Assistant Director, Annual Giving + Alumni Relations (7547) Job #85710 - College of Environmental Design (CED)

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UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design offers an environment to collaborate and innovate with others committed to creating a welcoming home for design & research excellence toward environmental resilience and equity. CED is comprised of faculty, students, and staff with an impressive set of backgrounds and talents. We believe in the importance of supporting an inclusive environment that values community and builds its strength from a diversity of views and expertise.

There are approximately 50 faculty, 90 adjunct, and 18 unit faculty, 1250 undergraduate and graduate majors, and approximately 50 total staff. The college budget is approximately $33M. The College of Environmental Design (CED) is a multifaceted with three departments (architecture, city & regional planning, and landscape architecture & environmental planning) and an institute that holds degree programs (Institute of Urban and Regional Development); undergraduate, professional graduate and research doctoral degree programs; a suite of highly regarded summer design institutes; widely recognized environmental design archives; computing and fabrication facilities; and a building with an auditorium, classrooms, studios, labs, research centers, library, archives and a cafe.

The Assistant Director of Development + Alumni Relations leads alumni relations and annual giving initiatives for the College of Environmental Design. This position is responsible for developing CED's donor pipeline through effective communications, cultivation, stewardship, and alumni engagement practices. The Assistant Director leads CED's annual giving strategy, including Big Give and partnering with University Development and Alumni Relations. In addition, this staff member manages a small portfolio of leadership, giving to donors, and CED's giving society. This position reports to the Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Relations.

The First Review Date for this job is: 5/1/26 - Open until filled

35% Fundraising. Personally manage a portfolio of leadership-level prospects with a capacity of up to $100K. Identify and qualify prospective donors. Cultivate, solicit, and steward gifts of $1K+. Fundraising work may include attending evening or weekend events and meetings.

30% Annual Giving. Lead all aspects of CED annual giving fundraising efforts, including developing and executing e-solicitations, serving as the CED liaison for University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) on direct mail response and telemarketing campaigns, Big Give, crowdfunding campaigns, and annual giving impact statements. Manage CED's Wurster Society, annual giving calendar, track, and report fundraising results. Serve as the CED point person on the Annual Giving Roundtable working group.

15% Alumni Relations. Manage CED's alumni programs, including Homecoming and Bauer Wurster Society events. Develop and implement programming and communications that support alumni connections to CED. Serve as CED point person on Berkeley Alumni Engagement Group.

15% Communications. Manage Give Pages on the CED website, including writing content and coordinating with CED's communications team. Donor communications efforts include writing newsletter content and custom stewardship and program impact reports.

5% Professional development. Engage in professional learning and growth opportunities, and actively contribute to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the unit and at CED.

• Thorough working knowledge of fundraising, donor relations, and public relations concepts, principles, procedures, and techniques.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills to establish and maintain good working relationships throughout the organization and with outside constituencies.
• Strong knowledge of applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills, including skills in creative and effective decision-making, problem identification/avoidance / resolution, and project management skills.
• Strong skills in maintaining confidentiality.
• Skills to meet or exceed fundraising objectives and goals.
• Bachelor's degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

• Knowledge of the UC Berkeley campus, its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements, issues of concern, and infrastructure.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $110,000 - $130,000 yearly.

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

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UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
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Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

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