Assistant Director of Endowment Management & Donor Relations
Appalachian State University
Application
Details
Posted: 27-Aug-24
Location: Boone, North Carolina
Type: Full-time
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Categories:
Operations
Operations - Development
Sector:
Collegiate Sports
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
- Manage all endowment recipients and donor communication for scholarship reports. - Work directly with financial aid, compliance office, and coaches to identify scholarship recipients. - Work closely with gift processing to assist with daily and weekly reporting. - Manage event planning, fund reports, budgets, and communications. - Identify and complete program needs for events, budgets, travel, reconciliations, purchase orders, endowment agreements, executive correspondence, and other areas as assigned. - Manage athletic fundraising events - Assist with donor stewardship at events and on game days
Bachelor’s degree required.
Three to five years of experience in fundraising, sales, or a closely related/comparable field.
Demonstrated success in fundraising, sales, and project management.
Ability to communicate effectively via phone and in-person meetings.
Experience in database management or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms.
Available for occasional travel including work on evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed.
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina, Appalachian State University has built a national reputation for providing outstanding academics. With a student/faculty ratio of 17:1 and an average class size of 25, faculty members are able to take a personal interest in student progress, often becoming mentors, advisers, and friends - even tennis partners. That can only happen in a close-knit community.Nestled at the base of Howard's Knob, the university is located in downtown Boone, NC (year-round pop. 15,000), a small town which thrives as one of the Southeast's premier tourism and outdoor recreation destinations. The nearby Blue Ridge Parkway and Pisgah National Forest provide a beautiful natural setting with unlimited possibilities for outdoor adventure.Appalachian is a public institution and part of The University of North Carolina System.
