Department
Booth Advancement: Reunion Gifts
About the Department
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.
Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.
Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.
As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.
For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.
Job Summary
The Associate Director, Reunion and Class Giving at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business leads programs supporting the Annual Fund, with a focus on reunion and class-based fundraising. This role involves recruiting, training, and managing volunteer fundraising committees, identifying and soliciting alumni prospects, and collaborating across Booth’s Alumni Engagement Team and other teams within the Office of Advancement. The Associate Director also serves as a liaison to departments and senior staff, mentors, volunteers, and helps build a strong pipeline of donors and volunteers to support the school.
Responsibilities
- Identifies, cultivates, and solicits prospective donors who have the capacity to make financial commitments of $2,500 to $100,000 or more.
- Identifies, recruits, trains, and manages fundraising volunteers; acts as liaison for fundraising volunteers, reunion committees, and other class-based fundraising opportunities.
- Works with fundraising volunteers to identify and solicit prospects in each class and supports each new reunion class in meeting reunion campaign fundraising goals.
- Maintains consistent and clear communication with fundraising volunteers and ensures that monthly giving reports are prepared and shared with volunteers.
- Produces and submits timely call reports on all visits and/or pertinent phone calls.
- Has a deep understanding of plans to solicit prospective donors and meet campaign goals. This includes speaking to new prospects persuasively about the case for annual giving support.
- Coordinates and collaborates with the Alumni Engagement Team and other Advancement Teams on volunteer solicitations, communications, events, and programming.
- Identifies and qualifies prospects to refer and transition to the Leadership Annual Giving and Individual Giving Teams.
- Partners with the Deans’ Office, MBA Program Offices, Career Services, Leadership Development Office, and faculty centers to develop mutually beneficial student and alumni fundraising programs.
- Attends university events as a representative of Chicago Booth.
- Assists in leading the planning and implementation of programs to identify, visit, and solicit alumni, parents, and other constituencies within an assigned geographical region for gifts and tries to reach fundraising goal. Does this with a limited level of guidance and direction.
- Has a deep understanding of plans to solicit prospective donors and meet campaign goals. This includes speaking to new prospects persuasively about the case for annual giving support.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Master’s degree.
Experience:
- A minimum five years of professional work experience in nonprofit management, development, alumni relations, marketing, sales, public relations or in a related job discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and managing programs.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
- 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 Advancement, including Phoenix, the University’s alumni and donor database of record.
- Proficient with Zoom.
- Proficient in Microsoft Windows computer environment, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
Preferred Competencies
- Demonstrated success in soliciting and closing individual leadership gifts.
- Working knowledge of managing volunteers.
- Strong verbal and writing skills, high attention to detail and follow-up, and excellent organizational skills.
- Strong leadership qualities, including the ability both to delegate and to execute, thereby leading by word and by example; work collegially and collaboratively in a team setting.
- Exceptional work ethic, track record of personal initiative, and work independently with little supervision; possess a self-motivated disposition; identify opportunities for improvement and recommend effective changes, all while achieving key objectives resulting in desired outcomes.
- Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write well.
- Flexibility and adaptability to new programs in an emerging and changing environment.
- Understanding of the University of Chicago, its history, organization and modus operandi.
- Professional demeanor, including tact, discretion, and a customer service-oriented approach.
Working Conditions
- Travel to campus and/or non-campus locations for University business.
- Work evenings and weekends.
- This position is currently expected to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Alumni Relations & Development
Role Impact
Individual Contributor
Scheduled Weekly Hours
37.5
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
Pay Rate Type
Salary
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Range
$75,000.00 - $90,000.00
The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
Yes
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in theBenefits Guidebook.
Posting Statement
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