Job Number: R0005389
The Assistant Director of Development will assist Development leadership in executing various fundraising initiatives, events and campaigns. They will focus on communicating the value of giving and the importance of maintaining/growing donor relationships. The AD has significant responsibilities including but not limited to acknowledgment, engagement, and communications to steward, cultivate, and upgrade donors.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
1. Support the planning and coordination of all Alumni Engagement programming including, but not limited to Homecoming Weekend, CFAW, Convocation, home and away football tailgates, etc.
2. Serve as the Office of Alumni Engagement contact for LU Day of Giving.
3. Support OAE by developing process to track effectiveness of all aspects of alumni engagement.
4. Serve as liaison to campus and external peers.
5. In coordination with the Director of Alumni Engagement, identify and implement strategic alumni engagement programs that will create pathways for lifelong relationships.
6. In coordination with Office of Alumni Engagement colleagues, work with various departments and schools to enhance cross-campus collaboration.
7. Handling of logistics for on campus alumni events.
8. In coordination with the Center for Donor Engagement, manage the fulfillment of Alumni ID cards
9. Other duties assigned.
Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree required.
2. One year of related experience that includes a highly visible, service-focused environment.
3. Event Planning and Management Leadership Skills.
4. Self-Motivator and Organizational Skills.
5. Proficiency in computers, including Microsoft Office and database experience.
6. Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively.
7. Ability to articulate and defend the unique Christian educational mission and vision of Liberty University and its subsidiaries to a wide variety of individuals and groups.
8. Strong ability to establish priorities and manage multiple demands and assignments.
9. Attention to detail and exceptional volunteer management skills.
10. Individual must not be in default on any federal student or parent loan.
11. Individual must not be convicted of, or have pled nolo contendere or guilty to, a crime involving the acquisition, use, or expenditure of federal, state, or local government funds, -or- be administratively or judicially determined to have committed fraud or any other material violation of law involving federal, state, or local government funds (CFR 668.14(b)(18)(i)).
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Master's degree.
2. Ability to speak a foreign language, such as Spanish or American Sign Language.
Target Hire Date
2025-02-17
Time Type
Full time
Location
Lynchburg - In Office
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.
