Summary

The Assistant/Associate Director leads efforts focused on increasing alumni participation across a wide range of classes. The Assistant/Associate Director will manage the Class Agent Program for classes between the 15th Reunion and 45th Reunion (excluding milestone Reunions). They will be responsible for leading all mini-campaigns and other short-term giving challenges focused on donor retention and acquisition. The Assistant/Associate Director will also lead the email, digital and print solicitation strategies focused on alumni participation.

All applicants must include a cover letter.

• Leads alumni participation strategies including:
  • Using best practices from other institutions and an organizational framework, build the Class Agent Program in conjunction with the Director of The Lawrenceville Fund. This includes process documentation for the program, job descriptions and volunteer engagement protocols and tools.
  • Overall management of class participation campaigns with a special focus on using emerging technologies and tactics that help increase alumni participation.
  • Comprehensive oversight of class specific marketing and communications efforts to drive annual fund donations, using industry best practices and analytics to make decisions and set strategy. This includes, leading the email, digital and print solicitation strategies focused on broad alumni participation
• Recruits, trains, manages and stewards class agents from the classes between their 15th and 45th Reunions (excluding milestone Reunions).
• Manages all mini-campaigns and other short-term giving challenges focused on increasing alumni participation.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Two to three years of development experience and/or direct solicitation experience requiredMust be able to recruit, train, motivate, and retain a corps of committed volunteers for Lawrenceville.
• Must be able to work earnestly and cooperatively as a team with coworkers and volunteers, and give and receive feedback
• Must be able to work in a friendly and collegial manner, with a thorough appreciation for the goals and mission of Lawrenceville, the interests of independent secondary education, and an
• understanding of liberal education as well as the operations that attend to schools of that nature.
• Must have a high level of ability to work cooperatively and respectfully with all types of volunteers.
• Must be able to analyze and determine strategies for engagement and fund development, and must be able to present frequent goal analysis and results and be prepared to suggest new strategies
• when appropriate.
• Should have some experience with class segmentation and be able to identify specific alumni constituencies within classes.
• Must possess clear, concise, and effective writing and speaking skills.