Senior Associate Director, Donor Relations

Department
 

Booth Advancement: Advancement Services 1

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 Senior Associate Director, Donor Relations conducts a variety of essential tasks as part of a best-in-class donor relations program that serves to further engage and cultivate the University of Chicago Booth School of Business donors. They are a critical source of support for the Donor Relations team and manage or assist with projects crucial to a successful stewardship program.

The Senior Associate Director is responsible for Chicago Booth’s mass stewardship reporting, including managing all facets of reporting for student scholarships and fellowships, and professorships, fellowships, and research prizes. They serve as a point person for the student and faculty fund databases; manage the mass stewardship calendar; collaborate with colleagues in admissions, accounting/budget, and the deans’ suite; communicate with fund recipients to collect information; and compile each report.

The Senior Associate Director is responsible for managing Annual Fund stewardship in collaboration with the Annual Fund team, and Diversity and Inclusion funds stewardship. They are the Donor Relations team lead for stewardship events, for retrospective stewardship reporting, and for managing the Wallman Scholars alumni and related stewardship activities. The Senior Associate Director assists with other donor relations tasks, activities, and projects, including individualized stewardship plans and reporting, and Centers-based stewardship reporting.

The Senior Associate Director is responsible for managing the Assistant Director, Donor Relations, who oversees stewardship for mid-level donors at Chicago Booth.

Responsibilities

• Manages all facets of stewardship reporting for student scholarships and fellowships, and faculty professorships, fellowships, and research prizes.
• Manages retrospective stewardship reporting for Booth’s most valued donors.
• Manages the Wallman Scholars alumni and related stewardship activities.
• Manages stewardship activities for the Annual Fund, including stewardship projects and tasks such as the Annual Fund quarterly newsletter, first time donor communication, Deans Society stewardship, and other Annual Fund-focused donor activity.
• Manages Diversity and Inclusion funds stewardship reporting.
• Serves as the Donor Relations team lead on all stewardship events in collaboration with the Events team.
• Assists with other donor relations tasks, activities, and projects, including individualized stewardship plans and reporting and Centers-based stewardship reporting.
• Manages the Assistant Director, Donor Relations.
• Leads the creation of University-wide standards on appropriate ways to recognize and steward donors. Uses specialized expertise in donor programs to develop policies and quality control guidelines for donor relations programs.
• Uses in-depth knowledge to develop communication strategies for publications related to donors and volunteers.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

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