About the Opportunity

Summary

The Assistant Director of Leadership Relations must be able to execute multiple projects, tasks, and priorities in support of the Office of University Advancement’s Leadership Relations efforts to engage the next generation of global volunteers for Northeastern’s Global Leaders, Women Who Empower Ambassadors, emerging philanthropists, and other signature Leadership Relations alumni networks.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Leadership Relations, the Assistant Director will establish and own network global volunteer recruitment timelines and processes and will manage data and reporting needs throughout each cycle. Consistent communication and thorough documentation are required.

In conjunction with the Associate Director, this role will align volunteer initiatives in support of team and division prospect strategies with opportunities for philanthropic programming and engagement, and important one-time and ongoing activities regularly and consistently. They anticipate the Leadership Relation team and division needs and modify tasks as necessary.

The Assistant Director is responsible for promoting 100% annual campaign participation from a portfolio of global network volunteers across Leadership Relations inclusive of personalized cultivation and solicitation of donors and potential donors as appropriate.

Candidates interested in volunteer management, with an interest in working in a fast paced, task-oriented office who demonstrate personal initiative and thrive under autonomy are ideal for this role.

This role will act as a liaison for the Leadership Relations team, collaborating with colleagues to integrate global volunteer work and individual prospect strategies to achieve annual and long-term fundraising goals with internal and external stakeholders.

Major duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

•      Strategy, implementation, and execution of global volunteer programming in collaboration with Associate Director and Leadership Relations team.

•      Oversight of a portfolio of global network volunteers, inclusive of relationship management and curated connections in support of professional and personal development.    

•      Work with the Associate Director of Leadership Relations and advancement volunteer leaders of the university to determine communication cadence, programming needs, and meeting agendas based on regional themes, including recruitment of presenters, preparation of talking points and presentations, and conducting post-event surveys.

•       Salesforce data and reporting management owner for prospect and global volunteer management activity.

•       Management for the administrative oversight of student employment in conjunction with Leadership Relations Coordinator.

•       Management of personal travel, expense, and reimbursement form processing; meeting and appointment calendar coordination; travel arrangements.

Responsibilities

Volunteer Portfolio Management

• Support strategic network initiatives from ideation through execution, inclusive of infrastructure and implementing workflow processes.
• Oversee implementation of global volunteer activities working in close collaboration with university leadership and stakeholders.
• Execute global/regional volunteer programming and collaborate with colleagues to determine agendas aligned with regional themes, recruit presenters, and conduct follow-up.
• Lead recruitment and nomination process to identify new candidates for volunteer networks.
• Work with internal and external partners to develop an annual slate of nominees, and to execute on nominations per annual review.
• Drive audience for signature Leadership Relations events.
• Manage personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of volunteer gifts driving participation and leadership giving.
• Develop reporting function and cadence to regularly share volunteer network successes and newsworthy stories.

Data Management and Administrative Support

• Ensure consistent, timely updates of data to maintain integrity of prospect files and prospect records on Salesforce, TechShift, and other university platforms.
• Develop relationships with cross-functional internal stakeholder teams to identify opportunities for collaboration to ensure alignment of processes and reporting.
• Identify areas and processes needing updates and offer innovative and implementable solutions.
• Provide website content management for university website pages utilizing WordPress as needed.

Student Management

• Lead the recruitment, training, and management of student employees and/or ambassadors who work with University Advancement.

Qualifications

-Bachelor’s degree required;<