Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship

Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship

POSITION : Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship

REPORTS TO : Senior Director of Advancement

STATUS : Full-Time, Exempt

RANGE : $80,000 to $90,000

Brooklyn Law School is searching for a Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship to join our team. The Law School’s size, vibrant employee and student population, and commitment to training the next generation of lawyers and promoting social justice, will offer a candidate the opportunity to develop and diversify practical skills and participate firsthand in operating a successful educational institution.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Advancement, the Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship is responsible for ensuring that Brooklyn Law has a comprehensive, best practice donor relations and strategic stewardship program that supports the cultivation, recognition and stewardship that strengthen donor relationship across all levels of giving.

Responsibilities Include

• Develop and implement a high performing, comprehensive donor relations and strategic stewardship program designed to increase donor joy and drive fundraising growth.
• Oversee aspects of gift acknowledgments, pledge reminders, endowment and scholarship reporting and customized major and principal gifts stewardship plans.
• Oversee and direct the stewardship of recognition society programs and assist with the creation and launch of a leadership annual giving society.
• Collaborate with events teams to successfully execute the vision and strategy for recognition and stewardship events.
• Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team to effectively tell donor impact stories and emotionally connect and inspire donors.
• Build long-term donor relations programs that enrich relations between donors and the Law School.
• Partner with colleagues to ensure a coordinated, personalized, and mission-driven approach to donor engagement.
• Lead the planning and execution of annual endowment and scholarship reports.
• Follow-up with scholarship recipients regarding thank-you notes and participation in stewardship events.
• Collaborate with the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid to ensure scholarships are awarded fairly and transparently.
• Create and maintain student scholarship profiles and related database records.
• Track donations and awards for current-use scholarships and compile historical recipient data.
• Coordinate annual donor-funded prize letters with Academic Affairs.
• Manage donor-funded fellowships by gathering student responses, preparing reports for donors, and coordinating with the Public Service Law Center.

Required

Preferred

Remote capabilities : This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule, requiring a minimum in-office presence of four (4) days per week during the academic year and three (3) days per week during the summer and academic breaks.

Travel : No travel required.

Affirmative Action / EEO statement : Brooklyn Law School is committed to being impartial in the treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, religion, color, natural origin, citizenship status, gender, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, union affiliation, political affiliation, sexual orientation or preferences or any other legal protected status.

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