WHITMAN COLLEGE

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POSITION PURPOSE

The Office of Annual Giving is focused on meeting and growing our annual donor goal of 4000 alumni donors contributing $2.7M+ towards the school's annual operating budget through The Whitman Fund and W Club. This position is both an individual contributor as well as an important member of the Annual Giving team. The Assistant Director of Annual Giving is primarily focused on direct solicitation of gifts, volunteer management, and contributing to team-based projects. The Office of Annual Giving is part of the Development and Alumni Relations department. 

The Assistant Director of Annual Giving is charged with increasing and retaining support from Whitman alumni and parents through annual gifts to the College. The Assistant Director will work directly with our extensive volunteer network with a specific focus on reunion volunteers and staff and faculty giving. The Assistant Director is responsible for organizing, operating, providing logistics, materials and reports for reunion volunteer programs. This position is also responsible for meeting with volunteers and other alumni in 1:1 and group settings to educate these constituents about the Whitman Fund and secure leadership level gifts.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

General

• Serve as a member of the Annual Giving team, focused on supporting group-wide initiatives like days of giving.
• Manage the cluster/milestone reunion giving programs and staff/faculty giving campaigns 

Volunteer Management

• Recruit and train reunion fundraising volunteers, communicates with volunteers on a consistent basis with fundraising updates and assists volunteers with their outreach to Whitman alumni in asking for gifts to The Whitman Fund.
• Create and track fundraising dollar and participation goals for reunion classes, set measurable strategies and tactics for achieving those goals, and communicate progress.
• Develop reunion solicitation materials in coordination with Alumni Relations and reunion committee volunteers.
• Collaborate with the annual giving team and the Director of Alumni Relations to plan workshops and training sessions for the annual Volunteer Summit.
• Use, troubleshoot and train all assigned volunteers in volunteer management software.
• Maintain online volunteer resources page to help recruit, onboard and engage volunteers.  

Staff & Faculty Giving

In partnership with the Director of Annual Giving, create and execute strategies to educate staff and faculty about the importance of supporting The Whitman Fund, with plans to increase overall participation by both gr