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SALARY GRADE:
12-40
HIRING MINIMUM: Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
POSTING DATE: 03/06/2009
This position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act
TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND RESUME / CV TO:
Robert Wolfenden
Asst VP, Alumni Relations
Alumni Association
27 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem, PA 18015
rww3@lehigh.edu
Internal Application
External Application
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| Director, Lehigh Fund, Development Office |
| Department / Position Website - http://www3.lehigh.edu/alumni/ |
| Job Family - Development/Fund Raising |
| Job Function - Direct the Lehigh Fund by providing strategy, leadership and innovation to the university's annual giving program. Double annual giving within the next 10 years from its current level of $12M and position Lehigh to be among the top 10 universities in alumni giving percentage. Manage programmatic activities related to prospecting, visiting, cultivating and soliciting past, current and future donors. The Director will oversee all aspects of the Lehigh's annual giving program including: class and reunion giving; mass marketing; student philanthropy and faculty/staff campaigns. Additionally, the Director will: maintain a portfolio of key donors and donor prospects; oversee a team of 10+ gift officers and nonexempt staff members, 50 student callers; and a program budget. He/she will work with the Leadership (Major) Gift Officers on prospect discovery; the alumni association on engagement strategies and be a member of the Management Team as a senior advisor for Advancement policy. |
ACCOUNTABILITIES
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Develop, implement and manage overall strategy for increasing Lehigh Fund alumni participation goals and both restricted and unrestricted giving |
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Provide strategic and tactical oversight for all phone-a-thon and Lehigh Liners (student calling) programs to include: operations; calling pool segmentation, script development, and caller recruiting and training
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Identify new prospects at all gift levels |
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Bring new ideas, creativity and an educational process to student and alumni donor programs
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Coordinate, reorganize and implement a new volunteer structure to manage and steward volunteers for both reunion and class giving; develop and implement a volunteer recognition program
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Manage departmental employment process including position evaluation, salary determination, hiring and evaluating performance
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Serve as a liaison between the Advancement Office and the Department of Athletics to ensure athletic fund raising needs are known and funded |
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Plan and oversee special annual campaigns such as Faculty/Staff scholarship, Challenge scholarship, parents, fraternities and sororities |
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Plan, implement and manage a direct marketing strategy that includes all areas of media production and technology for multiple decades and alumni groups |
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Advise the Management Team on all matters that impact annual giving
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QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Management, Business Administration or Humanities or related fields preferred. Individual experience will also be taken into account.
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Five to eight years related work experience |
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Supervisory experience preferred |
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Ability to complete projects on time and on budget, and report on status and progress |
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Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills |
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Solid analytical, decision making and problem solving skills |
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Excellent computer skills with experience using word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software |
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Familiarity with SunGard SCT Banner and Ruffalo CODY's Campus CALL software a plus
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Successful completion of standard background checks: social security verification, education verification, and national criminal background checks
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SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
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Special considerations, if applicable for this position, would be noted on a bulleted list below.
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This position requires moderate to extensive travel (average of 10 visits to alumni/month) and work from remote sites
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This position requires occasional evening, holiday or weekend hours as needed |
Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Lehigh University provides comprehensive benefits including partner benefits.
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