Assistant

Description:

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build and manage a portfolio of current and prospective leadership level donors (up to $10K) to move them towards giving levels that achieve annual and long-range fundraising goals of the University. Other activities will include:

• Focus on building a new donor pipeline for the museums and the upcoming campaign through ongoing donor discovery and prospecting.

• Develop a portfolio of potential individual, corporate, and foundation donor and prospects at the leadership annual giving level up to $10,000 by cultivating and soliciting these prospects.

• Submit grant proposals up to $10,000 to foundations within the museum’s portfolio.

• Continue to develop, cultivate, and steward relationships with existing donors, with the goal of moving them towards becoming major gift prospects.

• Create and implement cultivation structures that include prospect strategy development, face-to-face visits, continuous donor engagement, preparation of written materials, design and implementation of cultivation events, direct solicitation, and solicitation in tandem with volunteers and other staff.

• Develop and implement strategic special events series, fundraising-related communications, annual campaigns, and new donor affinity groups in support of The Fralin’s current fundraising priorities.

• Recruit and provide high-level guidance to volunteers, advancement ambassadors, and student interns and volunteer board.

• Solicit membership, annual fund, and reunion gifts with the goal of increasing alumni, members, and donors' annual giving up to the next recognition level.

• Occasionally travel in and out of state to meet with donors, as well as attending meetings and facilitating programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• One year (Assistant)/three years (Associate) of related work experience.

• A valid driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least three years of related work experience.

• Detail-oriented with skills in communication and organization.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Knowledge of art and art history, with a general understanding of the art world.

• Knowledge of diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) promotion.

• Ability to discern priorities.

• Ability to work independently and part of a team.

• A high working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams.