Stewardship Officer

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Job description

Stewardship Officer | ASAP start | Full-time Permanent Position | £30,805 per annum | 35 hrs per week

Your new company
A London-based public research university is looking to recruit a Stewardship Officer to join their Development/Vice-Chancellor's Office. The Development Office is responsible for nurturing relationships with the university's diverse constituencies, including donors, alumni, friends, former staff, prospects, corporations and trusts and foundations, with a view to cultivating their support for the University, its Colleges, Institutes and departments.

Your new role
The Stewardship Officer will be responsible for implementing and establishing a best practice programme of stewardship for donors to the university, ensuring that all donors receive professional and imaginative stewardship support. Additionally, the post will support Friends and other groups of supporters across the University. Ultimately, the post-holder should enable a strengthening of the University's relationship with all donors and supporters. You will:
* Work in partnership with colleagues to implement and continuously refine a programme of stewardship for the university's donors.
* Work closely with the Regular Giving and Stewardship Manager and other colleagues to develop strategic and engaging messaging for stewardship communications.
* Raise awareness and understanding of the benefits of philanthropy among internal and external constituencies, and in doing so, enhance and improve the overall culture of support and giving to the University.
* Ensure that all donors are aware of the impact of their support.
* Manage and enhance the development of University-wide acknowledgement processes, to include special donor recognition initiatives and reporting annually to all supporters.
* Develop stewardship materials to be used across a range of audiences, including the creation of print and email communications.

What you'll need to succeed
* Experience delivering a successful programme of stewardship, in the charity or higher education sectors.
* A working knowledge and experience of handling confidential information in line with the Data Protection Act and willingness to acquire knowledge of any subsequent laws and regulations regarding the handling of personal data.
* Excellent relationship management skills, including the ability to work closely and collegiately with colleagues as part of a team and across the wider organisation.
* Experience of building and managing mutually beneficial partnerships and networks, both internally and externally, to create opportunities for the University.
* Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with staff at all levels.
* Experience using constituent relationship manager (CRM) databases
* An interest in higher education or charity sector fundraising and alumni relations, demonstrated by an awareness of the "big picture" issues relating to the HE sector generally (desirable).
* Experience creating communications (print and/or digital) for constituents (desirable).

What you'll get in return
This is a full-time permanent position (35 hrs per week) paying £30,805 per annum.

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