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Location: Bowling Green, KY Category: Staff Posted On: Mon Apr 29 2024 Job Description:

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of current, lapsed and prospective leadership annual giving donors. Cultivate relationships with these donors via email, phone, social media, video conferencing and texting

• Execute touchpoint cadences across portfolio to ensure consistent and relevant donor communication

• Identify and troubleshoot challenges to donors' on-line giving and engagement experience and work with appropriate colleagues to address

• Solicit donors to make new gifts, renew or upgrade. Promote philanthropic opportunities, such as university and college giving opportunities, crowdfunding projects, Day of Caring and alumni association membership

• Responsible for raising $250,000 - $500,000 annually

• Identify potential major gift prospects and collaborate and advance to colleagues, as appropriate

• Collaborate effectively with other members of the Philanthropy, Strategic Operations & Appeals, Alumni Engagement and Donor Engagement & Communications teams as part of a comprehensive multi-channel marketing program

• Maintain division core values (positive, accountable, resilient, feedback, professionalism)

• Develop and maintain broad knowledge and network of contacts across the university, such as admissions, athletics, colleges and programs, for additional information and relevant content to share with donors, as well as demonstrate the impact of their giving. Share upcoming opportunities to attend events, volunteer, participate in alumni association activities/services, or otherwise deepen their engagement with the university, to lead to financial support.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Essential for Success

• Use multiple cloud-based platforms simultaneously to gain information

• Create strong professional relationships across mediums, especially via video conferencing

• Provide excellent customer service

• Comfortably solicit donors

• Articulate a strong and compelling case for support

• Apply creative and entrepreneurial thinking, while applying sound judgment and conducting oneself with integrity

• Handle interpersonal relationships maturely, thoughtfully, and empathetically, including the ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds

• Handle confidential material responsibly and interact professionally with a wide spectrum of individuals

• Be fluent in the "menu" of engagement and philanthropic opportunities across the university (regional alumni events, on campus events, mentorship and volunteer opportunities, crowdfunding campaigns, fundraising priorities) to inform conversations and solicitations

• Prioritize effectively

Physical Work Requirements

• Continuous work at a computer with multiple monitors

• Constant contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)

• Exposure to moderate noise, i.e. work colleagues, business office with computers, phones, and printers

• Regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard

• Regular, predictable attendance is required; may require occasional weekend and evening work

• Regular requirement to work under strict deadlines

  Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree

  Additional Information:

Salary: $46,100 - $55,000

An increase in base salary will be considered at the end of each fiscal year.

Kentucky state law requires all public institutions of postsecondary education to conduct pre-employment criminal background checks to determine suitability for employment.

Western Kentucky University (WKU) is committed to a policy and practice of providing equal employment and educational opportunities to all individuals. In accordance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Revised 1992, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, no form of discrimination or harassment will be tolerated at WKU on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, age, uniformed services, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or physical or mental disability in admission to career and technical education programs and/or activities, or employment practices.

Persons with disabilities, who need reasonable accommodations to participate in the application and/or selection process, should notify the office of Institutional Equity. To request an accommodation, report a complaint, or ask questions regarding WKU's Discrimination and Harassment Policy (#0.2040), please contact Ms. Ena Demir, Executive Director/Title IX Coordinator via email at ena.demir@wku.edu or by phone at (270) 745-6867. Ms. Demir is also responsible for coordinating the University's response to complaints related to sex and gender harassment. Additional information regarding Title IX is accessible via WKU's https://www.wku.edu/titleix/ website.

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