Alumni Relations Officer jobs in Massachusetts

Our Mission

We in Boston University Development & Alumni Relations (DAR) harness the power of philanthropy to make an excellent education accessible and welcoming to all, and to advance BU’s global leadership in research, scholarship, artistic creation, and professional practice.  To support our work, we have built—and are continuing to build—an outstanding team of dynamic, mission-driven advancement professionals who constantly strive to create an environment where everyone belongs.  Where it’s not just about a job, but a career and a community.

Now, our Annual Giving team is looking for a Leadership Annual Giving Officer who will be responsible for the discovery, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospects capable of making annual gifts of $1,000 and up.

Annual Giving at Boston University

Each year, alumni, students, parents, and friends choose to support everything from softballs to software at BU. These gifts are then deployed to fund research, provide emergency student assistance, pay for travel to academic conferences, and lots more throughout the year.

Leadership Annual Giving Officer

Reporting to the Director of Leadership Annual Giving and in collaboration with the Executive Director, the Leadership Annual Giving Officer will be responsible for the discovery, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospects capable of making annual gifts of $1,000 and up. This individual will build and maintain a portfolio of up to 200 prospects and schedule visits (in-person and virtual) with them and other “discovery” prospects. They will work with team members on messaging and outreach around the 1839 Society to engage, develop, retain leadership donors. This position will work to engage prospects in and around the New York – metro area and the Southeast, with the possibility to expand outreach to other regions. The Leadership Annual Giving Officer joins a vibrant, high-performing, and growing Annual Giving team and will play in a key role in growing the base of support for BU’s future campaigns.

Responsibilities:

Portfolio Management:

• Identify, cultivate, and personally solicit a portfolio of 1839 Society level ($1,000 - $25,000/annually) donors, prospects, and future volunteers with a goal of at least 12 personal scheduled visits per month.
• Leverage face-to-face and virtual meetings, phone calls, emails, alumni events, and other contacts to build relationships and increase support from prospects.
• Meet agreed upon fundraising metrics as defined by supervisor, including donor meetings, proposals, contact reports, and donor retention.

Collaboration

• Collaborate with colleagues in Alumni Engagement to identify prospects and future volunteer leaders within regional networks.
• Effectively move leadership annual donors through the pipeline, working with major gifts and unit (school, college, Athletics, etc.) development teams, as appropriate.
• Participate in phone banking and complete reminder calls during key campaigns including BU Giving Day, Giving Tuesday, calendar-year end, and fiscal-year end.
• Utilize dashboard tools, data analytics and partnership with Annual Giving team as well as other internal colleagues to identify donors for targeted outreach.

Other Duties

• Perform other duties as assigned, and implement new ideas as approved, that will enhance the mission and goals of the Division of Development & Alumni Relations.
• Participate in the continued programmatic development of the 1839 Society, BU’s recognition program for $1,000 donors.
• Some evening, weekends, and out-of-town travel required, depending on external conditions. Valid driver’s license required.