Associate Director, Reunion and Class Giving

Department

Booth Advancement: Reunion Gifts

About the Department

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary

The Associate Director, Reunion and Class Giving at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business leads programs supporting the Annual Fund, with a focus on reunion and class-based fundraising. This role involves recruiting, training, and managing volunteer fundraising committees, identifying and soliciting alumni prospects, and collaborating across Booth’s Alumni Engagement Team and other teams within the Office of Advancement. The Associate Director also serves as a liaison to departments and senior staff, mentors, volunteers, and helps build a strong pipeline of donors and volunteers to support the school.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, cultivates, and solicits prospective donors who have the capacity to make financial commitments of $2,500 to $100,000 or more.
• Identifies, recruits, trains, and manages fundraising volunteers; acts as liaison for fundraising volunteers, reunion committees, and other class-based fundraising opportunities.
• Works with fundraising volunteers to identify and solicit prospects in each class and supports each new reunion class in meeting reunion campaign fundraising goals.
• Maintains consistent and clear communication with fundraising volunteers and ensures that monthly giving reports are prepared and shared with volunteers.
• Produces and submits timely call reports on all visits and/or pertinent phone calls.
• Has a deep understanding of plans to solicit prospective donors and meet campaign goals. This includes speaking to new prospects persuasively about the case for annual giving support.
• Coordinates and collaborates with the Alumni Engagement Team and other Advancement Teams on volunteer solicitations, communications, events, and programming.
• Identifies and qualifies prospects to refer and transition to the Leadership Annual Giving and Individual Giving Teams.
• Partners with the Deans’ Office, MBA Program Offices, Career Services, Leadership Development Office, and faculty centers to develop mutually beneficial student and alumni fundraising programs.
• Attends university events as a representative of Chicago Booth.
• Assists in leading the planning and implementation of programs to identify, visit, and solicit alumni, parents, and other constituencies within an assigned geographical region for gifts and tries to reach fundraising goal. Does this with a limited level of guidance and direction.
• Has a deep understanding of plans to solicit prospective donors and meet campaign goals. This includes speaking to new prospects persuasively about the case for annual giving support.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job disciplin