Donor Experience Senior Associate, Wexner Medical Center

Donor Experience Senior Associate, Wexner Medical Center

The Donor Experience Senior Associate is responsible for assisting the Director of Donor Experience with developing, executing, and evaluating comprehensive donor experience programs and engagements designed to inspire donors to the Wexner Medical Center (WMC) units, including the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) / James and College of Medicine. The Donor Experience Senior Associate assists in developing engagement strategy for targeted and / or global donor audiences that occur on both an ongoing and / or annual basis, as well as developing and driving individual / one-off experiences that move donors along the philanthropic continuum from engagement to donation to stewardship. The Donor Experience Senior Associate is also responsible for partnering with assigned development officers from WMC units, including the OSUCCC / James and College of Medicine to develop and execute stewardship plans for cultivating prospects and donors through engagement and stewardship activities.

Reporting to the Director of Donor Experience, the Donor Experience Senior Associate operates with a high degree of organization, attention to detail, critical thinking and creativity. They must have polished interpersonal skills and be capable of interacting successfully with leadership, development officers, donors, physicians, administrators and other key stakeholders.

All members of Advancement are part of creating a culture that inspires an exceptionally multifaceted and talented team and are expected to exhibit The Ohio State University's Shared Values. The Office of Advancement is committed to acting with kindness, respect, and integrity at all times and welcoming our colleagues' ideas, voices, and perspectives, acknowledging that we are better together.

The Wexner Medical Center and Health Science Colleges Donor Experience team collaborates with colleagues from across the medical center, Health Sciences Colleges (HSC), Advancement, and the University to create opportunities to engage donors and show appreciation and impact of their giving. The Wexner Medical Center Donor Experience team serves four interrelated, but unique donor audiences : donors to the Wexner Medical Center, College of Medicine, OSUCCC / James, and the Health Sciences Colleges. These combined audiences account for more than a third of all fundraising support to the University on an annual basis.

One of the nation's leading academic health centers, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center offers health care services in virtually every specialty and subspecialty in medicine. Thousands of patients come to us each month for treatments and services they can't find anywhere else. Our clinical areas of distinctiveness are Cancer, Heart, Neurology, Transplantation, Diabetes, Musculoskeletal, Digestive Diseases and Critical Care. At Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, we're driving breakthrough health care solutions to improve people's lives.

Duties and responsibilities include : assisting the Director with identifying, executing, and evaluating comprehensive donor experience programs and engagements; partnering with assigned development officers to develop and execute annual plans for stewarding donors; completing special projects and performing other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include : a bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, two years of professional experience in donor relations / stewardship or related development work, and proficiency with MS Office.

Desired qualifications include : three or more years of experience in development / donor relations, experience working in the donor relations / stewardship field in higher education, a large university-related medical center or a healthcare fundraising organization, demonstrated success planning and implementing strategic engagement opportunities, experience working in an alumni / donor / customer database, and proficiency with InDesign and conditional mail merge.