Associate Director, Stewardship

Reporting to the Senior Director, Special Projects, working in concert with the central stewardship team of Rutgers University Foundation (RUF), the Associate Director is responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining a strategic stewardship program that will meet the unique stewardship needs of Rutgers-New Brunswick Development and will enhance the unit’s communication with and cultivation of its donors.

Essential Functions

• Manage a permanent stewardship pool
• Manage the tracking of and reporting on New Brunswick (NB) strategic initiatives 
• Work with the central stewardship office to help track and report on NB endowed positions
• Identify and secure unique gift items for the Chancellor and Foundation to present to high profile and corporate/foundation visitors and select NB Principal Gift Prospects and Major Gift donors
• Execute a stewardship plan for the Chancellor
• Create custom donor reports/gifts for select donors
• Provide support for curated engagement experiences, including organizing corporate and foundation visits and select NB donor campus visits
• Identify and track key milestones for NB donors and push those out to Directors of Development (Reunions, Lifetime Giving, etc.)
• Organize select NB special events
• Gather NB data for donor impact reports produced by the central stewardship office
• Coordinate NB’s acknowledgment process with central stewardship office
• Share best practices for scholarship awards and how to organize them
• Serve as the liaison for the NB development team to the central stewardship office, providing content and information to ensure NB is well-represented in central stewardship and communications.
• Other duties as assigned

Competency Aptitudes

Leadership

• Own complex projects with senior leadership support (leadership coaches and removes roadblocks)
• Set clear direction for a project
• Provide feedback, develop staff, and colleagues
• Set clear direction for a project or sub-team of colleagues; provide feedback and develop staff

Autonomy

• Establish and manage set guidelines/timeline for department/project/program
• Perform project analysis; devise and implement process improvements to optimize outcomes

Complexity

• Initiate projects, strategies and innovations within the organization
• Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of department/project/program
• Ability to devise strategies and execute on increasingly complex projects (interdisciplinary initiatives)

Strategy

• Manage operational components for department
• Develop and submit budgets and other collateral materials as needed to advance a university initiative

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree and/or 4 years of professional experience in fundraising, alumni relations, non-profit organizations, event planning, higher education, or related fields.

Working Conditions

This position requires clarity of focus while juggling complex projects or deadlines with little physical effort. Will work evenings, weekends, or odd hours to meet resource-raising commitments. Typical working conditions with an absence of disagreeable elements. This position requires some early mornings and late evenings to accommodate meetings, travel, events, and external constituents’ schedules.

Workplace Arrangements

This is classified as an office-centric hybrid position. Colleagues working under an office-centric hybrid arrangement have a primary workstation in a university or foundation location and are in the office between one and five days a week. The frequency with which they are present in the office depends on their role and function and the interdependency of other functions.

Compensation and Benefits
The position is budgeted for an annual salary of $80,000. In addition to salary, Rutgers University Foundation offers: 

• Office-centric hybrid work schedule
• Comprehensive medical
• Comprehensive no cost dental, and no cost vision insurance for employee and dependents
• 403(b) plan with matching employer contribution
• Accrual of three weeks of annual vacation time, in addition to five wellness days and fifteen sick days per year
• Nine holidays, as well as four floating holidays
• Significant tuition reductions
• Professional development is highly valued at the Rutgers University Foundation, where employees are encouraged to look across the organization to develop new skills and abilities for professional career progression.
• $40 monthly cell phone reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity 

It is Foundation policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants. The Foundation prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and/or local laws. Equal employment opportunity applies to hiring, placement, transfer, promotion, demotion, recruitment, advertising or solicitation for employment, treatment during employment, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, layoff, or termination.