Development Coordinator

Brown University•Searchlight, NV

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Development Coordinator provides comprehensive fundraising and high-level administrative support for the development efforts, including those administered on behalf of one or more strategic initiatives managed by one or two Academic Initiatives Director(s) of Development. In addition, the Coordinator may be responsible for one or more of the following higher-level roles: 1) managing annual Director’s/Chair’s Fund efforts for two+ academic units, serving as the primary liaison to the assigned academic units to execute these campaigns and serving as the expert within Advancement for managing similar fundraising and/or 2) serving as liaison to one or more fundraising priority areas, handling all aspects of the role, including meeting regularly with the academic lead to develop and advance fundraising priorities; management of major gifts pipelines; providing updated talking points about programs and funding opportunities to fundraisers for donor cultivation and proposal development; managing selected special events involving relevant program directors; providing regular gift reports; managing an advisory council and/or maintaining a repository of updated proposals to advance these fundraising priorities. The Coordinator coordinates all aspects of cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship for the academic areas for which Director(s) of Development serve(s)as Advancement liaison. These responsibilities include: the management of major gifts pipelines; providing updated talking points about programs and funding opportunities to fundraisers for donor cultivation and proposal development; managing selected special events involving relevant program directors; providing regular gift reports; and maintaining a repository of updated proposals to advance these fundraising priorities. In collaboration with the donor stewardship team, the Coordinator will help ensure appropriate stewardship activities on behalf of the program directors. In collaboration with the Director(s) of Development, the Coordinator will help coordinate, as required, the President’s Advisory Councils or Boards of Governors for the professional schools with a focus on the Advancement-related aspects of their work. As the coordinator for Director’s/Chair’s Fund Campaigns, this position will serve as the primary point of contact in the Advancement office for initiating and managing the annual fundraising efforts for the assigned academic areas. They will work with the Advancement marketing, communications, and gift accounting teams, among others, to develop and launch these campaigns, conduct analysis of these new fundraising efforts to ensure a robust and growing pipeline of donors for these units, and modify fundraising strategies and approaches as needed. The position will serve as the primary liaison in the Advancement Division to the leadership within the assigned units to develop messaging and steward and cultivate donors, including alumni, parents, and the general public. They will collaborate with other fundraisers in Advancement to ensure coordination of these efforts with other fundraising efforts for these donors and work with academic partners in these units to execute appropriate donor-related stewardship. In this role, this position will also serve as a resource within Advancement on the management and execution of Director’s/Chair’s campaigns. As the liaison to one or more academic units, the Coordinator will serve as the primary point of contact in the Advancement office for the(se) unit’s fundraising efforts including annual and major gift fundraising, donor stewardship, and engagement of Advisory Council(s) as needed, particularly around its fundraising priorities. They will work with frontline fundraising colleagues to maintain a robust pipeline of donors for the(se) units, represent the Advancement Division at regular meetings of Advisory Council(s) as needed, work with departmental/unit staff and Advancement colleagues to execute fundraising campaigns, and work with the unit staff and the Stewardship team in Advancement to execute donor-related stewardship. This position will also provide advanced level administrative support for the Director(s) of Development. Using knowledge of donor interest and University priorities, this position will support donor engagement in coordination with the Director(s) of Development by drafting briefings and high-level correspondence/proposals, and reviewing and tracking stewardship. This position will handle the following tasks, which include but are not limited to: meeting/travel arrangements, proposal pipeline maintenance, event support, as well as technical and logistical support to the Director(s) of Development. This position is also responsible for most information technology tasks and functions in support of the Director(s) of Development. Adherence to Division policies and best practices is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 3 years of experience in a related field such as development, sales, customer relations, administration, and/or relevant higher education experience.
Strong interpersonal skills are necessary for building relationships with external (donors, prospects, trustees) and internal (deans, faculty, staff, colleagues) constituents.
Highly collaborative in approach.
Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to initiate, collaborate, implement, monitor, evaluate, and support strategic plans.
Proficient with audio/visual and presentation platforms (Zoom, Microsoft Teams or WebEx, PowerPoint, etc.).
Expertise in Microsoft and Google platforms, especially Google Calendar and email, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to work independently with strong project/time management skills and attention to detail.
Excellent customer relations and relationship-building skills, and a high level of tact, discretion, and diplomacy required.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to successfully interact with faculty, senior administration, and high-profile alumni.
Ability to apply tact and maintain confidentiality.
Quantitative experience and ability to work with databases and manage data.
Must be able and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Blackbaud is a plus.
Experience in event management is desired.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive fundraising and high-level administrative support for development efforts.
Manage annual Director’s/Chair’s Fund efforts for assigned academic units.
Serve as the primary liaison to assigned academic units for fundraising campaigns.
Serve as liaison to one or more fundraising priority areas, handling all aspects of the role.
Coordinate all aspects of cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship for academic areas.
Manage major gifts pipelines.
Provide updated talking points about programs and funding opportunities to fundraisers.
Manage selected special events involving relevant program directors.
Provide regular gift reports.
Maintain a repository of updated proposals to advance fundraising priorities.
Ensure appropriate stewardship activities in collaboration with the donor stewardship team.
Coordinate President’s Advisory Councils or Boards of Governors with a focus on Advancement-related aspects.
Develop and launch annual fundraising campaigns with marketing, communications, and gift accounting teams.
Conduct analysis of fundraising efforts to ensure a robust donor pipeline.
Modify fundraising strategies and approaches as needed.
Develop messaging and steward and cultivate donors.
Collaborate with other fundraisers to ensure coordination of efforts.
Execute appropriate donor-related stewardship with academic partners.
Serve as a resource on the management and execution of Director’s/Chair’s campaigns.
Serve as the primary point of contact for unit fundraising efforts, including annual and major gift fundraising, donor stewardship, and engagement of Advisory Council(s).
Maintain a robust pipeline of donors for units.
Represent the Advancement Division at regular meetings of Advisory Council(s).
Execute fundraising campaigns with departmental/unit staff and Advancement colleagues.
Execute donor-related stewardship with unit staff and the Stewardship team.
Provide advanced level administrative support for the Director(s) of Development.
Support donor engagement by drafting briefings and high-level correspondence/proposals.
Review and track stewardship.
Handle meeting/travel arrangements.
Handle proposal pipeline maintenance.
Provide event support.
Provide technical and logistical support to the Director(s) of Development.
Perform information technology tasks and functions in support of the Director(s) of Development.