Foundation Development Assistant

Foundation Development Assistant

Employer

College of The Albemarle
1208 North Road Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: 252-335-0821

Job Location

COA - Elizabeth City

Salary/Grade

$33,429 - $41,787 annually

Benefits

Full Time Benefits

Job Category

  • Technical/Paraprofessional

Application Period

Opens: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Closes: Thursday, July 28, 2022

Target Start Date

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Expected Work Hours

M-F

Reports to

Executive Director, Foundation

Employment Type

Full Time

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in business, marketing, accounting, or a related field from a regionally accredited college or university.
  • Two years of work experience in an office setting.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Three to five years of work experience in an office setting.
  • Work experience in a non-profit and/or higher education environment.
  • Experience working with volunteers.
  • Working knowledge of Blackbaud’s Raiser's Edge or other donor database software and NextGen scholarship awarding software or similar.

Position Description

Position Subject to Availability of Budgeted Funds

**Open until filled**

FLSA: Technical-Paraprofessional - Non-Exempt
Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

The role of the Foundation Development Assistant is to offer support related to the management of the College of The Albemarle Foundation to include: Alumni Association and Alumni Association Board, Foundation Board and Finance Committee, donor stewardship, Foundation Scholarships, events, and other needs of the Executive Director.

The Foundation Development Assistant receives supervision from the Executive Director, Foundation.

 

 Examples of Duties:

  • Provide administrative assistance to the Executive Director, the Alumni Association and Board and the Foundation Board.
  • Gift entry and database management, generate gift reports, donor stewardship including acknowledgement letters and endowment reports, donor correspondences and event invitations.
  • Submit Foundation check requests, complete daily deposits and other responsibilities related to the Foundation and the Business Office.
  • Work closely with Financial Aid to coordinate and review procedures and processes for awarding Foundation scholarships, including scholarship application, entering and updating scholarship information in the scholarship awarding database, NextGen and college website, as well as managing student award notifications.
  • Maintain cross-departmental communications and relationships within the college including the President's Office, Communications and Marketing, Student Success and Enrollment Management (SSEM), Business Office, faculty and staff.
  • Establish regular communication with outside funding organizations and community partners.
  • Schedule all Foundation Board, Finance Committee and Alumni Board meetings, to include reserving meeting space, creating Zoom meetings, sending meeting reminders, in addition to providing agendas and supplemental documentation needed for meetings and taking minutes at aforementioned meetings.
  • Support the needs of the Alumni Association and Board with Annual Meeting and other events; work with alumni volunteers to program events and activities.
  • Track, manage and report Alumni Association memberships and renewals.
  • Manage event budgets, invitation lists, invitation, RSVP and reports in the donor database, Raiser's Edge.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.

Job Post Contact

JaQuay Sutton

Human Resources Generalist

252-335-0821 ext. 2388

jaquay_sutton85@albemarle.edu