Position Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Reunion Giving, the Assistant Director of Annual Giving, Reunion Programs is responsible for increasing participation of alumni giving and involvement of reunion alumni.This position implements strategies that foster the engagement of reunion alumni and oversees all aspects of the reunion annual giving program.

This position requires travel as well as evening and weekend hours.

Essential Functions         

• Supports day-to-day operations of the reunion giving program in collaboration with Development leadership.
• Leads fundraising activity for the reunion classes, celebrating their 1st-50th reunions, and identifies and prioritizes the solicitation of leadership donors.
• Builds and maintains a portfolio of approximately 150 major gift and leadership annual gift prospects.
• Devises individual engagement strategies for each prospect in their pool with the goal of soliciting annual gifts and/or multi-year gift commitments at the $2,500+ level ($12.5K + Multi Year), with specific solicitation goals to be determined in an annual goal-setting process.
• Maintains frequent attendance with donors through visits, correspondence, and telephone calls.
• Works with Development leadership to implement an annual outreach strategy for reunion alumni around the Development team’s signature fundraising efforts.
• Recruits and manages reunion committee volunteers, acting as their liaison to the Development Office, providing materials needed for peer-to-peer fundraising, leading all communications and conference calls for volunteers.
• Supports the Law School’s Gift Officers in the engagement, solicitation, and stewardship of their Reunion prospects and provides regular, accurate reporting on Gift Officers’ Reunion prospects.
• Manages Law School Reunion website (Jadu).

Management Responsibilities

May provide peer-level coordination or subject-matter guidance to colleagues performing similar work and/or student, part-time workers, including helping organize tasks, clarify priorities, or review work for quality or consistency.

Additional Functions       

• Works collaboratively and strategically with other members of the Advancement team and other school/university units to promote alumni involvement with Fordham Law as ambassadors, friends, and donors.
• Participates in Advancement activities and events, including dinners, receptions, and alumni campus visits.

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience         

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in development.

 Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills      

• Demonstrated understanding of annual giving strategies, constituencies, methods, metrics, and best practices.
• Ability to effectively communicate both written and oral with the intended audience.
• Strong analytical thinking and complex problem-solving skills.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and complete multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Ability to foster strong collaborative relationships at all levels of a complex organization and professionally interact with all levels of students, staff, faculty, and outside groups.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in a team environment; an ability and willingness to quickly learn the Law School’s and University’s history, mission, demographics, faculty, current programs, and departments, as well as University culture.
• Strong skills using personal computers, tablets, and software programs for retrieving, organizing, researching, and presenting appropriate donor/prospect information; proficiency with MS Office Suite.
• Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Preferred Qualifications  

• Minimum 3 years of successful experience in frontline fundraising.
• Advanced Excel experience.
• Experience with Ellucian CRM Advance and Blackbaud FPM.

Starting Salary: $74,000-$80,000