Student Ambassador, PT

Job Title: Student Ambassador

Location: Ft. Worth, TX

Job Type: Part-Time, Hourly

Department: Advancement

Reports To: AVP for Advancement

Date: 12/10/2024 Last Revision

Standard of Christian Commitment

The candidate must be a professing Christ follower who possesses a strong commitment to the mission and core values of Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College, possess a clear understanding of Southern Baptist heritage and culture, and agrees to serve in accordance with and not contrary to the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message.

Southwestern Seminary, an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a confessional institution. While the Seminary serves the larger evangelical Christian community, employees must embrace the values and standards the Seminary represents as it fulfills its mission of shaping Christian leaders within our denominational context.

Since duties of this position require the employee to represent the Seminary to prospective and current students, candidates must abide by the Seminary bylaws, the Employee Handbook, and the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message as a condition of employment.

Job Description

Job Summary

The Student Ambassador assists the Office of Institutional Advancement by providing frontline support and assist to donors, alumni, prospective donors, and guests via phone call, text, system management, and excellent constituent service.

Key Responsibilities

Overall

• Serve as a representative of Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College within the Office of Institutional Advancement

• Actively communicate with donors, alumni, prospective donors, and guests via phone, email, and text.

• Work to achieve institutional goals including (but not limited to) fundraising, communication campaigns, and systems processes.

• Ability to clearly and simply articulate the value propositions of SWBTS to donors, prospective donors, and guests – eagerly participating in processes that express gratitude (thank you notes, call campaigns, scholarship communication processes)

• Coordinate with the Digital Development Officer/Data Specialist and the Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement to coordinate weekly communication campaigns and campus visits designed to engage the constituencies

• Assist with on-campus events including, but not limited to: Institutional Advancement Events, Campus Tours

• Conduct daily business functions to ensure that we deliver our core value propositions to donors, alumni, prospective donors, and guests. Processes include, but are not limited to: Call Campaigns, System Management (Gift Processes, Financial Processes, Gratitude Processes, Scholarship Process, Convention Planning and Execution)

Communication Support

• Understand the giving process (including recruiting prospective donors, partnering donors with development officers), stewardship process (Financial and accountab