This position serves as the annual giving liaison for 3-4 assigned schools, colleges, and units and is responsible for developing and executing unit-specific and central annual giving strategies, providing regular reporting on key performance metrics, and ensuring best practices are utilized in all annual giving initiatives. This position also plans and executes large-scale, central digital and email campaigns annually and assists with special campaigns throughout the year that focus on increasing UGA’s alumni participation rate. This position is also responsible for managing the annual giving recurring giving program including strategy development, branding, and creatives, reporting and analytics, and future state recommendations.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of 3-5 school, college, and unit annual giving partnerships.
• Plan and implement multi-channel annual giving strategies for assigned schools, colleges, and unit, including direct mail, email, digital, phone, texting, etc.
• Coordinate special giving campaigns for assigned schools, colleges, and units.
• Advise school, college, and unit development staff on annual giving best practices and coordinate school, college, and unit involvement with central annual giving initiatives.
• Analyze key performance metrics for annual and special giving campaigns and provide reports to school, college, and unit liaisons.
• Plan and implement centrally driven annual giving digital and email campaigns.
• Plan and execute large-scale central annual giving digital and email projects, including partnering with the division’s communications department (DARCOMM) to create design and messaging, with the central annual giving team to coordinate with schools, colleges, and units, with advancement services to create proper queries and selections, with donor relations and stewardship to create a stewardship plan for donors, and with vendors to execute the project as needed.
• Analyze and provide reporting on the performance of each digital and email project.
• Develop and implement a monthly recurring giving program.
• Coordinate monthly recurring giving program targeting alumni and parents, with a special emphasis on young alumni.
• Collaborate with the central annual giving team to coordinate with schools, colleges, and units, with advancement services to maintain a website and reporting tools, with gift accounting to create gift processing procedures and with donor relations and stewardship to create a stewardship and engagement plan for donors.
• Analyze and provide reporting on the performance of the program.
• Respond to donor questions and concerns from phone, email, and direct mail efforts.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies:

• Self-starter, takes initiative, and can work independently as well as in a team environment
• Exemplary communications skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to analyze and synthesize information, set priorities, and meet deadlines
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrates a commitment to outstanding customer service
• Advanced computer skills in comparing data and logic
• New media proficiencies
• Knowledgeable of Word, Excel, database management, and email skills
• Communicates and employs interpersonal actions that model high standards of professional, responsible, accountable, and ethical conduct

Additional Division Expectations:

• Through open, honest, and respectful communication, all staff, supervisors, and colleagues of the Division of Development & Alumni Relations are expected to interact with fairness, compassion, and decency. All employees will be held accountable for meeting the expectation of promoting a stable, productive, and healthy work environment.
• Adherence to CASE standards and commonly accepted industry standards relating to fundraising reporting are expected of all fundraisers. All fundraisers will be held accountable for meeting this expectation.

Physical Demands:

• Work in a standard office environment
• Travel in and out of state, if necessary
• Work nights and weekends as necessary
• Work using electronic mail, telephone, face-to-face discussions, paper form correspondence
• Communicate effectively in writing, speaking, and listening
• Organize and establish priorities; Remember detail; multi-task
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
• Walk, stand, stoop, lift, kneel, climb

Minimum Qualifications”
Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications:
Two years or more experience in higher education fundraising or related field

Schedule Information:
8:00am–5:00pm; Must be willing and able to work evenings and weekends as necessary

Advertised Salary: $59,280+ commensurate with qualifications and experience