Assistant Director - Annual Giving

Department: Athletics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Purdue for Life Foundation

Description

Responsibilities

• Reach out to donors and prospects to secure donations and ticket renewals/sales primarily through phone calls, face to face visits and emails.
• Identify new and cultivate/steward existing introductory-to-high level athletics donors.
• Serve as primary athletics contact for a portfolio of approximately 500 mid-level annual donors and major gift prospects.
• Meet and exceed personal fundraising metrics and contribute to team goals.
• Assist with Athletic Department’s premium sales and stewardship management needs.
• Advance the John Purdue Club (JPC) membership, marketing, and communications efforts, while furthering the overarching Athletics Department goal of developing student-athletes into scholars, champions, and citizens.
• Some travel and weekend work required.

• Advance the John Purdue Club (JPC) membership, marketing, and communications efforts, while furthering the overarching Athletics Department goal of developing student-athletes into scholars, champions, and citizens.
• Work with major gift team to qualify major gift prospects.
• Assist with special JPC events, both on and off campus.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Superior initiative, motivation, interpersonal, and customer service skills required, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders from a wide variety of professional and cultural backgrounds.
• Comfortability placing phone calls
• Relentless work ethic
• Ability to influence and build working relationships among a diverse workforce at all levels required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, quantitative, organizational and project management skills necessary.
• Must be able to multi-task and meet established deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Personal computing and related software skills, such as word processing, spreadsheets, database management, data queries necessary.
• Capable of adhering to and complying with Purdue University, Purdue Research Foundation, Big Ten Conference, and NCAA applicable rules, policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external constituents.
• Regular and reliable attendance are requirements of this position.

Required Education, Experience and Benefits Summary

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Sports Management/Administration, Hospitality and Tourism management or related field required.
• Minimum of two years of fundraising, sales, marketing, and customer service.
• Customer service focus and background a high priority.
• Athletic fundraising or sales experience preferred.

• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Accrue up to 22 vacation days a year.
• Traditional pre-tax 403(b) and Roth retirement plans available.
• 10% employer contribution to your retirement plan and immediate vesting.
• Health Savings Account- earn up to $550 annually towards medical expenses.
• Employer funded Preventative Dental and Vision insurance. 
• Tuition discounts on eligible programs at Purdue University and Purdue Global for qualified employees, spouses, and dependents.