Boston College IntroductionFounded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.
Job DescriptionWe invite you to
join our community and contribute to Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston
College. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to
come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid,
Academics, and Student Life.
Based on a
fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement
is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be
agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of close to 10 years
at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a
variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and
communications and engagement. We invest
in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and
team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to
attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as
committed to our team as we are. We
value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively
promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.
See below the
current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!
Job Description
Reporting to the
Director of Stewardship & Donor Engagement, the Senior Associate Director,
Stewardship & Donor Engagement serves as a lead point person to coordinate
the donor-funded impact reporting program through personalized, compelling, and
timely impact reports and other materials for Boston College donors; including
overseeing impact information on the use of BC’s school-based funds.
The Senior
Associate Director oversees comprehensive, thoughtful stewardship outreach,
ensuring that donors remain apprised of the positive impact that their
philanthropy has at Boston College and increasing the possibility of
subsequent, significant gifts. They assist the Director of Stewardship on the
execution of the donor relations timelines and metrics to achieve annual
reporting goals; and help cultivate project plans specifying strategy,
scheduling, contingency plans, and allocation of staff resources.
The Senior
Associate Director is tasked with leveraging technology to scale the reporting
on a growing portfolio of funds, providing systematic prioritization of BC’s
top donors. They must continuously evaluate and improve stewardship
reporting processes to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
The Senior
Associate Director is intimately familiar with the writing experience of the
entire stewardship impact reporting team and is able to advise the team of
challenges and best practices; communicating and coordinating with the division
to ensure that stewardship activities further University Advancement goals. The
incumbent maintains positive relationships with student scholarship recipients,
the University's financial aid offices, and associate deans and faculty members
across campus.
They also manage
the verification and maintenance of all stewardship allocation data in the CRM
database system for report production, and serve as a point person to
coordinate and execute database information related to established funds and
the execution of reporting on gift opportunities.
Applications will
be reviewed on a rolling basis. The
salary range for this position is listed below with the final salary based on
various factors, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills,
competencies, experience, and internal equity considerations.
$86,000 - $107,500
RequirementsThis position
requires a Bachelor’s degree with a Master’s preferred, in addition to a
minimum of 5-7 years of professional level experience in donor relations,
communications or fundraising, preferably in a large or complex institution, or
the equivalent level of experience in other non-profit or for-profit
environments where an understanding of donor relations and stewardship
practices are critical; excellent writing and editing skills with a keen
attention to detail; a proven record of successful relationship management
skills with internal partners and colleagues, as well as management experience.
Must be a team
player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher
education and have an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals
and values of Boston College.
The office of
University Advancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a
culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices
support that commitment to build teams reflecting our community; students,
alumni, parents and friends of Boston College.
Closing StatementBoston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
- Tuition remission for Employees
- Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
- Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Low-Cost Life Insurance
- Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
- Paid Holidays Annually
- Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
- Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook
Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.
Boston College is an equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity.
Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.
