Assistant Director of Class Giving

Providence College•Providence College, RI

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About The Position

The Assistant Director of Class Giving secures leadership-level annual gifts and drives donor growth through The Fund for Providence College (FFPC), with primary responsibility for assigned class-year cohorts, including current reunion, reunion +1, and reunion -1 classes. The role develops and executes personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies to increase leadership annual giving, strengthen donor loyalty, and advance class-based fundraising goals. It contributes to FFPC and Advancement Team goals by building a pipeline of leadership annual giving donors and qualifying prospects for major gift potential. The position manages relationships with donors and prospective donors, uses CRM tools to track portfolio activity, and collaborates with Advancement colleagues and College stakeholders to inform fundraising strategies. The role also supports fundraising productivity and may require travel and flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Three to five years of experience in advancement, volunteer management, alumni engagement, annual giving, higher education fundraising, project coordination, or a related professional environment.
Basic CRM experience or curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies in CRM systems.
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, and Zoom/Teams.
Willingness and ability to travel and work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong organizational and project management skills.
Ability to solicit and steward annual fund contributions.
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple responsibilities and competing deadlines.
Comfort using data and reports.

Nice To Haves

Cold calling experience.
Experience in higher education.
Experience in personal, one-on-one solicitation fundraising.

Responsibilities

Grow leadership-level philanthropy and build a pipeline of leadership annual giving relationships within assigned class cohorts.
Develop and maintain relationships with leadership gift constituents and prospective leadership gift donors, and proactively identify and engage new prospects.
Qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward constituents to increase support for The Fund for Providence College.
Increase annual and long-term engagement and giving in accordance with specific fundraising metrics.
Execute personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship through phone, email, digital, virtual, and in-person outreach.
Build and manage relationships to secure leadership annual gifts, strengthen donor loyalty, and advance class-based fundraising goals.
Use CRM systems for portfolio management, including tracking contacts, visits, and solicitations and preparing comprehensive contact and activity reports.
Maximize fundraising productivity and provide staff support while developing productive working relationships with staff, faculty, deans, administrators, and key volunteers.
Partner with Advancement colleagues, including Alumni Relations and Research & Pipeline Development, using engagement insights, volunteer activity, giving trends, geographic analysis, constituent interests, and prospect intelligence to inform class-based fundraising strategies.
Perform other duties as required.