Leadership & Strategy

• Serve on the University Advancement Leadership Team.
• Develop and execute comprehensive annual giving strategies to grow The Clark Fund and increase donor participation.
• Set and monitor fundraising goals, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and campaign objectives.
• Implement data-driven approaches to enhance donor engagement, retention, and pipeline development.

Annual Giving Management

• Oversee and coordinate all aspects of The Clark Fund's fundraising efforts, including direct mail appeals, digital outreach, and phone programs.

Manage and execute The Clark Fund's key giving days, including:

• Spree for Clark: The university's spring online giving day.
• Cougar Challenge: The fall giving day focused on athletic donors.
• Additional Giving Days
• Lead stewardship efforts for The Jonas Clark Fellows, recognizing donors who contribute $3,000+ annually.
• Initiate and manage our matching gift challenges
• Ensure consistent and compelling messaging across all annual giving platforms and initiatives.

Team Leadership & Management

• Supervise and support 1 to 3 frontline fundraisers responsible for donor engagement, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Provide mentorship, professional development, and training to strengthen fundraising efforts.
• Track donor activity and oversee reporting processes to measure impact and optimize strategies.

Collaboration & University Engagement

• Work closely with university leadership, faculty, alumni relations, and athletics to align fundraising efforts with institutional priorities.
• Collaborate with the Senior Executive Director of Individual Giving and other advancement leaders to drive donor engagement.
• Engage with donors through personal outreach, events, and stewardship initiatives to strengthen relationships and increase giving levels.

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in annual giving, fundraising, or related roles preferably in a university or nonprofit setting.
• Proven track record of managing annual giving campaigns and increasing donor engagement.
• Experience overseeing fundraising appeals, digital giving days, and donor recognition programs.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong goal orientation, with a focus on meeting and exceeding fundraising targets.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to travel regularly and work evenings and weekends as needed.

At Clark University we believe that diversity of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a more innovative and productive work environment. We welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to join our team and contribute their unique ideas to help us achieve our goals.

Clark University offers a generous benefit package for full and, if applicable, part-time employees that include; paid time off, generous retirement plan, group health and dental insurance, life insurance, and tuition, along with use of many campus amenities. For a complete list of benefits for eligible employees visit here.

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About Clark University

Founded in 1887, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university committed toscholarship and inquiry that addresses social and human imperatives on a global basis. It is the place where Robert Goddard invented the modern rocket, where Sigmund Freud delivered his only lectures in the United States, and where current students stake their claim to the Clark motto, “Challenge Convention, Change Our World,” which is the rallying cry that inspires our community every day. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Clark University educates its undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative effort. The University’s engages students in such areas as biology, chemistry, economics, geography, psychology, urban education, management, environmental science and policy, Holocaust and genocide studies, and international development and social change. Clark University’s pioneering model of higher education, LEEP (Liberation Education and Effective Practice) compels undergraduate students to thrive in authentic world and workplace settings, and prepares them for lives and careers of consequence.

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