Associate Director of Constituent Engagement, CEHD

Department: Col of Ed and Human Development

Classification: Administrative Faculty

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The mission of the College of Education and Human Development's Office of Development and Alumni Relations is to raise private philanthropic funds in support of students, faculty, departments, programs, and centers within the College. We also explicitly support the efforts of the advancement offices of other colleges and the university. This is accomplished by building relationships with alumni, friends, parents and students and by soliciting donations, major gifts, planned gifts, and corporate and foundation support. Alumni relations are cultivated and maintained through outreach efforts.

In advancement and alumni relations, we build strong, lifelong relationships with George Mason University's constituents, match donors' interests with the university's needs and priorities, and secure the financial resources necessary for Mason to achieve excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship.

About the Position:

The Associate Director of Constituent Engagement plays a key role in supporting and achieving the annual and strategic philanthropic goals of the College. This position coordinates with the Dean’s Office, central Advancement Office, and external constituents to help achieve the fundraising goals and priorities of the College and University. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Development, this position is responsible for identifying and implementing strategies for success in securing significant philanthropic support for priorities.

The Associate Director of Constituent Engagement (ADOCE) is integral to effective prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship to support the work of the college. The Associate Director of Constituent Engagement is the chief persuasive writer and editor for all CEHD Development communication efforts, especially solicitations through direct mail, newsletters, and web-based appeals. The ADOCE works to build relationships with friends, parents, students, and particularly alumni through events and other various forms of outreach, collaborating with central Alumni Relations. This position serves as the liaison to Central Advancement for stewardship and annual giving, creating effective collaborations and innovative methods of outreach supporting the development life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the CEHD Dean's office, integrates development communication with other communication efforts in the college, including but not limited to CEHD development's web and social media presence;
• Collects, integrates, and utilizes all college points of pride, i.e. stories of impact from the work of the college and the use of philanthropic gifts;
• Produces and utilizes alumni profiles and testimonials;
• Facilitates alumni participation in college marketing efforts;
• Produces college-level annual reports, bi-annual print newsletters, and monthly e-newsletter to alumni;
• Cultivates relationships of individuals and organizations with focus on retention, recapture, and growth;
• Researches, develops, and writes funding proposals, appeal letters, and reports as required;
• Builds trusting relationships with advancement colleagues as well as deans, directors, prospects, donors and volunteers; 
• Becomes immersed in the key strategies and initiatives of CEHD and George Mason University; 
• In collaboration with CEHD's gift officers, Mason's Office of Annual Giving, and individual units within CEHD, produces supplemental annual giving communications such as direct mail, print and e-newsletters, annual reports, case statements, brochures, Mason Giving Day marketing and appeals, and other pieces as needed in order to build relationships, particularly with alumni, and raise funds for the work of the college;
• Works collaboratively with Mason’s Office of Annual Giving to create targeted calling or mail campaigns that help build giving at CEHD;
• Creates and implements an innovative stewardship program that supplements receipts, events, and acknowledgments, provided by Central Advancement;
• Works with CEHD gift officers and leadership to identi