Donor Relations Liaison

Job Title : Donor Relations Liaison

The Stanford Humanities Center is seeking to hire an experienced Donor Relations Liaison who will report to the Executive Director and who will work under the general supervision of the Faculty Director.

This position manages and implements a portfolio of annual reporting, gift acknowledgment, donor engagement activities, and projects for the Center & CESTA. It is responsible for managing the Center's Director's Council and Alumni Cabinet, as well as other areas of operation as assigned. It partners with the H&S Donor Relations team to support donor engagement, focusing on activities such as maintaining and cultivating relationships with existing donors, managing donor data, assisting with outreach and event planning, and providing support to the Faculty Director's engagement with existing donors, the Director's Council, and the Alumni Cabinet. In collaboration with the Donor Relations team in H&S, this position serves as the Center and CESTA's main liaison for all development activities and interactions, coordinating with the H&S External Relations team and OOD fundraisers.

The Donor Relations Liaison must possess and demonstrate a positive outlook on continuous process improvement efforts while maintaining a team-based and customer-focused mindset. This position must exhibit the ability to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail, and respectful relationship management. This position must also exhibit a strong desire to continuously learn new and unfamiliar business topics, policies, and procedures as they relate to Donor Relations the ability to translate this information into operational successes will be critical.

This is a 100% FTE, regular, exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus and will be considered for an option of telecommuting (hybrid of working on-site and off-site), subject to operational need.

Core duties include managing a portfolio of annual reporting and donor engagement activities, developing recommendations on best methodologies to engage individual donors, executing fiduciary responsibility to ensure that gifts are awarded and utilized in accordance with donor expectations and university policies, managing the gift acknowledgment process, working with non-development colleagues in the process of executing stewardship activities, managing the process of requesting gift usage information, performing an annual audit of assigned portfolios, independently project managing donor recognition projects, and assisting with creating and executing events.

Education and experience required include a Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience. Knowledge, skills, and abilities include superior organizational skills, excellent writing, research and editorial skills, ability to listen and respond with diplomacy and tact, demonstrated experience managing and coordinating multiple complex projects with competing deadlines, strong attention to detail, strong customer service focus, demonstrated sound judgment in situations requiring independent decision-making and in handling confidential and sensitive material, proficiency in MS Office Suite and database applications, and demonstrated project management skills.

Physical requirements include frequently performing desk-based computer tasks, stand / walk, sit, use a telephone, occasionally light / fine grasping, lift / carry / push / pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds, writing by hand, and ability to obtain and maintain a Non-commercial Class Driver's license.

Working conditions may require working flexible hours, including nights and weekends.