Job Details
Carney, Sandoe & Associates, an educational recruitment firm, is currently seeking an experienced Alumni Gift Officer at Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA.
A coed boarding and day school situated on a 140-acre campus in the center of Groton, Massachusetts, Lawrence Academy provides approximately 400 students in grades 9 to 12 with a college-preparatory curriculum that ensures individual attention and fosters personal growth. Established in 1793, it enjoys its heritage as one of the oldest independent schools in the country while embracing a contemporary student-centered approach that supports its mission: Lawrence Academy recognizes you for who you are and inspires you to take responsibility for who you want to become.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and build relationships with alumni from all decades to build a portfolio for annual fund support.
- Successfully build and maintain existing relationships with key alumni donors.
- Identify new alumni donors and prospects through stewardship and cultivation.
- Identify and regain relationships with lapsed alumni donors.
- Attend community events, meetings, or conferences to promote organizational solicitation goals.
- In collaboration with the Director of Alumni Advancement develop and manage fundraising strategies for alumni of LA.
- Ability and willingness to travel locally, regionally, and domestically for engagement and fundraising.
- Conduct 4-6 meetings with alumni per week for engagement and fundraising.
- Assist in recruitment and oversight of the alumni Class Agent program.
- Provide timely updates, analysis, and management of constituent data using Blackbaud s Raiser s Edge NXT platform.
- Assist with reunions and other key alumni events.
- Collaborate with annual giving team to develop fundraising strategies and digital and print collateral that maximize participation, new or increased contributions, and minimize costs.
Qualifications of the Director of Annual Giving:
- Bachelor s degree required.
- 3+ years of direct fundraising experience.
- An entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrated history of building and enhancing engagement.
- Excellent interpersonal skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong work ethic and willingness to succeed.
- Ability to meet and exceed performance goals.
- Ability to motivate and inspire others.
- Ability to work independently, collaboratively with key internal and external partners.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Willingness to travel locally to attend alumni meetings and events.
- Occasional weekend or evening work required for special events.
- Commitment to and appreciation for the mission of Lawrence Academy.
To Apply
Qualified candidates will be contacted to complete a job seeker profile in order to match them with their own job search counselor.
About CS&A
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- Industry
- Primary/Secondary Education
- Employment Type
- Full-time
- Job Functions