Req #: 242975 Department: UW ADVANCEMENT: UW BOTHELL Appointing Department Web Address: https://www.uwb.edu/advancement Job Location Detail: Hybrid Eligible - Minimum 3 days in office a week Posting Date: 01/27/2025 Closing Info: Closes On 02/10/2025 Salary: $6,000 - $6,562 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701\_a11y.pdf) As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. For over 160 years, the University of Washington has been a hub for learning, innovation, problem solving and community building. Supporting this legacy and important public mission—with the goal of making the UW the world’s greatest public university, as measured by positive impact—guides everything we do in University Advancement (https://www.washington.edu/advancement/) . Bringing together development; alumni and stakeholder engagement; marketing and communications; and advancement operations, we advance the UW’s impact by developing meaningful connections that foster pride, advocacy and philanthropic support. The mission of the Development team is to facilitate private resources to enhance and protect the University’s reputation and support equitable community building and service. This starts with creating a culture of belonging ( https://www.washington.edu/advancement/ua-dei-visions-values-and-actions/) within our organization that values the diverse experiences and expertise of our team members, allowing everyone to thrive and to contribute their unique talents as we strive to achieve our shared goals. **The University of Washington Bothell Advancement team has an exciting opening for an Annual, Digital, and Discovery Philanthropy Officer. This is a full-time, permanent position.** The Annual, Digital, and Discovery Philanthropy Officer supports the University of Washington Bothell’s development efforts as they relate to annual giving, corporate sponsorship and major gift qualification. The Annual, Digital, and Discovery Philanthropy Officer works closely with development leadership and major gift officers to qualify, cultivate and solicit prospective donors. This position oversees all aspects of annual giving and various aspects of digital giving, including strategically messaging, preparing and distributing solicitation materials. This position is also responsible for a high volume of stewardship and donor outreach and contacts through events, personal visits, cold-calling, direct mail and digital communications. **What You Will Do:** **Fundraising (50%)** • Manage a portfolio of alumni, non-alumni and organizational donors and prospects. Identify, cultivate, solicit, negotiate and close leadership-level annual gifts (between $1,000-$10,000+). • Ensure solicitations are strategically developed to increase funding, including leveraging email, mail, digital platforms and social media, as needed. • Proactively work to qualify alumni and individual donor prospects through customized cold calls and digital outreach, making 15 substantial contacts per week and an average of 1-2 in-person personal visits per week. • Discover new prospects who have the capacity and inclination for making major or planned gifts ($25,000+). • Assist the Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations in identifying and soliciting event sponsorships from local businesses. • In coordination with other UW Bothell fundraisers, assist schools and units in crafting messages and appeals that target their specific audiences and speak directly to their unique opportunities. **Annual Giving & Digital Fundraising (30%)** • Plan, implement and evaluate all UW Bothell annual giving campaigns in partnership with University Advancement’s teams. • Strategically identify donor segments, prepare solicitation content, coordinate all solicitation schedules and manage other special market appeals specific to UW Bothell’s annual donor base, including Senior Class Gift, Husky Giving Day, donor and non-donor renewals, affinity-based appeals and other ad-hoc fundraising campaigns. • Prepare marketing and solicitation materials directed toward UW Bothell alumni and friends that have strategic fundraising goals , including the cultivation and stewardship of donors. Use scalable digital approaches that rely on an integrated multi-channel approach and dynamic personalization. **Alumni Engagement, Stewardship, Reporting and Other Duties (20%)** • In collaboration with the UW Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement team , plan and execute strategic discovery activities that lead to prospect qualification and follow-up. • Work closely with the Director of Development Operations and Director of Marketing to ensure annual giving messaging and stewardship communications are in alignment. • Prepare reports for the UW Bothell Advancement leadership team on the outcomes of all annual giving campaigns, status of potential discovery prospects, event attendance and participation, and other reports that support development-related decision-making. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** Bachelor’s degree AND at least two years of experience in fundraising, preferably in higher education or related field or related transferable skills. **Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.** **What You Bring:** • Demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment. • Demonstrated professional experience in relationship-building. • Ability to collaborate, build and maintain positive working relationships and actively contribute as a member of teams to achieve results. • Ability to work and communicate effectively. • Demonstrated ability to maintain privacy and protect confidential information. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office for generating correspondence, special reports and spreadsheets. • Must have regular and reliable transportation for local travel. **What You Can Expect:** • Hybrid working environment is available, with a minimum of three days in office. • Cubicle/open workspace environment may result in higher noise levels and visual distractions. • Workload and times may vary, including occasional evenings or weekends. **Application Process:** The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you log into your “My Jobs” page. If you choose to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed. \#UWUAJOBS University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.