Stewardship Officer

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Stewardship Officer**Position Summary**
- Do you enjoy building reciprocal long-lasting relationships with donors, alumni, and community members? Are you passionate about communicating the impact of giving to Red Deer Polytechnic?
- The External Relations team is looking for an enthusiastic and skilled communicator to join our External Relations team as a
- **Stewardship Officer**.
- The Stewardship Officer works with the External Relations team to develop and implement a systemized and achievable stewardship strategy that fosters and strengthens long-term relationships with Red Deer Polytechnic internal and external stakeholders.**Position Responsibilities**
- Working in collaboration with the Development team, designs, documents, and implements a systematic integrated and comprehensive stewardship and donor relations program—inclusive of policy, quality control guidelines and standards—for donors at various levels of giving and that meet constituent needs.
- Knowledge of provincial and federal laws governing fundraising, including privacy legislation, taxation laws, FOIPPA, and CANCOPY
- Drives a comprehensive, strategic recognition and engagement plan that relays impact, educates and empowers donors, and fosters long term relationships between RDP and its donors.
- Advances fundraising priorities through a robust and comprehensive donor engagement program, developing a year-round engagement strategy to help meet departmental revenue goals through cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising events and initiatives.
- Works in close collaboration with the Development team to ensure a high level of synchronicity is achieved for the benefit of the donor’s entire experience with External Relations, faculty-based priorities, and RDP.
- Ensures department-wide collection of stewardship materials and share with the organization to support the cultivation of prospects, donors, and people of influence.
- Builds relationships with colleagues in all departments to collect data and stories for impact reports to donors and sponsors.
- Plays a significant role in the delivery of agreed-upon stewardship activities such as donor acknowledgement, recognition, communication, and reporting
- Manages the development of high-level and high-impact comprehensive annual stewardship and endowment reports, ensuring donors receive appropriate annual reporting on their gift as per the stewardship plan and matrix.
- Manages the development of niche stewardship reports, report updates, or official reporting requested by donor and/or relationship manager including but not limited to; populating giving history, grant reports, donor/prospect reports.
- Stays current on donor and grant deliverables, in collaboration with the primary relationship manager
- Provides leadership to the administration of the Scholarship & Awards program, including drafting gift agreements, terms of reference, and liaising with Finance and Student Connect Centre to confirm funding.

IND24 #stewardship #fundraising #donorrelation #hiring**Required Qualifications**
- Two (2) years of post-secondary training, completion of a community college certificate including trades apprenticeships or equivalent.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to engage effectively and professionally with individuals at all levels of the organization as well as community members
- Direct experience in donor relations and stewardship
- Experience working in a staff capacity to support fundraising activities and with cultivation and recognition events
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with donors, staff, and community members
- Incumbent will understand the strategic link between stewardship and cultivation and will support the development of prospect strategies with leadership team
- Demonstrated experience in being highly collaborative key role in supporting the team
- Experience coordinating volunteers, staff, and donors
- Motivated to work in a fundraising/philanthropic industry
- Demonstrates initiative, resourcefulness, and is results oriented
- Strong organizational and planning skills, including an ability to determine priorities, be self-directed, and work with mínimal supervision
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and technical skills, with strong attention to detail
- Experience in drafting proposals, briefings, contact notes, stewardship plans/letters and other correspondence for prospects
- Experience developing and executing strategic business and action plans

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Four (4) year undergraduate degree, or three (3) year undergraduate degree plus one full additional year of university in a related program representing four years of study or equivalent.
- Certified Fundraising Executive certification (CFRE), an asset

**Salary or Hourly?**
- Salary**Salary**
- $62,965 - $73,660 annually**Benefits and Compensation Information**
- Red Deer Polytechnic offers