Director of Stewardship
- Employer
- The Jackson Laboratory
- Location
- Connecticut, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Jan 18, 2022
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- Position Type
- Executive, Fundraising, Alumni Affairs, Annual Fund, Capital Campaigns, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Donor Relations, Fundraising Administration, Major Gifts, Planned Giving, Prospect Research, Other Fundraising, Special Events, Programs, Program Administration and Management, Administrative, Other Administrative
- Fields
- Health, Research
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is actively seeking a
Director of Stewardship as a key leader within the
Advancement Team. This is a dynamic role, one which will take
advantage of the leader’s talents and competencies to progress and
enhance relationships with donors while fulfilling the strategy of
the Advancement team. We are seeking an individual who
embraces and is motivated by the essential role that
Advancement has within the JAX’s mission: to discover precise
genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical
community in the shared quest to improve human health.
The Director will provide leadership through strategic
planning, implementation, and execution in support of internal and
external stewardship at The Jackson Laboratory. This includes
– but is not necessarily limited to – donor relationship
management; alumni relations and strategy; CRM and database
management; prospect research and management; budgetary oversight;
ethical CASE reporting; endowment spending oversight and review;
and annual reporting.
Reporting to the Vice President for Advancement, the
Director will employ his/her experience, knowledge and expertise to
lead his/her team by employing a standard of best practices in
support of the introduction and maintenance of the highest
standards of accuracy, efficiency and productivity as a leader on
the Advancement team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee CRM and database management; reporting; gift and biographical records management; and gift processing and accounting in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Ensure data discipline and integrity across all platforms.
- Develop and manage budgets that support operational growth and success.
- In collaboration with Director colleagues, lead a successful internal and external stewardship program that includes proper reporting and an annual policy document providing clear and appropriate standards for principal gifts officers to utilize. Through proper stewardship, strategically target alumni and donors – particularly at the principal gifts level – in order to renew, upgrade, and strengthen their financial support for and engagement with JAX.
- Unify and operationalize all systems, resources, policies and requirements for donor tracking, moves management, integrated field activity measurements and related complex projects. Provide leadership and strategic vision for prospect research, relationship management and analytics with business intelligence to support principal gifts development and solicitations, as well as comprehensive campaign initiatives.
- Tracks and ensures endowments and other giving accounts are utilized appropriately in keeping with donor intent.
- Sustained and incremental improvement of database integrity and overall accuracy of team work product.
- Tracking stewardship statistics specific to alumni engagement and alumni giving.
- Work to build relationships within the JAX community to enhance the internal stewardship of endowments.
- Collaboration with Director colleagues in order to lead and make leadership decisions for the Advancement team.
- Bachelor’s degree, graduate degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least ten (10) years of experience in a managerial or leadership position in information technology, prospect management and research and traditional donor relations. Extensive knowledge and experience with the principles, best practices and techniques relevant to complex fundraising operations.
- Demonstrated experience in leading, supervising, and motivating a work team, including organizing work flow to accomplish established objectives, delegating responsibility, training, mentoring, and evaluating individual and team effectiveness.
- Proven ability to analyze and synthesize information; and demonstrated resourcefulness in finding appropriate solutions to problems and initiative in presenting alternatives and implementing solutions to ensure effective change and/or eliminate or mitigate potential negative effects.
- Excellent initiative and organizational skills to prioritize complex tasks, projects, and workflow; and use independent judgment to make decisions regarding operations and deadlines.
- Possess traits of good judgment, confidentiality and discretion with colleagues and constituents.
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