure that pipeline building staff have full portfolios
- Develop top prospect list for upcoming capital campaign
- Coordinate monthly wealth screenings of new donors and new patients
- Track all Research-identified prospects through the pipeline, monitoring assignment of, outreach to, and gifts from, these constituents
- Supervise two Research Analysts, who produce brief research for weekly assignment meetings, provide research support for Assistant Directors on the Principal & Major Gifts team, and carry out other proactive projects
- Work closely with Assistant Vice President of Research and Associate Director of Research Client Services to improve Division-wide prospect management practices and procedures
- Collaborate with Associate Director of Research Analytics to identify, collect/acquire and utilize donor data
Qualifications for assistant director, development
- Proficiency in spelling and grammar
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work with all levels within the organization
- Ability to assess changing conditions and react professionally and appropriately
- Highly proficient in entire MS Office Suite, to include strong Excel & PowerPoint skills
- A work style that is self-directed collegial
- Experience with coordinating events is preferred
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of assistant director, development. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for assistant director, development
- Assists development staff, managers and administrators in implementing annual funds and grassroots programs for alumni and other donor constituent groups
- Assists Chief Development Officer in managing high-level patron festival experience, including ticketing, seating, concierge experiences, event attendance
- Works with the Chief Development Officer on Capital and Endowment Campaigns
- Assists in updating and creating development print materials
- Analyze and monitor appeal response rates, giving trends, and donor data to make informed decisions about current and future strategies
- Manages the development aspects of Law’s scholarship program, including soliciting annual scholarship gifts, coordinating with Law Admissions regarding new scholarships or changes in existing scholarships, stewards scholarship donors/family members/representatives, manages invitation list for scholarship reception and thank-you letter list for students, reviews and edits the student scholarship web portal annually
- Manages and updates, as needed, Law’s development-related online contact
- Work with marketing staff and outside vendors to produce print and web communications
- Track, analyze, and report on progress and performance of the membership program including member retention and program growth
- Directly assists in all special events that are specific to athletics as directed by the Associate AD for Development select University events
Qualifications for assistant director, development
- Bachelor’s Degree in English or the equivalent preferred
- Experience working in customer relations is preferred
- Ability to travel extensively including during week nights and over weekends
- Experience in a college athletic department desired
- Proven ability to work successfully in a fundraising environment
- Experience providing presentations via video and with online service delivery is preferred
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of assistant director, development. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for assistant director, development
- Provide market updates and solicit student facing feedback with CMC staff including IRMs and Coaches
- Work closely on a daily basis with dean of school or college and faculty/program staff, volunteers, to develop and implement fundraising strategies in order to meet established goals and objectives
- Manage portfolio consisting of a minimum of 50 prospects
- Cultivate existing and new donor relationships with intent to sustain and increase donor relationships
- Plan and implement programs that include measurable targets for each fiscal year
- Design and implement prospect analytics strategy using data mining and modeling in an effort to provide greater insight into the ability and propensity for HLS alumni to make gifts in support of the School and encourage data-driven decisions for the top prospect pool
- Identify and implement additional tools and methods that will support data-driven strategies and decisions for prospect management
- Coordinate fill/finish contract manufacturing of GMP clinical batches
- Develop and execute strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward Stanford Live donors including annual fund donors giving below $7,500 and Bing Members giving between $7,500 and $24,999
- Develop strategies to identify new annual donor prospects at all giving levels using targeted data analysis, research, and volunteer assistance
Qualifications for assistant director, development
- Travel to other Carey Business School campuses (Columbia and Baltimore) as needed for programming, coaching, and/or staff meetings (not to exceed 10-15% of time)
- Work occasional evenings or weekends as needed (average of 3-4 Saturdays per semester
- Assist the Employer Relations and/or Global Engagement teams as needed
- The successful candidate will also have high-energy, emotional maturity, enthusiasm, creativity, organizational skills, attention to detail, and a superior ability to multitask and focus
- Excellent written and oral communication skills are expected
- Bachelors degree in an athletic related field
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Assistant Director, Development Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for an assistant director, development. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for assistant director, development
- The Assistant Director of Development & Alumni Engagement will be an essential member of a robust and growing team by securing philanthropic support
- Assists the Executive Director of Resource Development with all aspects of fund raising and friend raising as needed to further the mission of the College
- Providing timely and accurate calculations and detailed analysis of values related to development of pricing models on a variety of accounting methodologies including statutory, tax and GAAP using principles based reserves
- Monitor, analyze, and report on overall results to internal and external constituencies as requested by Director
- Stay informed on current university development initiatives and activities
- Assist the Director in overseeing the budget for the Student and Young Alumni Development group, including tracking expenditures and reconciling monthly budget statements
- Ability to analyze information and situations and solve problems
- In liaison with the volunteer Events and Membership Committee and OOD donor services, plan and execute the annual Bing Fling! donor stewardship event including coordination and management of the timeline, budget, communications, vendor relations, seating, ticketing, staffing, and other logistics as required
- Implement and manage programs to involve targeted populations in fundraising and volunteer activities
- Serve as project manager of multiple activities, scope out project tasks/team assignments and guide team to create work plans and schedules, monitor progress, and meet milestones
Qualifications for assistant director, development
- MBA or other graduate degree highly desirable
- Ability to establish and maintain alumni and donor relations
- Ability to solicit donors
- Ability to work effectively with academic and administrative leaders alumni and donors to achieve fundraising goals
- Ability to handle sensitive information discretely and maintain confidentiality
- Ability to take a proactive approach
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Our company is looking for an assistant director, development. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for assistant director, development
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver career and internship workshops and events in all areas of career development, including video casts, webinars, podcasts, panel discussions
- Contribute to the development of online content, and video and print media and resources
- Train and supervise junior event planners in proper execution and implementation of events
- Operational knowledge of technology, computer programs, and budgets
- Solicit multi-year leadership annual giving commitments
- Track prospect outreach and relationship building through each stage in ADVANCE database
- Work with prospects to develop and enhance the relationship to and connection with the hospital, ultimately leveraging that relationship to maximize philanthropic giving
- Additional program and liaison opportunities may include
- Oversees the Patron Program including renewals and acquisitions campaigns, ad hoc giving opportunities, and festival fundraising
- Responsible for a diverse portfolio of Patrons $5,000 and above to solicit renewals and upgrades and for cultivation
Qualifications for assistant director, development
- Experience with business applications of data analysis and using data to drive performance
- Successfully and consistently cultivating relationships and getting commitments for new programs and enrollments within Executive Education
- Making connections (over the phone, email, and in person) to establish a relationship
- Able to effectively and independently conduct competitor analysis & gain an in depth understanding of market dynamics including competitor UW initiatives, rate level analysis, forms analysis economic trends & emerging issues in the market
- Assist in the completion of all associated sales reporting including weekly inventory verification and updating management of individual inventory requests
- Along with the DMBD, convey sales and market related information to the center’s leasing representative