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Boston College Director, Stewardship & Donor Engagement in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Boston College Introduction
Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.
Job Description
We invite you to join our community and contribute to Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.
Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are. We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.
See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!
Job Description:
Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Constituent Engagement & Campaign Operations, the Director, Stewardship & Donor Engagement is responsible for the strategic planning and management of all stewardship and donor engagement activities related to endowed funds, including but not limited to generating individual stewardship impact reports for donors of endowed funds; planning and overseeing the implementation of stewardship events such as building dedications and inaugurals for new professorships, and the periodic review of the stewardship and donor engagement programs for effectiveness. This portfolio includes reporting and recognition for gifts to academics, student life, financial aid, and athletics. The Director is also responsible for working directly with the AVP for Principal Giving, Senior Associate Director of Athletics, and prospect managers and members of the senior management team to develop individual stewardship plans for specific donors. As the number of endowed funds at Boston College continues to grow, the Director will be charged with developing a strategy to optimize the Universityâs stewardship, acknowledgement, and donor engagement practices, ensuring that donors are recognized appropriately relative to their overall volunteer and philanthropic contributions, that stewardship related programs and events reflect and meet the goals of the University Advancement organization, that stewardship communications respond to emerging fundraising goals and objectives, and that the value of stewardship is inculcated at every level of the development operation â thus strengthening the Universityâs relationship with its donors, ensuring their continued support of Boston College. The Director serves as primary campus contact for many significant donors, helping to answer questions, resolve problems, and address concerns.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The salary range for this position is listed below with the final salary based on various factors, including the candidateâs qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and internal equity considerations.
Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $115,250 to $144,050
Requirements
This position requires a Bachelorâs degree, advanced degree preferred, and a minimum of ten years of experience in fundraising, communications, publications, and/or stewardship, preferably in a non-profit setting. Also, requires professionalism and diplomacy; a demonstrated ability to think strategically; an entrepreneurial spirit coupled with sound judgment and the ability to assess risk; excellent verbal and written communication skills; technical literacy and comfort in working with systems and creatively manipulating complex data; and a tolerance for ambiguity.
Must be a team player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education and have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals and values of Boston College.
The office of University Advancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build teams reflecting our community; students, alumni, parents and friends of Boston College.
Closing Statement
Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
Tuition remission for Employees
Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Low-Cost Life Insurance
Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
Paid Holidays Annually
Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook
Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.
Boston College is an equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity .
Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .