*\*See full posting on IWU website and follow application instructions as outlined.
For full consideration, an IWU application must be submitted.
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Reporting to the Director of Stewardship, the Stewardship and Donor Relations Coordinator at Illinois Wesleyan University plays a crucial role in developing and executing a comprehensive stewardship strategy to foster meaningful connections with our scholarship, annual giving, and leadership donors.
_This is a full time, on-campus position.
Generous benefits include health, retirement, considerable time off and access to multiple tuition scholarship programs for employees and dependents.
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*Responsibilities*:
* *Oversees all aspects of the scholarship program at IWU, *including maintaining a portfolio of current scholarship donors for stewardship and gift renewal; collaborating with campus partners to execute spring and fall scholarship awarding procedures; collecting appreciation letters from student scholarship recipients; and maintaining scholarship donor records.
* *Execute a comprehensive program aimed at personal, creative, and highly informative engagement for annual giving donors, *including planning recognition events, and distributing personal communications expressing gratitude and impact.
* *Oversee database management for tracking stewardship activities, analyzing metrics, and creating reports; *leverage the potential of Slate for Advancement database to ensure donor relations and stewardship documents are submitted and updated; understand best practices and establish metrics to benchmark and track programmatic success; discover ways to automate stewardship processes in Slate for Advancement whenever possible.
*Requirements*:
* Bachelor’s preferred; significant experience may substitute for some education
* Three years’ related experience; experience in higher education or non-profit fundraising preferred
* Strong analytical skills including the ability to recognize trends from qualitative and quantitative data
* Occasional travel required; approximately 2-3 overnight events a year
*Application Information**:*
Please download and return the required application .
Feel free to also include a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.
Review of applicant materials will begin immediately; position is open until filled.
Submit to:
Illinois Wesleyan University
Human Resources, Holmes 209
1312 N.
Park Street
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 556-3536
Fax: (309) 556-1710
The final candidate will pass a pre-employment background investigation.
Level 20 ($23.
50/hr)
_Illinois Wesleyan University does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position.
Candidates must reside and be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire; maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.
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_Illinois Wesleyan University is committed to recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse, inclusive, and civil community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students.
We seek candidates who have a demonstrated commitment to supporting and further building our community in these dimensions.
Illinois Wesleyan University is an EEO Employer.
Illinois Wesleyan University’s sexual misconduct policy may be accessed at __https://www.
iwu.
edu/title-ix/sexual-misconduct-policy.
html__.
Illinois Wesleyan University is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusive excellence; details at __www.
iwu.
edu/diversity__.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $48,880.
00 per year
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* Dental insurance
* Employee assistance program
* Flexible spending account
* Health insurance
* Health savings account
* Life insurance
* Paid time off
* Tuition reimbursement
* Vision insurance
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
* Have you already completed and emailed the required IWU employment application to hr@iwu.
edu? For full consideration you must complete this.
Education:
* Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
* Fundraising: 3 years (Preferred)
* Higher Education: 3 years (Preferred)
* Donor Relations: 3 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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