Principal Gifts Stewardship Manager

2 weeks ago


Halifax, Canada Dalhousie University Full time

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Principal Gifts Stewardship Manager (Internal Posting)**Department/Unit**
- Advancement**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada**Posting Number**
- S332-24**Employee Group**
- DPMG**Position Type**
- Regular, On-Going**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**

**Employment Type**
- Full Time**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0 FTE**Salary**
- $68,105 - $91,237 per annum**Classification**
- ADM-06**Provisional Statement**
- This is a provisional classification. Formal regular review classification procedures may be initiated at any time by the incumbent or supervisor after the incumbent has worked a minimum of six months in the role._

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.**Job Summary**
- Dalhousie University’s Office of Advancement is responsible for all fundraising and alumni engagement activities at Dalhousie University. A team of over 100 advancement professionals cultivates relationships with alumni and friends of the university and works with donors to help them achieve personal fulfilment through philanthropic investment which is used to support student success, scientific research, and community impact. Reporting to the** **Senior Director, Principal and Corporate Giving, the Principal Gifts Stewardship Manager will maintain a comprehensive Principal Giving stewardship strategy that will acknowledge, cultivate and steward donors resulting in long-term philanthropic support for the University, including designing, planning and implementing a comprehensive stewardship strategy for principal donors with gifts (realized or planned) of $1M or higher.**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and manage thoughtful and customized donor-specific impact reports and activities in support of institution-wide initiatives, awards, programs, and units across campus, including but not limited to stewardship reports, infographics, profiles, videos, and award recipient meetings.
- Create, implement, and manage customized and strategic individual stewardship plans that are designed to strengthen and advance Dalhousie’s relationship with their principal gift level donors and prospects, resulting in an increased number of transformational gifts.
- Serve as project manager, managing all steps from concept to content development to production, for customized principal gifts donor stewardship and cultivation activities. Maintain and enhance a stewardship tracking system to ensure all obligations are at minimum met and ideally exceeded.
- Seek opportunities to better incorporate cultivation activities alongside ongoing stewardship activities and to engage Dalhousie senior leaders in the cultivation of Principal gift donors. Work directly with students, alumni, staff and faculty at all levels, and team members to inform and improve activities.
- Maintain an active and accurate roster of cultivation activities and opportunities to support a culture of ongoing donor engagement and cultivation.
- Directly manage staff and handle a variety of high-level administrative tasks, including but not limited to increasing the efficiency of stewardship and cultivation activities by identifying areas for improvement, implementing new systems and tools with team members, and ensuring effective changes are made.

**Note**
- Applications for this position are restricted to current employees of Dalhousie University as described in the **Internal Posting Guidelines**.

The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant field plus approximately five (5) year’s experience in one of the following areas: fundraising, business development, professional sales, marketing, communications, or other relationship-intensive work (or an equivalent combination of training and experience).
- Demonstrated experience leading small to medium scale projects, including strong organizational skills, and the ability to create efficient systems and balance competing priorities, complex situations and tight deadlines.
- Strong communication (verbal, written and listening) and interpersonal skills
- A strong sense of appropriateness and sensitivity with the ability to work effectively with internal and external constituencies, including donors, volunteers, faculty, senior administration, alumni, d



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