Manager, Stewardship

Roles & Responsibilities

Our client is actively searching for a Manager, Stewardship to join their team,

If you are a dynamic individual seeking a new career opportunity, read further

The Advancement Office supports University's giving mission by fostering meaningful relationships and strategic partnerships with philanthropists, alumni, business community partners, corporations that result in goodwill and philanthropy towards education and research that underpin a shared sustainable future.

This role is responsible for planning and implementation of donor events, programs and reports for supporting and maintaining the stewardship, engagement and relationship building efforts with our donors and prospective donors, provide bespoke, engaging donor communications, and unique experiences through a wide portfolio of large, and more intimate events, with the aim of delivering bespoke donor journeys to all our donors.

The candidate is required to have extensive experience in organising high-profile events, as well as proven success in managing high-value relationships, ideally in a fundraising context. In addition, excellent communication skills, experience of development strategies, and the ability to deliver to tight deadlines through effective prioritization is essential.

The responsibilities of this role are :

1) Events Planning, Supervision and Execution, in alignment with Advancement Office's and University's goals

• Create, plan, and execute all aspects of stewardship events for donors and prospective donors
• Manage stewardship events schedule with responsibility to liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of all events, including budget management
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure opportunities for artistic and program access that align with donors' needs and interests, and prepare targeted outreach communications for these opportunities

2) Impact Reporting

• Responsible for comprehensive and integrated stewardship donor reporting

3) Communications and database management

• Write, design and coordinate the production of stewardship materials and communications
• Work on special projects

The ideal candidate will need to have the following qualities and experience:

• A degree in any discipline
• Understanding of philanthropy as it relates to higher education
• Knowledge of good donor relationship management
• Minimum of 6 years' experience preferably in higher education (or a comparably complex organization) in development, stewardship, advancement, or a related function, involving a range of senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated success in achieving strategic outcomes in a large and complex environment
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences with gravitas
• Excellent ability to innovate and deal with ambiguity and organizational sensitivity with tact and diplomacy; to be opportunistic, responsive, resourceful, and resilient
• Demonstrate a clear understanding and awareness of ethical considerations pertaining to advancement work, as well as an understanding and appreciation of cultural and intercultural sensitivities

An exciting career awaits the right candidate Click "Quick Apply" to register your interest now.

All applicants' CV will be treated with the strictest confidentiality. We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Tell employers what skills you have

Negotiation
Higher Education
Ability to Multitask
Excellent Communication Skills
Donor Relations
Referrals
Budget Management
Fundraising
Relationship Management
Stewardship
Philanthropy
Event Planning
Public Relations
Planning and Implementation
Corporate Events
Strategic Partnerships

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