Assistant Director, Central Giving Teams - Military Veterans

Assistant Director, Central Giving Teams

Job #: 041721
Location Syracuse, NY
Pay Range: $60,500 - $66,000
Hours: Standard University business hours

8:30am - 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am - 4:30pm (summer)
Hours may vary based on operational needs.
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description:
The assistant director reports to the Associate Vice President for the Central Giving Teams and works directly with the units that make up the teams of Central Giving, including the Regional Advancement, Metro NY, LAG/ Discovery, International, and Gift Planning. The role oversees moves management of staff members to create, track, analyze and manage processes and data to ensure accountability for portfolio and prospect assignments, pipeline development, and referrals across all central gift officers. They provide direct leadership, support, and coordination of unit operations, including managing and directing the strategic planning and coordination of the Cross-Team work for each region; Hill Society programs/outreach; and regional salon events/ programs; and leadership volunteer management including Regional Council meetings and programs, as well as the Hill Society Ambassadors. In addition, they coordinate and execute the reporting needed for quarterly Central Giving Team meetings.

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Responsibilities:

• Portfolio assessment, pipeline development, and referral management. Analyze data sets/dashboards and develop reporting to monitor portfolio activity, pipeline development for each gift officer and the Central Giving Teams as a whole, and the referral process between teams and development officers. Meet with individual gift officers regularly to ensure appropriate level of activity and discuss strategies for prospect movement. Develop and implement processes and workflows to measure and improve fundraising effectiveness and enhance collaboration and partnerships across the 5 teams and with partners across the division. Work collaboratively with Central Giving Team leadership to develop moves management systems in alignment with industry standards/peer institutions. Tasks include regular portfolio review; tracking and distribution of referrals and collaboration activity; administration and management of tools and technologies such as Citrus reporting, Data Insights, Sales Navigator, Ever True, and Thank View to increase effectiveness and accountability; and analyzation of return on investment for various aspects of our work including, STEM focused staff.
• Cross-Team organization and execution. Develop and produce all reporting needed to evaluate and coordinate prospect and donor data across each region to drive efficiencies, communication, and partnership between centrally based teams and with colleagues across the division. Coordinate meetings with appropriate gift officers across 8 priority regions including Metro NY, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest, New England, South, and Central New York. Plan agendas and prepare reporting needed for monthly virtual meetings and quarterly in-person meetings of the Central Giving Teams. Monitor activity and regularly communicate with teams to hold gift officers accountable for determined outcomes.
• Hill Society program management and outreach. Working with the Executive Director of Leadership Giving and Discovery and with partners from across campus including assistant deans, special events, donor relations, web services, and marketing, coordinate regular Hill Society programming to steward donors at this level. Tasks include event logistics and drafting communications, as well as coordinating program ROS logistics. Draft and coordinate communications to Hill Society donors on opportunities such as athletics events and other future programming ideas. Prepare reporting and data analysis to share with partners across campus to continue to grow Society membership and the number of donors at this level. Support the implementation and execution of the Hill Society Ambassadors including organizing data sets for members to utilize to help solicit, cultivate and steward Hill Society membership.
• Salon event and programming. Working with Central Giving Team gift officers, plan and execute curated One University events and programs across the country designed to qualify and cultivate our best prospects in priority regions. Tasks include working with the gift officers to set goals and strategy; create tiered invitation lists to target optimal guest lists; create invitations; coordinate event and program materials, including event logistics; record event attendance in Citrus; and execute on follow-up stewardship working with the gift officers and partners.
• Leadership volunteer coordination. Working with the Regional Team, support the work of the Regional Councils. Prepare data and reporting for these leadership volunteers to help align their peer-to-peer outreach with building the pipeline of prospects and donors for gift officers. Beginning in FY25, work with the International Advancement team to help develop an International Council as well, modeled after the Regional Councils.

About Syracuse University:
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.

The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University's 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.

About the Syracuse area:
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.

Application Deadline: 2/21/2025
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To apply, visit https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/108283

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Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University's contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.

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