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ARD Strategic Information, Events and Stewardship
About the Department
Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) engages alumni (\190k), current
students, parents, and friends of the University through intellectual,
professional, and social activities on campus, around the world and
online. ARD raises \$600 Million annually to support faculty and
researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs
across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division,
school, department, and institute.
Job Summary
This position uses best practices and knowledge of non-technical (not
information technology or construction related) projects from conception
to completion. Assembles teams and develops detailed work plans,
schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports while
being the point of contact for those projects.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with the Information Engagement team to build and
maintain a campaign knowledge base containing resources and
information that help staff to maintain an up-to-date understanding
of campaign priorities, fundraising policy, campaign best practices,
and other relevant topics.
- Facilitates the maintenance of a standard suite of campaign reports
and slides that can be used by ARD\'s leaders to report on campaign
progress to a wide array of audiences.
- Assists in tracking campaign budget and administering consulting
contracts that support campaign efforts.
- Tracks campaign related data in ARD\'s Salesforce database, Phoenix,
including information about gift purposes, campaign themes and
priorities, and prospect interests.
- Develops and maintains a system for tracking and reporting on the
status and progress of peer fundraising campaigns, and their trends
and attributes. Helps leaders maintain a consistent understanding of
the landscape of fundraising campaigns in higher education.
- Supports campaign related councils, working groups, and committees
by suggesting discussion items, coordinating meeting materials,
scheduling meetings, and tracking meeting outcomes.
- Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource
plans, and status reports. Assembles and leads a project team,
assigns individual responsibilities, identifies appropriate
resources needed, and develops schedules to ensure timely completion
of projects.
- Partners with colleagues to launch a campaign education initiative
for ARD staff. Leads the development and maintenance of a campaign
training module designed to introduce new ARD staff and partners to
the campaign.
- Tracks progress, conducts analysis, and prepares for and facilitates
campaign-related meetings.
- Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance
job performance, including building networks within the University
and with colleagues at peer institutions and with an eye towards
broadly diversifying the advancement profession.
- Acts as a resource for a project team and provides analytical
guidance. Interprets complex project issues and provides analytical
guidance to a project team.
- Coordinates the successful integration of vendor tasks and tracks
and reviews vendor deliverables.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related
field.
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Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7
years of work experience in a related job discipline.
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Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Experience:
- Manag ng large-scale multi-year projects.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
- Demonstrated skill and knowledge of, or ability to learn quickly,
the internal workings of the University as well as the technology
tools available to the Office of Alumni Relations and Development
including Phoenix, the University\'s donor relationship management
system, and the Microsoft Windows environment.
Preferred Competencies
- Build, lead, mentor, and motivate a diverse team, and encourage
growth and change in both people and programs. A strong commitment
to personal and professional development, and foster a collaborative
and inclusive team environment.
- Manage confidential information with discretion and tact.
- Act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Work collegially and collaboratively in a team setting.
- Prioritize multiple projects and independently follow through with
detail.
- Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills characterized by
the ability to listen, speak, and write effectively.
- Self-motivated and take initiative.
Working Conditions
This position has a hybrid work schedule which includes weekly