Req #: 235555

Department: SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Posting Date: 06/20/2024

Closing Info: Closes On 06/27/2024

Salary: $6,167 - $6,775 per month

Limited Recruitment: Open to Department employees only

Shift: First Shift

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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The School of Social Work has an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Director for Advancement. Position Purpose

The Assistant Director for Advancement, as a key member of the School of Social Work’s advancement team, will help plan, manage and direct the School’s advancement activities and efforts to secure gifts primarily from individuals, and select corporations and foundations. Activities in the position involve extensive direct contact with the School’s diverse internal and external audiences, including alumni, friends, major donors, faculty, staff, volunteers, and representatives of organizations, corporations and foundations.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Front-line Fundraising • Primary responsibility for developing, soliciting, and stewarding donors; developing and implementing strategies to identify, cultivate, visit, solicit and steward individuals capable of making annual, major, and planned gifts to the School of Social Work’s priorities. • Work to build a strong prospect discovery pipeline through managing a portfolio of annual fund prospects with the potential of becoming high-end annual fund and major gift prospects. • Develop written materials for solicitation and stewardship of annual giving level prospects, including annual solicitation, renewal and thank you letters. • Oversee and coordinate annual giving efforts with Central Advancement and advancement program coordinator, including the Student Calling Programs and direct mail activities. • Manage an ongoing portfolio of gift prospects with strategies and solicitations in place within a 12 month time frame. • Prepare written proposals, informational materials, endowment agreements, stewardship reports needed to secure and steward gifts. • Participate cooperatively with the University’s prospect management and tracking system. • Manage stewardship activities for the UW School of Social Work, including but not limited, to annual acknowledgements to endowment donors and thank you visits to donors. • Represent the School at University, community and professional functions as appropriate, providing staff support for advancement related activities in the School as needed. • As part of the University-wide annual development planning process, assist the Assistant Dean in establishing goals, objectives and strategies for the School’s development and advancement activities. Regularly evaluate programs, assess progress toward goals, and report on results to the Assistant Dean for Advancement. • Prepare briefing materials and guest profiles for the Dean, Assistant Dean for Advancement and other school leadership and volunteers. • Support and staff volunteer advisory committees as aligned with the fundraising priorities of the School of Social Work.

Discovery • Proactively reach out to qualify leads through cold calls and emails making 10 substantial contacts per week and an average of 1-2 visits per week. Solicit individual prospective donors when appropriate and qualify major gift prospects to proactively cultivate for additional future gifts. • Work with the Assistant Dean to develop techniques to start cold relationships and move them through the donor continuum to a gift conversation. • Work with fundraising colleagues in Regional and Planned Giving to develop and support strategies for activities and special events for qualification and solicitation efforts.

Other duties as assigned Key Competencies Core • Effective Communications: Expresses oneself clearly and empathetically in interactions with others in all forms of communication, i.e., verbal and written, one-on-one and group, etc. • Interpersonal Awareness: Builds and maintains positive relationships and actively contributes as a member of working teams to achieve results. • Professional Credibility: Takes responsibility for meeting goals, objectives, obligations, and solving problems while representing the mission, vision and values of the organization. • Critical Thinking: Obtains, analyzes and evaluates information effectively in the face of ambiguity. Makes appropriate decisions based on relevant information and experience. • Ethics and Trust: Models and upholds the values of candor, openness, inclusiveness and honesty despite internal and external pressures. Acts consistently with Washington State ethical guidelines and organizational core values and beliefs. • Valuing Diversity & Inclusiveness: Respects, values and contributes to the UW’s commitment to inclusiveness and diversity.

Fundraiser • Donor Focused: Establishes, cultivates and stewards strong relationships with donors and friends to build and maintain lifelong partnerships and trust with UW. • Results Oriented: Acts decisively to achieve results. • Planning & Implementing: Develops fundraising strategies and plans that integrate into the organization’s mission, priorities and goals. • Conflict Resolution: Works to resolve conflicts and differences through dialog and open communication in a timely manner. Sees every difference as an opportunity for growth and change.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor's degree and three years of experience in development or fundraising or related field.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: • Ability to work collegially and effectively with internal and external partners and constituencies. • Demonstrated strong computer skills, including relational databases and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for correspondence, special reports, spreadsheets, databases, forms, etc.

Desired Qualifications • Professional development experience in higher education. • Previous individual, corporate, and foundation discovery experience. • Experience working with volunteers. • Knowledge of the integrated advancement model. Knowledge of alumni relations/development/advancement principles. • Knowledge of UW Advancement policies and procedures, including use of the development database software Tandem.

Work Environment • Ability to work evening and weekend hours, as necessary, on short or limited notice. • Must have regular and reliable transportation for local travel and willing to travel when necessary. • During Events (from setup to tear down) or on Event days: • Ability to lift 20 pounds regularly and up to 40 pounds occasionally for event setup and tear down. • Ability to stand 4 or more hours continuously. • Ability to walk 4 or more hours continuously. • Ability to work greater than a 10 hour day

Application Process:

The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.