Job Description:

• Executes a calendar-based strategy to solicit annual gifts for several hundred donor prospects in units across UChicago each year.
• Encourages prospects to actively engage in their local UChicago community by proactively sharing information about events and other local opportunities.
• Identifies when a donor or prospect has interest in deeper engagement with the University and offers to make connections to regional gift officers or school/unit fundraising teams, as appropriate.
• Champions the University of Chicago, provides information on University developments and programs relative to constituentâ™s interests, and deepens their engagement with the University.
• Plans and executes a target of 250 prospect engagements annually.
• Develops short- and long-term plans for soliciting and stewarding donors who are capable of making gifts between $1,000-$25,000.
• Delivers timely and effective follow-up in various forms to prospects and donors.
• Generates timely contact reports in the prospect database.
• Collaborates with staff throughout Alumni Relations and Development.
• Maintains expert-level knowledge of the University of Chicagoâ™s giving priorities and annual funds.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance, including building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.
• Writes timely and strategic correspondences to advance relationships.
• Works with others to maximize prospective donor cultivation.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelorâ™s degree.
• Advanced degree.

Experience:

• Minimum two years of professional work experience in nonprofit management, development, alumni relations, marketing, public relations, sales or similar professional work experience.
• Managing gift prospects.
• Soliciting and closing gifts of $100 or more.

Technical Knowledge or Skills:

• 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 the University's donor relationship management system and Microsoft Windows computer environment, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.

Preferred Competencies

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write effectively.
• 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.

Working Conditions

• This position has a hybrid work schedule which includes weekly in office presence.
• Standard office environment.
• Travel to campus and/or non-campus locations for University business.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed.
• This position is located in Hyde Park at 5235 South Harper Court.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter, addressed to Hiring Committee (preferred)

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