The Hamilton Fund is one of the top performing college annual giving programs in the US, regularly in the top 10% and often used as a benchmark for others. With greater competition from local, regional and national not-for-profits, we are re-imagining the work to build a new path for annual giving in academia. To that end, the focus is on securing and retaining talent who are looking for a highly rewarding, fast-paced professional experience; working with a dedicated team and incredibly loyal alumni and parents.

The Assistant/Associate Director is a key member of that team and will work with the Hamilton Fund leadership, under the direction of the Senior Associate Director, Annual Giving (Donors) to execute the donor acquisition and retention strategy aimed at returning Hamilton to 50% alumni participation. This includes:

• Coordinating the volunteer engagement and alumni peer-to-peer solicitation for all nonreunion classes. Key duties include recruiting and training volunteers, managing volunteers and their assignments in the GiveCampus Volunteer Management System, and coordinating the work of a team of student interns in their efforts to support volunteer engagement;
• Helping execute Give Days or Donor Rallies and Athletics fundraising;
• Supervising the donor relations components of the Chapel Bell recurring giving program;
• Managing a portfolio of alumni and parent prospects who give more than $1,000 annually to the Hamilton Fund

Responsibilities:

• Volunteer Engagement and alumni peer-to-peer solicitation (50% of time allocation)
  • Recruiting and training volunteers (20% of time allocation)
  • Managing volunteers and their assignments in the GiveCampus VMS efforts (20% of time allocation)
  • Coordinating student interns (10% of time allocation)
• Help execute Give Days or Donor Rallies and Athletics fundraising (25% of time allocation)
• Supervise the donor relations components of the Chapel Bell recurring giving program (10% of time allocation)
• Manage a portfolio of alumni and parent prospects who give more than $1,000 annually to the Hamilton Fund (15% of time allocation)
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Education and Previous Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Demonstrated direct fund-raising, political campaign or constituent management and/or sales experience, including program management, or comparable experience in a business, nonprofit or related setting preferred.

Note: The candidate will be considered for either Assistant or Associate Director based on experience level