What are the responsibilities and job description for the Stewardship and Donor Engagement Specialist position at Boston College?
Boston College Introduction
Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.
Job Description
As we embark on Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to join our community. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.
Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are. We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.
See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!
The Stewardship & Donor Engagement Specialist reports to the Sr. Assoc. Director, Stewardship & Donor Engagement, Recognition and is responsible for providing administrative support to Stewardship & Donor Engagement. They will work collaboratively with the Sr. Assoc. Director to effectively manage the processes associated with the principal and major gift recognition initiatives and the processes associated with the production of special projects, recognition events, briefings, and activities related to university donors.
This position supports a comprehensive recognition and events program for the university donor base, and work includes researching and tracking previous cultivation, acknowledgment, and engagement activities related to donors currently in a stewardship cycle and assisting with the best strategies for effective stewardship of donors through recognition, benefit fulfillment, engagement, and donor events.
The candidate should have strong project management skills and follow through necessary to develop stewardship plans, manage timelines, monitor priorities, and progress against goals. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and perform multiple duties with minimal supervision, with a high degree of accuracy, keen attention to detail, and follow-through under tight deadlines—capacity to work in a fast-paced environment involving high-level stakeholders; ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated, resourceful, strategic, and highly engaged in working collaboratively with a team. The candidate anticipates opportunities and possesses a high level of follow-through on opportunities and projects. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and oral communication and technical skills are essential. The candidate should exhibit discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential donor and student information and be dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education. Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite and Google platform, and an understanding of Adobe Suite and InDesign software. Familiarity with project management tools and CRMs such as Mythos, Blackbaud or other fundraising databases is preferred. Adherence to Boston College rules and regulations is required.
Must be a team player committed to their success and that of the team, resourceful and dedicated to advancing higher education, have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the values of Boston College. Bring exceptional writing skills, comfort developing cogent content from scratch, and initiative to work independently in novel, diverse subject matter areas is critical. The subject matter will focus on needs that span the University’s schools, programs, and institutional priorities. A desire to build a career in advancement is a plus. May require occasional nights and/or weekend work.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The salary range for this position is listed below with the final salary based on various factors, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and internal equity considerations.
Salary range: $48,700 - $60,850
Requirements
This position requires 3-5 years of increasingly responsible administrative experience in a professional setting; strong interpersonal and organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy; excellent oral and written communications skills including effective phone communication skills; accurate typing skills; a working knowledge of Google Suite and Windows PC, including Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Customer Relationship Management databases; exceptional proofreading; strong attention to detail; a commitment to accuracy; and very adept at handling multiple tasks and working well within deadlines. Also requires good judgment, discretion in handling confidential materials, ability to work independently without close supervision, and flexibility to work beyond the regular hours of the workday when necessary. Candidate must possess solid knowledge of grammar and punctuation. Familiarity with a higher education setting or a fundraising office is preferred.
Requires a high school diploma, bachelor’s degree preferred. Candidates should be highly motivated to work in a fast-paced environment that will require some night and evening work.
Must be a team player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education and have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals and values of Boston College.
The office of University Advancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build diverse teams reflecting our community; students, alumni, parents and friends of Boston College.
Closing Statement
Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity.
Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.
Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.
Job Description
As we embark on Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to join our community. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.
Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are. We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.
See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!
The Stewardship & Donor Engagement Specialist reports to the Sr. Assoc. Director, Stewardship & Donor Engagement, Recognition and is responsible for providing administrative support to Stewardship & Donor Engagement. They will work collaboratively with the Sr. Assoc. Director to effectively manage the processes associated with the principal and major gift recognition initiatives and the processes associated with the production of special projects, recognition events, briefings, and activities related to university donors.
This position supports a comprehensive recognition and events program for the university donor base, and work includes researching and tracking previous cultivation, acknowledgment, and engagement activities related to donors currently in a stewardship cycle and assisting with the best strategies for effective stewardship of donors through recognition, benefit fulfillment, engagement, and donor events.
The candidate should have strong project management skills and follow through necessary to develop stewardship plans, manage timelines, monitor priorities, and progress against goals. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and perform multiple duties with minimal supervision, with a high degree of accuracy, keen attention to detail, and follow-through under tight deadlines—capacity to work in a fast-paced environment involving high-level stakeholders; ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated, resourceful, strategic, and highly engaged in working collaboratively with a team. The candidate anticipates opportunities and possesses a high level of follow-through on opportunities and projects. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and oral communication and technical skills are essential. The candidate should exhibit discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential donor and student information and be dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education. Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite and Google platform, and an understanding of Adobe Suite and InDesign software. Familiarity with project management tools and CRMs such as Mythos, Blackbaud or other fundraising databases is preferred. Adherence to Boston College rules and regulations is required.
Must be a team player committed to their success and that of the team, resourceful and dedicated to advancing higher education, have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the values of Boston College. Bring exceptional writing skills, comfort developing cogent content from scratch, and initiative to work independently in novel, diverse subject matter areas is critical. The subject matter will focus on needs that span the University’s schools, programs, and institutional priorities. A desire to build a career in advancement is a plus. May require occasional nights and/or weekend work.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The salary range for this position is listed below with the final salary based on various factors, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and internal equity considerations.
Salary range: $48,700 - $60,850
Requirements
This position requires 3-5 years of increasingly responsible administrative experience in a professional setting; strong interpersonal and organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy; excellent oral and written communications skills including effective phone communication skills; accurate typing skills; a working knowledge of Google Suite and Windows PC, including Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Customer Relationship Management databases; exceptional proofreading; strong attention to detail; a commitment to accuracy; and very adept at handling multiple tasks and working well within deadlines. Also requires good judgment, discretion in handling confidential materials, ability to work independently without close supervision, and flexibility to work beyond the regular hours of the workday when necessary. Candidate must possess solid knowledge of grammar and punctuation. Familiarity with a higher education setting or a fundraising office is preferred.
Requires a high school diploma, bachelor’s degree preferred. Candidates should be highly motivated to work in a fast-paced environment that will require some night and evening work.
Must be a team player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education and have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals and values of Boston College.
The office of University Advancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build diverse teams reflecting our community; students, alumni, parents and friends of Boston College.
Closing Statement
Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
- Tuition remission for Employees
- Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
- Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Low-Cost Life Insurance
- Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
- Paid Holidays Annually
- Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
- Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook
Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity.
Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.
Salary : $48,700 - $60,850
