What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director, Advancement Services position at Simmons University?
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ABOUT SIMMONS
Located in Boston’s historic Fenway area, Simmons University has a strong tradition of empowering women and challenging traditional gender roles. Simmons was founded for equality 125 years ago as one of the first higher education institutions dedicated to helping women become leaders. Today, our university continues to grow and evolve and now offers Boston’s only women’s undergraduate program and graduate programs open to all.
You’re joining our community at an especially exciting time as we continue to innovate for the future. Simmons recently launched a six-school academic structure that leverages our expert faculty and longstanding expertise in professions that make our communities stronger. In addition, we continue to highlight our high-value education proposition that is delivering greater ROI to students and putting them on the fast track to career growth and success. You’ll find that people who work here truly believe in our mission of preparing students to become social justice-oriented leaders who excel in their professions and their communities. This commitment and pride make for a dynamic workplace.
As a university that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, Simmons encourages applications from all under-represented groups. Simmons is committed to creating, developing, promoting, and enhancing inclusive hiring practices–at all levels, for all positions–ensuring diverse talent pools and the delivery of a consistent positive candidate experience. Simmons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to continuing to develop a more diverse faculty, staff, student body, and curriculum.
JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Director, Advancement Services is responsible for leading an Advancement Services team including oversight of gift processing and receipting, database management and administration, mail file and data request fulfillment, operations, and compliance. This position reports to the Vice President of Advancement and participates in the Advancement Leadership team. The Senior Director, Advancement Services provides strategy and overall direction for Advancement Services in support of Simmons University’s comprehensive fundraising program, including events and alumnae / i relations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Manage and mentor Advancement Services team members to provide best in class support for Simmons comprehensive fundraising program. This includes overseeing work, coaching, goal setting, establishing and measuring benchmarks, addressing issues and concerns, and completing the annual staff review process.
- Oversee the gift processing function, ensuring that gifts, grants, and pledges are entered into the Blackbaud CRM and receipted in accordance with Simmons guidelines and federal tax requirements.
- Oversee the policies and processes for maintaining data integrity, compliance, security, and privacy for alumnae / i, donor, and gift information.
- Working with colleagues from across the Advancement Division, oversee all imports and exports of data from online and event donations.
- Work collaboratively with the Simmons IT organization to ensure alignment between university databases, and facilitate data integrity and sharing for key institutional constituencies.
- Manage the processes to ensure successful daily GL close and annual reconciliation for the 990 tax filings. As needed, oversee the partnership with the Finance Department to complete a successful gift processing audit.
- Manage the policies and processes to ensure the successful creation and running of queries for direct mail and email programs, stewardship mailings, event invitations, and requested Advancement related reports.
- Partner with the Vice President of Advancement to prepare and manage the annual Advancement budget.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
WORK ENVIRONMENT & CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Instructions to Applicants
Please upload
all applicable application materials (e.g. resume / cv, cover letter, writing sample, teaching philosophy, etc.) in the Application Materials box on page 2 ("My Experience") of this application. Documents can be uploaded individually or as a combined document (e.g. PDF).
Simmons University is committed to inclusive excellence in all aspects of an individual’s community experience. As a university committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Simmons encourages applications from all under-represented groups. Simmons is committed to creating, developing, promoting, and enhancing inclusive hiring practices–at all levels, for all positions–ensuring diverse talent pools and the delivery of a consistent positive candidate experience. Simmons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to continuing to develop a more diverse faculty, staff, student body, and curriculum.
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