What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Annual Giving position at University of Arkansas?
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University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is a dynamic, mid-sized public university that’s redefining higher education. We’re on a mission to provide transformative, hands-on learning experiences for students of all backgrounds and aspirations. Our multi-faceted approach to education offers a wealth of opportunities, with over 70 academic programs, including certificates, associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees. We’re committed to building a diverse community that mirrors Arkansas’s rich tapestry, reflecting our dedication to serving the state’s varied population while enhancing the quality of our institution.
As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life, and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10 percent of employee salary.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Required Education and/or Work Experience: Minimum qualifications include bachelor’s degree and/or a minimum of three (3) years of experience in nonprofit, higher education, fundraising, sales, marketing, communications, or relationship management.
Preferred Education and/or Work Experience: Preferred qualifications include previous fundraising, fundraising campaign strategy, or marketing and communication strategy.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
To perform the job successfully, the following competencies are required for the essential functions of this position:
- Strong planning and organizational abilities, including prioritization and time management.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong goal-oriented project management skills.
- Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Proficiency in computer systems and donor database management (e.g., Raiser’s Edge).
- Problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner.
- High attention to detail with a commitment to quality and accuracy.
- Adaptability to manage changing priorities, unexpected events, and competing demands.
- Strong commitment to confidentiality and professionalism.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Annual Giving Program Management
- Administer and oversee the annual giving program, including overall strategy and appeals.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive solicitation calendar in alignment with the overall communication strategy for university advancement.
- Collaborate with university partners—including marketing, communications, alumni, and finance teams—to execute appeals and fundraising initiatives.
- Research and adopt best practices, benchmarking, and aspire-to-programs to enhance annual giving efforts.
Donor Cultivation and Portfolio Management
- Analyze donor data and pipeline reports to guide donor engagement strategies and assess potential prospects.
- Support university advancement by developing strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward leadership annual giving donors.
- Engage prospects through emails, meetings, telephone calls, and personalized outreach.
- Depending on experience, may manage a portfolio of donor prospects from identification through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
Collaboration and Communication
- Partner with the UAFS marketing and communications team to set annual communications and solicitation strategy for annual giving which may include: solicitation materials for all annual appeals, direct mail, email, and digital campaigns.
- Work closely with the UAFS Alumni Department to align and support annual giving efforts through alumni engagement emails.
- Track and report on fundraising progress, evaluating the effectiveness of strategies and campaigns.
Reporting & Evaluation
- Establish and monitor performance metrics to achieve annual giving goals.
- Prepare analyses and recommendations to refine and improve annual giving efforts.
Stewardship
- Work with the stewardship team to recognize and celebrate annual giving donors.
- Ensure donors are retained and engaged through thoughtful stewardship plans.
- Lead activities related to the tracking and acknowledgment of leadership giving society donors.
- Develop a process for reviewing and moving high-level annual giving donors to a major gift officer
Other Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing relationships with and between faculty and alumni, friends, and corporate and foundation leaders that result in effective partnering and increased philanthropic funding for the university
- Attend University and Foundation events in an effort to continuously identify new prospects and cultivate relationships of current donors
- Maintain accurate donor records through timely contact reports
- Provide support to staff and campus on special projects
- Other duties as assigned
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Working Relationships: This position will interact regularly with other advancement/foundation staff, other UAFS staff, UAFS students and varying degrees of external constituents to the university. This could include organizations, volunteers, donors, alumni and board members.
List Employees Supervised: N/A
Special Job Dimensions: Work performed primarily in an office/classroom setting. Occasional travel and extended hours required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly exhibits digital dexterity when entering data into computer. Required abilities include walking, standing, and sitting for extended periods. Visual demands include close, relatively detailed vision when focusing on a computer screen. Employee regularly talks and hears. Employee occasionally lifts items up to 10 pounds.
Background Check Requirements. Criminal background check, MVR.
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All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site
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Pre-employment Screening Requirements:
This position may be subject to a pre-employment criminal background check, sex offender registry check, financial history background check, and/or drug screening. A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication and/or adverse financial history alone shall not disqualify an applicant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background checks and drug screening information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution. The University does not discriminate in its education programs or activities (including in admission and employment) on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity). Federal law prohibits the University from discriminating on these bases. Questions or concerns about the application of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, may be sent to the University's Title IX Coordinator and to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.
All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
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Salary : $55,000
