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Director of Donor Relations

Employer
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Location
Asheville, NC

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

UNC Asheville Overview:

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina, UNC Asheville is the designated public liberal arts campus in the University of North Carolina system. UNC Asheville is nationally known for the quality of our student-centered teaching, mentoring of undergraduates in research, interdisciplinary learning, and striving to be an inclusive campus community.
UNC Asheville is committed to promoting diversity and a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and the ability to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds. Staff members are encouraged to take an active role to engage in the institution’s efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion throughout the workplace. The successful candidate is expected to foster an inclusive work culture where uniqueness of beliefs, backgrounds, talents, capabilities and ways of living are respected and welcomed. Women, traditionally under-represented minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Position Type:

EHRA Staff

Title:

Director of Donor Relations

Position Number:

000115

Recruitment Range:

Salary Commensurate with Experience

Work Schedule and Hours:

Normal office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but extended afternoon, evening, and weekend work is required to be successful in this position. Office hours may be adjusted to meet the travel and working schedule of this position. Much work is accomplished outside of regular office hours. Approximately one overnight regional travel assignment per month may be required.

Full-Time / Part-Time:

Full-Time

Months per Year:

12 Months

Position Summary:

The Director of Donor Relations will ensure that all donors experience high-quality interactions with the university through cultivation, stewardship and experiences illustrating the impact of the donor investment. The Director will create and implement the strategy to support this mission and think creatively to design experiences that enrich and strengthen the donors’ relationship with the university, creating one-time and/or ongoing personalized opportunities, and demonstrating UNC Asheville as an institution where donors can make a meaningful impact. The Director will identify ways that appropriately and consistently promote recognition of donors at all levels and will be responsible for gift agreements, endowment reports, and other ways to illustrate impact of donor philanthropy.

As the university looks towards its first comprehensive campaign the Director will have a critical role in stewarding donors and identifying needs for the campaign and the university to support the overall strategy of a donor experience; documenting donor intentions; implementing best practices; and working collaboratively across campus and within University Advancement to meet these objectives.

The Director will be responsible for supervising the responsibilities of a Donor Relations Coordinator.

FLSA:

Exempt

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

Master’s degree. May also consider a Bachelor’s Degree and equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. One to three years of work related experience involving direct contact with donors.

  • Experience managing donor/customer relationships in a service driven industry.
  • Experience planning and executing short, medium, and long term objectives and strategies for meeting goals and allocating resources according to priorities.
  • Demonstrated high level writing skills.
  • Strong computer skills including above average competency on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Education/Experience/Skills:

The preferred candidate will have at least three years or more of increasingly responsible experience in University Advancement or Alumni work in units such as or similar to Donor relations or Alumni Relations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

  • Ability to demonstrate creativity and innovative thinking on strategies and plans to engage and retain donors/customers.
  • Demonstrated ability to think and act strategically
  • Experience writing for senior level executives, nonprofit leaders, volunteers, etc. and professional interaction with external audiences
  • Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills
  • Proactively manages high-level multiple projects
  • Experience with development of marketing materials for fundraising purposes.
  • Knowledge of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge or similar tool
  • Experience working in Ellucian products (Banner, Banner Finance, Banner Advancement, Colleague, etc.)
  • Experience with scholarship management software/processes.

Special Instructions to the Applicant:

Applications must be submitted online no later than 11:59 p.m. (EST) on the closing date for each specific position. Please note that any documents submitted to Human Resources or the hiring departments become property of UNC Asheville and will not be returned. Official verification from each college/university you have attended are required upon employment, and will be requested directly from the college/university by Human Resources or from the National Student Clearinghouse. Any expense will be the responsibility of the employee. Educational degrees must be from an appropriately accredited institution. If no applicants apply who meet the required competency and training and experience requirements, management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations. It is the policy of UNC Asheville to conduct pre-employment background investigations on all candidates selected for employment. If hired, the candidate will be required to submit proof of eligibility to work in the United States. New employees are paid only by direct deposit to the financial institution of their choice.

Posting Number:

E0324

Posting date:

11/22/2022

Open Until Filled:

Yes

Organization

The University of North Carolina Asheville offers a singular experience for original minds.

We’re the original and only liberal arts campus in the University of North Carolina system. We break down conventions, overcome obstacles, expand horizons. We dare to connect curiosity and critical thinking, courage and challenge, imagination and impact, opportunity and responsibility. When the world looks down, we look up.

We’re a public resource that draws on a deep history to make a profound impact—on our students and on the world. We founded the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Our STEAM Studio helped to produce the largest public art installation ever shown in Times Square. We offer majors and concentrations that re-tool the liberal arts and sciences for new challenges and new opportunities. We live in one of America’s great small cities, a mountain town with wit and grit, with an artist’s eye and an explorer’s heart.

We are the originals. We’re rooted in the Land of the Sky, at the intersection of what’s known and what’s possible. This is an education that’s affordable, adaptive, and endlessly relevant. This is an experience where every path leads to a new vista, where there’s room for every voice, and where the future is a frontier—vast and bright and close enough to touch.

UNC Asheville’s national reputation for empowering human potential is rooted in its unique student-centric public liberal arts and sciences mission. UNC Asheville thrives on close-knit connections among students and their faculty and staff mentors. The University’s 3,300 students are innovative, ethical, creative and resilient leaders who seek to understand complex global challenges and find creative, sustainable solutions that benefit our communities and the world. More than 65 percent of UNC Asheville students conduct applied research alongside faculty experts. UNC Asheville consistently ranks as a national top 10 Public Liberal Arts and Sciences University by U.S. News & World Report, and on its list of Most Innovative Schools. UNC Asheville regularly earns several national top 20 rankings in The Princeton Review’s “The Best 386 Colleges,” including Best Quality of Life, Town-Gown Relations, and UNC Asheville has ranked in the top two nationally for the “Best Schools for Making an Impact,” in The Princeton Review’s “Colleges that Pay You Back.”

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