Leadership Engagement Giving Officer (LEGO)

Description:

As an essential member of the Institutional Advancement team, the Leadership Engagement Giving Officer (LEGO) is a student fundraising professional that will receive training for and be responsible for the management of a pool of 200-250 prospects, comprising alumni, parents and friends, with giving potential of $500-$4,999.

LEGOs work to build and enhance relationships with all constituents for the purpose of increasing financial support of SUU. This position plays a key role in strengthening opportunities for constituents to become engaged as donors.

The Leadership Engagement Giving Officer will be responsible for the following:

• Generate revenue for SUU’s funding needs and priorities

• Expand the base of annual leadership prospects and donors

• Identify and align giving opportunities based on university need and donor interest
• Make outbound calls, sending emails, writing personal notes to prospective donors and alumni to further engage donors and donor participation
• Serve as an ambassador by establishing an open and engaging line of communication between SUU and its supporters
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with current and prospective donors in order to qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors
• Manage a personal portfolio of approximately 200 current and prospective donors including qualification of new prospects, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors. Relationships are developed around donor interests and University priorities
• Work with Institutional Advancement team to ensure appropriate coordination and communication
• Work with members of the Institutional Advancement team to determine strategies and action steps needed to identify and develop leadership and major gift donors.
• Develop and execute engagement plans and strategies
• Monitor and track performance goals for themselves and team members
• Maintain data integrity by clear and accurate typing and attention to detail
• Document all activity and update contact information in the advancement database
• Record contact reports of all donor interactions
• Participate in events on and off campus having a strategic impact on the success of the major gifts and annual giving programs and individual prospect relationships
• Work with advancement staff to transition prospects into major gift portfolios.
• Complete the 15 week LEGO Building training course.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to speak the English language in a very clear and understandable manner over phone, text, and email.
• Strong work ethic and attendance
• Demonstrate an ability to work well individual and in a team setting
• Handle all forms of information with extreme confidentiality
• Keep informed about the university
• Current SUU student (undergraduate or graduate candidate)
• Must be able to think strategically and creatively
• Operate in an organized manner
• Be goal and achievement oriented
• Communicate exceptionally well orally and in writing and willing to communicate with prospective donors
• Manage situations diplomatically
• A positive attitude
• Flexible, dedicated, and results oriented
• Commit to a minimum of 12 hours/week
• Work evenings

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experiences with annual giving, prospect research, sales, and/or donor stewardship
• Passionate about fundraising or sales