• Assist in the coordination and execution of fundraising campaigns, major donor outreach, and stewardship activities.
• Event coordination for donor and advancement events, including dignitary visits and high-profile Village events.
• Provide logistical and administrative support for fundraising appeals, mailings, and donor communications, including assisting with creation and review of materials to be distributed and overseeing communication with donors.

• Provide coordination for annual giving activities, including creation of donor and prospects from existing databases, and assist with appeals and community fundraising events.
• Using electronic channels, such as email, social media, or alumni engagement software, cultivate relationships with CLV alumni, current and former staff, and families to promote giving and increase engagement.
• Recruit, train, and advise volunteers in order to promote giving and alumni involvement.

• Assist in maintaining a comprehensive database of donors, alumni, and key stakeholders. Create new and update constituent records as needed and work to identify and establish contact with alumni.
• Maintain donor records, manage gift acknowledgments, and ensure accurate data entry in donor databases. This includes daily gift batching and receipting, processing gifts according to industry best practices, preparing, distributing gift acknowledgements in a timely manner, and managing receipt information for donors.
• Maintain all donor files and create year end giving summaries as requested. Maintain alumni records and tracking impact of outreach.
• Prepare and execute scholarship thank you initiatives.

• Support the grant-writing process, including assisting with budget preparation, and compiling reports for submission.

• Calendar management for CLV executive director and CLV’s director of development, including scheduling meetings, arranging travel, and coordinating appointments.
• Support the CLV executive director and director of development’s involvement with external boards and committees.
• Assist with correspondence, drafting letters/emails, running reports, meeting minutes, and monthly P-Card reconciliation.
• Coordinate logistics for CLV employee and committee meetings, national advisory council meetings, and executive leadership team gatherings. This includes coordinating Zoom set up and recording for meetings, summarizing meeting notes, and executing organization-wide surveys and other assessment surveys relevant to CLV team meetings.

• Manage office operations for CLV development team, including technology procurement, phone systems, and supply management.
• Act as a liaison between the CLV offices in Bemidji, Moorhead, and St. Paul, ensuring smooth communication and operations, including maintenance of listservs and internal staff directory and administering CLV SharePoint, and all-CLV meeting scheduling, management, and minutes/note sharing.

EEO/AA Statement

Concordia College will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, veteran’s status, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, public assistance status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other legally protected status.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in advancement services or administrative support, preferably in nonprofit fundraising, donor relations, alumni engagement
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and database management
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic accounting, expense tracking, and financial reporting
• Experience coordinating fundraising events and donor outreach
• Familiarity with grant writing and reporting
• Background in higher education, international programs, or study abroad experience

About Concordia College

Concordia's Mission: The purpose of Concordia College is to influence the affairs of the world by sending into society thoughtful and informed men and women dedicated to the Christian life. Concordia is a global liberal arts college rooted in the Lutheran intellectual tradition. We are an open and respectful community that nurtures students in their quest for authentic identity and life purpose. Concordia welcomes students from all spiritual and cultural backgrounds and seeks to prepare them for the great work of life. At Concordia, we seek to educate students in every aspect of their lives. Concordia's mission highlights our commitment to the Lutheran academic tradition, including discerning vocation and cultivating lives of meaning and purpose in service to the neighbor, seeking truth and asking hard questions with nothing off limits for inquiry and critique, encouraging students to explore their passionate convictions through civil discourse, recognizing that the complexities of life demand more than either/or thinking and simple answers, nurturing relationships, building community, and seeking mutual understanding in the pursuit of learning as a model for responsible engagement... in the world, and offering a distinct approach to learning by discussing faith and reason and linking the liberal arts, professional studies, and civic engagement. Rooted in our Lutheran identity, we respond to the generosity of God by reaching out to our neighbor with faith rooted in love. By cultivating a community that is open to all, we seek to build peace through understanding and serve the world together.

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