Stewardship Program Specialist/ Senior Stewardship Program Specialist / Stewardship Program Manager, Medical Advancement Group

About the role

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA), formerly known as the Wisconsin Alumni Association, is a private, nonprofit corporation dedicated to encouraging gifts to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and fostering connections among alumni and the university.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategy and execution of individual and broad-based impact communications.
  • Identify stories, create content, and manage projects.
• Oversee planned giving stewardship, including:
  • Congnition of new commitments.
  • Establishing best practices.
  • Developing and executing a comprehensive stewardship strategy.
• Collaborate with the Dean’s Office to support faculty chair, professorship, and fellowship awarding and stewardship best practices.
• Support the School of Medicine and Public Health’s annual faculty investiture celebration.
• Collaborate with fundraisers to develop stewardship strategies for their donors.
• Write copy for donor gratitude communications.
• Contribute input on current initiatives and share best practices from peer organizations.
• Track and enter award recipient information into Salesforce.
• Utilize Salesforce to document stewardship activity and communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 3+ years of experience in advancement and/or donor relations and stewardship or related experience.
• Excellent organizational, critical thinking, and project management skills.
• Highly proficient in MS Office, including advanced knowledge of Excel.

Qualifications

• Strong writing skills with the ability to produce clear, donor-centered communications.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Comfortable with data manipulation and analysis.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Dependable, highly-motivated, and collaborative, with the ability to work independently.

Benefits

At WFAA, we offer competitive pay and an outstanding benefits program, including a generous 10% 401k contribution after just one year of service!