Director Donor Relations and Stewardship
Arlington, VA, United States
The Seminar Network is seeking a Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship to join its team. This role will be externally-facing, and will be responsible for building lifelong relationships with our donors, ensuring that we are their philanthropic partner of choice.
About Us
The Seminar Network builds mission-driven partnerships with individuals, companies, and foundations to drive change in education, communities, business, public policy, and politics that empowers people to improve their lives. We are building a movement of principled business and philanthropic leaders who maximize the value of their contribution of time, talent, and resources to advance a free and open society.
We are looking for colleagues committed to advancing our mission with energy, commitment, and passion for what they do.
Our Values
Working at The Seminar Network is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Market Based Management® (MBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, MBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees. Ten Guiding Principles that encourage principled thought and action form the MBM® culture: Integrity, Compliance, Value Creation, Principled Entrepreneurship, Customer Focus, Knowledge, Change, Humility, Respect, and Fulfillment.
Essential Responsibilities:
Oversee the implementation of a comprehensive Donor Relations and Stewardship program that appropriately recognizes donors
Strategically partner with development team to determine the best strategies for individualized donor stewardship plans utilizing consistent, accurate, and appropriate information-sharing mechanisms
Serve as additional contact for donors, helping to resolve problems, questions, special needs, and concerns in a timely manner
Create, institutionalize, and enroll donors in Donor Clubs
Create, implement and coordinate a systematic gift acceptance, donor acknowledgment, and donor recognition plan to support and expand donor relationships
Manage information tracking processes regarding acknowledgement, recognition, on-going cultivation and continued solicitation of major donors to enhance the relationship
Develop and assess policies and procedures that are essential for stewardship communications
Work collaboratively with the development team to compile appropriate invitation lists, compose letters or invites, engage feature program participants, provide program materials, prepare program scripts and participant remarks, and create opportunities for donor engagement and recognition
Coordinate stewardship reports to educate, engage, inspire and thank our donors for their generosity
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or relevant years of work experience required
7+ years’ experience in a professional environment is required
Past experience in major gift fundraising (working with high-dollar donors) and a familiarity with concepts of Moves Management is preferred
A passion and commitment to free-market principles
Ability to prioritize, and advanced skills in strategic planning and coordination
Exceptional interpersonal skills, and high degree of discretion and confidentiality
Ability to travel up to 25%
Computer proficiency, including MS Office
Demonstrated evidence of leadership ability or entrepreneurial behavior
Humility, integrity, passion, motivation, and a self-starter attitude