-Dynamic Team Environment: Collaborate with passionate professionals who are committed to our mission.
-Cutting-Edge Initiatives: Be at the forefront of redefining philanthropy in education.
-Unified Structure: Work within a seamless organization with no barriers between key departments.
-Supportive Culture: A high-achieving work environment that values camaraderie and collaboration.
-Impactful Work: A mission that changes lives through education and philanthropy.
What you'll do and what you'll bring:
Duties & Responsibilities:
Provide high level support to ES leadership responsible for donor relations, stewardship and digital communications. Provide minor assistance to other professionals on the team.
This includes data management, travel arrangements, document preparations, forms and requisitions; equipment and services for events and meetings; correspondence with donors, graduates and others.
Provide solutions to complex data projects. Analyze data within the Foundation's engagement software/database, track alumni engagement participation and interactions with the school in the University's database of record.
Become proficient in OnBoard, the tool used for board and council governance. Set up agendas, track attendees, and load minutes for a variety of Alumni Council committees within this tool.
Identify and update biographical data on alumni to maintain a current and comprehensive database and documentation of constituent interactions. Create queries within the database and provide reports as requested.
Research and help identify graduates excelling professionally and personally and provide biographical information on those individuals to Foundation colleagues so we may engage them further. Includes learning and using the Live Alumni tool to conduct research and run reports.
Help with the planning and coordination of events carried out by the ES team, including Homecoming, One Ball State Day, signature speaker series, stewardship events and others. Coordinate the project plan for each event to ensure tasks are completed across multiple departments. This includes event space reservations, expense reports, catering needs, ordering supplies and more. Assist in all logistical support of Homecoming, including the Homecoming Steering Committee.
7 . Project manage related processes for those assigned as permanent stewardship, set up virtual meetings between major donors and students and ensure non-fundraising assigned prospects are being engaged. Coordinate student scholarship recipient (to donor) thank-you's.
8 . Use internal resources to learn more about engagement and philanthropy within higher education; share ideas that promote increases in volunteerism and fundraising.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
10 . Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Additional Information
Position Title:
Engagement and Strategy Coordinator