Overview
Secure leadership-level annual gifts, and drive donor growth through The Fund for Providence College (FFPC), with primary responsibility for assigned class-year cohorts, including current reunion, reunion +1, and reunion -1 classes. Develop and execute personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies that increase leadership annual giving support, strengthen donor loyalty, and advance class-based fundraising goals. Contribute to the overall goals of The Fund for Providence College and the Advancement Team by building a strong pipeline of leadership annual giving donors and qualifying prospects for major gift potential.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Grow leadership level philanthropy and build a pipeline of leadership annual giving relationships within those cohorts. Leadership giving potential with a focus on raising dollars and donors through FFPC. This includes developing and maintaining relationships with key leadership gift (and prospective leadership gift) constituents as assigned and proactively identifying and engaging new prospects. Ensure effective qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of constituents to drive increased FFPC support. Increase levels of annual and long-term engagement and giving guided by specific fundraising metrics. (45%)
- Execute personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies through a combination of phone, email, digital, virtual, and in-person outreach designed to increase leadership annual giving support. Build and manage relationships to secure leadership annual gifts, strengthen donor loyalty, and advance class-based fundraising goals. Effectively utilize CRM for all aspects of portfolio management including tracking of all contacts, visits, and solicitations with comprehensive contacts and activity reports. (45%)
- Work to maximize fundraising productivity; provide staff support and develop productive working relationships with staff, faculty, deans, administrators, and key volunteers. Partner with Advancement colleagues, including Alumni Relations and Research & Pipeline Development, to leverage engagement insights, volunteer activity, giving trends, geographic analysis, constituent interests, and prospect intelligence to inform class-based fundraising strategies. (10%)
MARGINAL DUTIES:
- Perform all other duties as may be required.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution required.
- Three to five years’ experience in advancement, volunteer management, alumni engagement, annual giving, higher education fundraising, project coordinator or a related professional environment.
- Basic experience or a curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies in CRM systems.
- Intermediate level knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, Zoom/Teams.
- Willingness/ability to travel and work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to solicit/steward annual fund contributions.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and competing deadlines.
- Comfortable using data and reports.
- Cold calling experience preferred.
- Experience in higher education preferred.
- Experience in personal one-on-one solicitation fundraising preferred.
Supplemental Information
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Sitting in a normal seated position for extended periods of time
- Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction
- Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard
- Communication skills using the spoken word
- Ability to see within normal parameters
- Ability to hear within normal range
- Ability to move about
DISCLAIMER: This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.
Providence College offers a comprehensive range of valuable benefits to eligible employees, which are designed to:
- Promote the health and well-being of you and your family
- Provide financial security while you are working
- Build financial resources for retirement
- Help you balance personal and work responsibilities
- Provide educational opportunities for you and your family
These benefits include but are not limited to health, dental, 403b retirement plan, flexible benefits plan, tuition benefits, employee assistance plan, college paid basic life insurance and long-term disability insurance, and paid time off. To learn more, please visit our Employee Benefits website by clicking the following link: https://human-resources.providence.edu/benefits/
