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Manager of Leadership Annual Giving

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Wheaton College Illinois
Location
Wheaton, IL

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Four-Year Institution
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Position: Manager of Leadership Annual Giving Location: Wheaton, IL
Job Id: 731 # of Openings: 1 Manager of Leadership Annual Giving Job OverviewReporting to the Director of Annual and Reunion Giving, the Manager of Leadership Annual Giving provides oversight for the Wheaton Associates and Wheaton Fund Champions programs, overseeing communications with leadership annual fund donors (those giving $1,000-$9,999 annually), working to identify prospects, cultivate leadership gifts to the Wheaton Fund, and providing stewardship of donors in assigned portfolio. Duties and Responsibilities
  • Plans and implements leadership annual giving strategies, working to grow the Wheaton Associates and Wheaton Fund Champions programs and develop additional membership tiers with corresponding benefits.
  • Ensures that leadership annual fund donors are properly recognized, thanked, informed, and stewarded, supervising student note-writing efforts when necessary.
  • Oversees communication with leadership annual fund donors, including calling leadership annual fund donors throughout the year to cultivate, report impacts of giving, solicit their continued support at the leadership level of giving, and pray for requests as presented; sending acknowledgment letters, conceptualize content of the quarterly President's Memorandum along with Director of Annual & Reunion Giving; and provide responses to telephone, mail, and email inquiries. Ensures accurate Ellucian CRM database entry of activity.
  • Identifies and solicits prospects for first-time and upgraded leadership Wheaton Fund gifts.
  • Works to ensure each Wheaton Fund Champion ($10,000+) is being cultivated, stewarded, and solicited strategically, cooperating with the Development team as necessary.
  • Meets regularly with Regional Directors of Development and provides accurate and strategic prospect information to inform their major gift fundraising efforts for the Wheaton Fund.
  • Assists in the planning and execution of leadership annual giving events, including but not limited to Wheaton Associates events.
  • Collaborates with Manager of Annual Giving Programs to manage the Student Ambassadors program, recruiting, training, and leading a team of students to thank donors, speak at events, and otherwise represent Wheaton College to Wheaton Fund donors and educate Wheaton students about the Wheaton Fund. Contributes to the overall strategy and execution of Giving Day planning, in collaboration with contributors from other departments.
  • Reviews Wheaton Associates' giving statuses regularly to ensure that membership records are current and accurate in the Ellucian CRM database.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
This job description is intended to represent key areas of responsibilities; specific assignments may vary from time to time, and other duties may be assigned. Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Previous work experience in educational fundraising strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with high attention to detail and a professional demeanor.
  • Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills.
  • Team player able to collaborate with people internal and external to the organization.
  • Computer competencies and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
Physical RequirementsThe employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear; frequently required to use repetitive hand motion, handle or feel, and to stand, walk, reach, bend or lift up to 10 pounds. FLSA Status - Exempt As a Christ-centered community, Wheaton College faculty and staff must affirm the College’s Statement of Faith as expressing their own theological convictions and agree to live by the moral standards in Wheaton’s Community Covenant, modeling these commitments for the Christian formation of our students. Wheaton College faculty and staff also support the Christ-Centered Diversity Commitment which highlights our desire to treat all individuals as equal image-bearers of Jesus Christ through diversity, inclusion, justice, and unity. Updated – September 2021

Organization

Wheaton College is an explicitly Christian, academically rigorous, fully residential liberal arts college and graduate school located in the Chicago area. Established in 1860 in Wheaton, Illinois, Wheaton is guided by its original mission to provide excellence in Christian higher education, and offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, and 18 graduate degrees in various fields of study.

Located 25 miles west of Chicago, IL, Wheaton College, founded in 1860, is a four year private, residential, academically rigorous interdenominational Christian liberal arts College that “serves Jesus Christ and advances His Kingdom through excellence in liberal arts and graduate programs that educate the whole person to build the church and benefit society worldwide.”

Employee Benefits: https://www.wheaton.edu/about-wheaton/offices-and-services/human-resources/ or https://www.wheaton.edu/about-wheaton/offices-and-services/human-resources/benefits-overview/  

Life in Wheaton, IL: http://www.wheaton.il.us/

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