Career Center

The Ethel Walker School has an opening for a Stewardship & Donor Relations Manager in our Advancement department. The Stewardship & Donor Relations Manager will assist in the management of an endowment stewardship program designed to foster and nurture long-term and meaningful interactions and relationships between The Ethel Walker School and its donors. This is a full year, full time position and reports to the Director of Development and the Annual Fund.

Primary goals:

• Collaborate with Advancement team members to drive a donor relations program. Plan and execute stewardship projects, activities and events. Plan donor stewardship strategies for all levels of donors through thoughtful touch points, donor-centered communications and outreach.
• Oversee interactions with endowed fund donors to share impact of their gifts, thank them for their support, and ensure that funds are being expended according to donor wishes.
• Provide substantive and timely reports to donors regarding the impact of their gift(s).
• Ensure endowed fund recordkeeping adheres to fiduciary responsibilities of the School and that information in Raiser’s Edge database is clear and updated.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acknowledge endowed gifts to ensure accurate, timely, consistent, and meaningful expression of gratitude. Seek opportunities to connect and engage donors and fund recipients.
• Work with the Advancement team to determine opportunities and mechanisms to recognize donor giving via events, named spaces, and awards.
• Maintain endowed fund filing system and document current standing of all endowed funds.
• Work closely with Business Office to establish policies and procedures that review parameters of endowed gifts to ensure the donors’ intentions are honored.

• For scholarship endowment funds, collaborate with Admissions Office to receive scholarship recipient names and in turn, reach out to scholars for personalized messaging to endowed scholarship donors.

• With the Assistant Head for Advancement, create structures for giving opportunities, including levels required to establish endowed gifts, recognition of named spaces, giving societies or other newly-established locations of recognition at EWS.
• Analyze effectiveness of stewardship strategies and programs, making and implementing strategic and operational recommendations.
• Maintain portfolio of donors to cultivate, steward and solicit to meet Annual Fund for Walker’s goal.
• Manage two or more Reunion classes including ongoing correspondence, Zoom meetings, and other methods to draw them back to campus.
• Develop content for publications including the Annual Report of Philanthropy, the Sundial Magazine, and social media.

• Work with Director of Alumnae Relations and database services team to maintain database of deceased personnel; send Chapel Bells Memorial service cards to relevant alumnae and family members.
• Work with faculty and students to manage oversight, production and communication of two annual Memorial Chapel services partnering with campus stakeholders.
• Work with Directors of Alumnae Relations and Communications Department to oversee the Take Note, In Memoriam section of the Sundial magazine.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience.
• Effective strategic thinking, creative problem-solving, attention to detail, and the ability to identify key issues proactively; formulate recommendations for change or improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and mature judgment. Ability to act with discretion and confidentiality in all matters.
• Aptitude for technology and efficient production of communication projects. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, Google Suite, Canva, Adobe or other design software. Familiarity with databases, ideally Raiser’s Edge.
• Critical and strategic thinker who possesses strong time- and project-management skills.
• Professional and courteous demeanor and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, and all constituents.
• Ability and interest to maintain working knowledge of best practices in the field of donor relations and stewardship.
• Ability to plan and execute events and programs and measure/report their impact.
• Enjoys a fast-paced, collaborative working environment.

To apply, please submit your resume, cover letter and contact list of three (3) references to careers@my.ethelwalker.org