ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Saint Vincent College is an educational community rooted in the tradition of the Catholic faith, the heritage of Benedictine monasticism, and the love of values inherent in the liberal approach to life and learning. Our mission is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate education for men and women to enable them to integrate their professional aims with the broader purposes of human life. The programs, activities, and encounters that make up student life at Saint Vincent College encourages the intellectual gifts, professional aptitudes and personal aspirations of students to mature harmoniously.

POSITION: Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship

LOCATION: Saint Vincent College

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME: Full-Time

SHIFT: -not applicable-

EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT: Exempt

Position Title: Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship

Reports to: Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Relations

Supervises: none

Primary function: The Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship designs and implements a robust donor stewardship program, including the crafting of gift acknowledgements; designing and writing customized donor stewardship pieces; designing and writing case statements and gift proposals; planning high impact donor stewardship events; and managing donor-funded scholarship tracking and reporting.

Required Qualifications: 1-3 years in higher education development, non-profit or donor/customer relations; strong communication and writing skills.

Education: Bachelor's Degree, preferably in English, Communications, or related field

Experience:

Essential duties:

Create and implement donor recognition and stewardship processes for major donor giving societies (Heritage and Guardian, e.g.)
Track and systematize all donor funded scholarships, ensuring that scholarship agreements comply with College guidelines and that all relevant offices are informed of new scholarships and the status of existing ones.
Organize and retain reports from financial aid and business office, including scholarship endowed fund values; spending account balances; and annual scholarship award details.
Create and send comprehensive annual scholarship reports to founding donors.
Ensure that gift acknowledgement letters are updated regularly, processed accurately and timely, and signed by the appropriate signatory.
Oversee the crafting and design of campaign case statements and specific case statements for campaign components.
Work with gift officers and administration to prepare donor-specific case statements and proposals as needed.
Work with gift officers and administration to provide custom stewardship pieces upon request, demonstrating the compelling impact that donors have on the College through their gifts.
Plan and implement stewardship events as developed by the department, such as Heritage society thank-you event; scholarship reception, etc.
Assist relationship managers with crafting gift and pledge agreements for large or complex gifts.
Create an annual donor impact report and donor honor roll.

All positions require the incumbent to be able to fully embrace the unique mission and identity of the College as a Catholic, Benedictine liberal arts and sciences institution. All are welcome at Saint Vincent College and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. Saint Vincent College is an equal opportunity employer.

PLEASE NOTE: Background checks will be performed on all new hires. Employment is conditional upon satisfactory background checks and clearances.

This description is not intended to be all-inclusive. It is provided as a general statement of the nature and duties of the position. The incumbent may be asked to perform other assignments of a similar nature, or related to the effective operation of the department, or as a developmental experience, as assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

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