Overview
The Bryn Mawr School has an immediate opening for a dynamic, detail-oriented advancement professional to support its Advancement team. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, team player with prior fundraising experience and the ability to make personal solicitations.
This is a full-time, twelve-month position that reports to the Associate Director of Advancement and closely collaborates with the entire Advancement team.
Position Description
The Director of The Fund for Bryn Mawr is responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive, year-round fundraising plan for The Fund for Bryn Mawr. The fundraising plan includes developing goals, strategies, and programming to build and engage Bryn Mawr’s donor and prospect base.
The Director of The Fund for Bryn Mawr identifies, solicits, cultivates, and stewards meaningful relationships with established and potential donors, securing annual contributions with a specific emphasis on building the pipeline for leadership giving and specialized gift efforts.
The Director of The Fund for Bryn Mawr organizes and manages volunteer committees including but not limited to: The Senior Gift Committee Chair/Volunteers and The Fund for Bryn Mawr Chair/Volunteers. This role also works closely with The Director of Alumnae Engagement on reunion giving and reunion committees.
Essential Functions and Duties:
Create and manage a multidimensional, segmented appeal schedule that utilizes a variety of mediums (e.g., direct mail, electronic, phone, and face-to-face solicitations) to communicate with potential and current donors.
Establish strategic dollar, participation, qualitative and quantitative goals for The Fund for Bryn Mawr in order to achieve annual giving goals. This includes but is not limited to managing, tracking, and analyzing donor renewal, acquisition and attrition, with an emphasis on donor performance and new strategies to maximize revenue.
Collaborate with the Director of Advancement Communications to produce copy for all solicitations and gift acknowledgments, with a focus on donor-centered fundraising and the impact of gift storytelling.
Collaborate with the Director of Advancement Communications to plan and execute successful Giving Day campaigns, including but not limited to Daisy Day (Annual Day of Giving) and Giving Tuesday.
Collaborate with the Director of Advancement Communications and the Communications team to utilize Give Campus to execute successful fundraising campaigns.
In partnership with The Director of Alumnae Engagement, orchestrate and oversee a collaborative and engaging Reunion Giving program.
Explore Affinity Giving programs as a way to increase giving across constituency groups.
Work collaboratively with the Advancement Services Team to produce weekly fundraising reports and Raiser’s Edge generated reports to ensure accurate gift entry, acknowledgment, and recognition of annual contributions.
Build relationships with managed prospects, and conduct at least 50 personal visits per year while moving prospects through the donor life cycle.
Utilize Raiser’s Edge to track visits, produce contact notes, conduct appropriate constituent follow-up, and generate fundraising progress reports.
Provide regular annual giving program updates for the Advancement Committee, Board of Trustees, Business Office, and Senior Leadership team.
Collaborate with the Advancement and Special Events Coordinator to support the planning and execution of stewardship, cultivation, and fundraising events.
Coordinate with Parent and Alumnae Directors to ensure alignment between annual giving goals and parent and alumnae engagement programming.
Manage the annual giving budget.
Recruit and manage volunteers across constituency groups.
Other duties as assigned.
Recommended Employment Qualifications:
3-5 years of experience directing or managing an annual fund with proven success in meeting fundraising goals
4-year college degree
Self-starter
Excellent organizational skills
Raiser’s Edge experience, preferred
Give Campus experience, preferred
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Google Suite
Familiarity with and endorsem*nt of the School’s mission, culture, and values; interest in participating in the life of the school
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times.
Self-motivation, flexibility, problem-solving, and commitment to innovation
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
Excellent quantity, quality, accuracy, and timeliness of work produced
Ability to prioritize work and perform multiple tasks simultaneously while adhering to deadlines and maintaining a high degree of accuracy
Experience using digital tools and demonstrated use of data analytics to inform decision-making
Demonstrated commitment to participating in a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment.
Additional Information
Evening and weekend hours may be required. Lifting and carrying of equipment is not typical but may be required on some occasions.
The Bryn Mawr School is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all federal, state and local laws, which prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation and veteran status. We welcome the perspectives of candidates from diverse backgrounds.
The Bryn Mawr School is a pre-kindergarten through grade twelve, independent girls school that inspires a passion for intellectual curiosity, emphasizes the delights and demands of learning and nurtures the full potential of our young women in mind, body, and spirit. To prepare our students for lifelong learning and leadership, we are deeply committed to academic excellence, ethical decision-making, and the dignity of all people. A Bryn Mawr education is grounded in the expectation that young women will be resilient in the face of complexity, ambiguity, and change; will become responsible and confident participants in the world; and will lead considered and consequential lives.
Interested candidates should apply by submitting a resume, cover letter and three professional references to Cory Birdsall, Senior Director of Advancement, birdsallc@brynmawrschool.org.
