This position will identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, engage, and steward a portfolio of assigned donors and potential donors to support the university's mission through the Bellarmine Fund. Goals will be set to increase the number of Bellarmine Fund and President's Society donors ($2,000+) to support Bellarmine's current use and annual giving needs. President's Society is the leadership giving level for the Bellarmine Fund.  The position will also work closely with schools, colleges, and athletics to reconnect and discover potential new major donors for Bellarmine.

The Associate Director of the President's Society is responsible for renewing and recruiting President's Society members.  This will be done through:

• Working within a personal portfolio for custom donor and potential donor engagement through in-person and virtual meetings;
• Designing a direct response marketing strategy in collaboration with the Bellarmine Fund team and Marketing/Communications to inspire more donors to give at the $2,000 + level;
• Partnering with development officers to assure they are securing President's Society gifts from their assigned donors;
• Connecting with Bellarmine volunteer board members on their networks for potential President's Society members;
• Monitoring data to pivot as necessary around real-time giving trends.

This is a regular, full-time, 12-month position.  Due to the nature of this position, night and weekend hours are required to attend events and meet donors. Some overnight travel required to visit donors.  Frequent virtual and in-person meetings with potential and current donors at various locations locally, regionally, and nationally. 

• Bachelor's degree
• Self-motivated and desire to work individually and as a team for the betterment of the University as a whole.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills for the engagement, solicitation, and stewardship of donors. 
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to build relationships across diverse populations and constituencies.
• Ability to work across multiple technology platforms and systems.

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About Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 382 Colleges, is one of the top 15 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2018 college rankings, and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 175-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, KY, which Glassdoor recently recognized one of the nation's top 10 cities where pay goes the furthest, and National Geographic calls it a top 10 food city. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 1...0 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

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