Careers Job Description
General Description
Baruch College seeks a highly organized, fundraising savvy individual to join its College Advancement team whose primary goals include: Increasing recent graduates and reunion participation in terms of dollars and donors. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Special Gifts, the Development Officer will help coordinate Baruch's campus philanthropy initiatives, working directly with prospects to solicit gifts at the $100+ level. Located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of New York City, Baruch College is a senior college of the City University of New York system (CUNY), and houses three schools: the Zicklin School of Business (the largest business school in the United States), the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences, and the School of Public Affairs.
Other Duties
The following are the areas of responsibility:
Front Line Fundraising
Maintain a personal portfolio of at least 100 prospects consisting of reunion, parents, and Associate leadership, responsible for discovery, cultivation, face-to-face solicitation and stewardship.
Program Administration
Material Production: Manage the creation and dissemination of extensive toolbox of cultivation/stewardship communication pieces including informational mailings, personalized invitations to campus events.
Reporting & Tracking: Create management reports as needed, call reports and meeting request memos. Maintain a detailed record of prospect management in database.
Campus Philanthropy
Work with a committee on recent graduate outreach
Work with students to develop a student giving program
Coordinate the employee giving program
Develop a parent giving program
May perform other duties and attend other events as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of experience required, with experience in fundraising preferred. Excellent computer skills and database experience preferred; experience with Raiser's Edge preferred. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), and excellent interpersonal skills. Keen ability to work independently and as a team member in a fast-paced environment.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
College Advancement
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Feb 02, 2016 (Or Until Filled)