Associate Director of Donor Relations (7547U), Haas School of Business - 49569 About Berkeley
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Departmental Overview
UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business offers a unique opportunity to champion new ideas, collaborate across boundaries, and continually learn in a workplace committed to increasing diversity and creating a welcoming environment for all. Our distinctive culture is captured within our four Defining Leadership Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. These principles distinguish Berkeley Haas as a unique environment, conducive to teamwork, collaboration, and career growth.
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The Development and Alumni Relations team at Berkeley Haas engages and cultivates alumni, parents, friends, corporations and foundations to advance the vision and mission of the school, inviting these key constituencies to provide volunteer leadership and make philanthropic investments in support of the school's students, faculty and programs. The Development team of major gift and annual gift officers cultivates prospective donors, both nationally and internationally, to inspire transformational gifts in support of Berkeley Haas and provides staff support for high-level volunteer groups, such as the Berkeley Haas Advisory Board. With 43,000 living alumni, the Alumni Relations team develops and builds greater awareness for career services, lifelong learning, and networking resources to support the engagement, learning, and connectedness of Berkeley Haas alumni.
The Haas School of Business embraces flexible working arrangements for its employees. Exact arrangements are determined in partnership with your supervisor to meet role responsibilities and department needs, and are subject to change.
The Associate Director of Donor Relations is responsible for implementing and managing a comprehensive and coordinated suite of programs to steward donors of the Haas School of Business. The Associate Director is a multi-tasker with strong project management skills; an experienced professional with excellent writing and advanced communication ability, and superior organizational skills.
The Associate Director is responsible for the creation and delivery of donor engagement and communications associated with Berkeley Haas' giving initiatives including outreach to donors to scholarships, fellowships, endowed chairs, campaign priorities, and members of donor societies. This role collaborates with Marketing and Communications and Information Strategy and Analytics and provides strategic oversight and content creation for the Berkeley Haas Annual Report and gift acknowledgements. They/He/She collaborates with gift officers and events staff to coordinate stewardship and acknowledgment of major donors to Haas fundraising priorities including capital projects, fellowships and scholarships. The Associate Director works with Haas faculty to facilitate and oversee two-way communication between donors to and holders of endowed faculty positions at Haas. These programs play an important part in the school's development activities, providing opportunities for donors to understand the impact of their giving and further their engagement with the school. The Associate Director prepares and delivers periodic communications to donor constituencies to recognize their generosity, report on their giving, and share the impact of their support. Working with gift officers, the Associate Director works on strategy, ongoing stewardship and cultivation of a select number of repeat donors. They/He/She oversees donor relations policies and coordinates with Central Campus and University Development and Alumni Relations in areas such as naming opportunities and donor recognition.
Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: 03/09/2023.
Responsibilities
Plans, schedules, and implements fundraising and donor relations projects and programs.
Drafts written materials such as acknowledgment letters, donor reports, communications regarding donor recognition programs, and website content. Designs, develops and implements donor communications, stewardship reports, and outreach activities associated with leadership level giving, planned giving, specific Haas campaigns and principal and major-gifts fundraising efforts. Ensures that all communications, stewardship reports, and outreach activities are recorded in the advancement database.
Provides analysis and information of complex results or activities, and makes recommendations to upper management for program changes or development of new programs as required.
Analyzes, summarizes and reviews data associated with management of lifelong, annual, and loyal giving recognition programs. Works with Information Strategy and Analytics to ensure proper operation of reporting associated with the management of these programs and associated communications; and resolution of issues that arise. Provides analysis of information and complex data reporting results in order to prepare recognition reporting and communications, which may include honor rolls. Develops and institutes appropriate protocols, metrics, and evaluations;
Designs, organizes, and implements donor relations events and has direct interaction with alumni and other donors. Serves as the program lead on donor relations events.
Develops strategies within existing policy guidelines. Participates in short- and long- range strategic planning. Creates marketing programs to key donor populations including planned giving donors, donors to scholarships, endowed chairs, key fundraising initiatives, and members of donor societies. Develops and implements new strategies to enhance awareness of and foster constituent relationships with the school. Serves as liaison to other units in the school and to campus meetings. Oversees compliance with donor stewardship policies, including naming opportunities and donor recognition. Ensures good record-keeping, regular reporting, compliance with school and University policy guidelines.
Ensures that predetermined fundraising goals are met. General expectation for this level is $250,000-$500,000 annual fundraising goal.
Identifies, cultivates, solicits and/or stewards donors.
Identifies donors whose engagement requires input from gift officers and works with those officers to personalize that engagement. Provides donor relations support to complement and advance the activities of the gift officers and others.
Assists in detailed planning of fund development and annual solicitation programs.
Manages stewardship calendar and activities for the Haas Leadership Society.
Coordinates and oversees the work of support staff and/or other professionals.
Oversees gift acknowledgment with University Development and Alumni Relations and provides content and strategic direction for the Haas Annual Report.
Professional Learning and Growth
Embraces the principle of being a "student always" by engaging in opportunities for training, workshops, seminars, continuing education pertinent to the position, or at the suggestion of the supervisor. Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the unit and at Haas. Engages in ongoing education to promote diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging by completing University sponsored certifications & training sessions (Ie: MEP Workshop, Implicit Bias Certification, LinkedIn Learning workshops, and other workshops & seminars offered by the University or Haas, as they are made available) or by engaging in external seminars & resources related to DEIB. Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself.
Required Qualifications
Thorough working knowledge of the principles, procedures, and techniques of fundraising and donor relations. Proven project management, design, and marketing skills. Exceptional communication and writing skills. Strong organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills, including skills in creative and effective decision-making and problem identification/avoidance/resolution, and project management skills. Strong knowledge of donor relations and fundraising laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc. Strong written and interpersonal communication skills to establish and maintain good working relationships throughout the organization and with outside constituencies. Strong skills in maintaining confidentiality. Thorough working knowledge of and/or can quickly learn the campus, its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements and infrastructure or a willingness to learn. Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating a desire to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to establish and maintain positive & professional working relationships with colleagues, students, team members, and with outside constituencies. Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself. Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in a business, organization or public university setting.
Education/Training:
Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
Salary & Benefits
This is a 100% time (40-hrs a week), monthly paid, exempt career position.
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.
Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.
The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $99,650.00 to $122,000.00.