Assistant Director of Annual Giving

Total Compensation

• Salary: Salary range begins at $55,160

• Benefits: The College offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes possible work-from-home opportunities, automatic 10% retirement contribution to your retirement account upon eligibility (no match required), a 50% tuition benefit for dependent children upon eligibility, 14 paid holidays (including the week before New Year’s Day), affordable medical plans, Health Savings Account contribution of $700 for individuals and$1400 for families (no match required, available to employees enrolled in the High Deductible Health Plan), and a beautiful arboretum campus with walking trail and easy public transportation access. Please visit the Benefits page (https://www.haverford.edu/human-resources/benefits) for more information.

• Work Location: This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule, pursuant to the College’s Work Location Policy.

About Institutional Advancement

The next decade will be a time of significant transformation and growth as Haverford approaches the 200th anniversary of its founding in 1833. This is an exciting time to join Haverford’s Institutional Advancement (IA) team – a team whose work helps to strengthen the unique learning experience at the core of the College’s mission. With a people-first, data-driven approach to philanthropy, the IA team builds and stewards relationships with the College’s deep constituency base. Focused on the future, the IA team is expanding its impact by leading a comprehensive, multi-faceted campaign aligned with Haverford’s strategic plan, Haverford 2030. As the campaign ramps up, the team is looking for enthusiastic and dedicated philanthropy professionals who want to innovate and usher Haverford College into a new era.

Built upon a Quaker foundation of hands-on, values-based learning, Haverford fosters a transformative, inclusive community of inquisitive students, exceptional faculty, and dedicated staff who are wholly invested in the institution. Haverford instills in its students self-directed leadership and active engagement within the College and beyond, leading to an alumni constituency, including parents, families, friends, and more, who believe deeply in the College’s mission and are committed to Haverford’s long-term success and sustainability in an ever-changing landscape.

About the Position
The Assistant Director of Annual Giving is instrumental in ensuring the Annual Giving team develops and implements programs, appeals, challenges, and/or other fundraising efforts that raise over $5 million annually for Haverford. The Annual Giving team works to grow Haverford’s donor base across all constituencies, especially from underrepresented constituent segments such as alumni of color, women, and LGBTQIA+. Programs, strategies, and prospects are allocated to Annual Giving team members based on need and complexity.

Primary Responsibilities 

Develop and implement a comprehensive annual plan to engage graduates of the last decade with Haverford College through events, volunteer opportunities, communications, and giving:

• Develop and implement a focused communications strategy for regularly engaging with young alumni
• Partner with Alumni and Constituent Engagement to offer regional events for new alumni
• Develop and support a robust network of young alumni volunteers with a primary focus on engaging peers, with emphasis on the four (4) most recent graduating classes
• In partnership with Annual Giving colleagues, recruit, train, and manage reunion volunteers for young alumni (1st, 5th, and 10th classes), supporting peer-to-peer outreach and fundraising to achieve class goals
• Partner with colleagues in determining how best to steward reunion challengers, donors, and volunteers in conjunction with Alumni Weekend

Oversee the transition of graduating seniors into alumni including the Senior Class Gift program:

• Recruit, hire, and supervise Senior Class Gift officers
• Create, energize, and train a Senior Class Gift committee charged with planning a year-long Senior Class Gift program, making peer-to-peer solicitations, engaging and stewarding classmates, and setting and achieving dollar and participation goals
• Lead strategy and development of high-profile senior tradition events, including Senior Class Toast, Senior Bell Ringing, and donor cultivation and stewardship events
• Educate graduating seniors on ways to stay involved with the College

Design and implement a program geared toward building a culture of philanthropy and giving for undergraduates:

• Develop creative and forward-thinking opportunities to engage with and educate students about the impact philanthropic support has had on the Haverford community
• Plan and execute engaging and informative educational events
• Support planning and execution of, in partnership with Donor Relations, Haverford’s annual student-facing “Day of Gratitude” event
• Serve as Institutional Advancement’s point of contact to Student Council and partner with the Student Council’s IA Student Liaison
• Serve as educational and policy point of contact to student organizations interested in activating philanthropic giving

Lead efforts to engage young alumni through larger annual giving channels:

• Work closely with the Director and Associate Directors of Annual Giving to leverage the team’s strategy to bolster engagement and fundraising for all alumni, with a special emphasis on young alumni
• Cultivate unique communications cadence for population, breaking out graduates of last 1-5 years, and 6-10 years, respectively
• Identify and implement creative ways to encourage population participation and engagement in larger annual giving campaigns
• Develop tactics to integrate young alumni into alumni giving challenges
• Design and execute micro-campaigns focused on causes as needed

Maintain a portfolio of 40+ annual giving prospects:

• Actively manage a portfolio through meaningful engagements (scheduled phone calls, virtual meetings, in-person meetings, group meetings), communications (personalized emails, check-in phone calls), and data analytics
• Focus on annual gifts, with a focus on annual conversion, recurring gifts, upgrades as appropriate, and leadership annual giving (1833 Society)

Other duties as assigned in accordance with the overall goals of the Annual Giving team

Line of Report: The Assistant Director for Annual Giving reports to the Director of Annual Giving and has no direct professional reports. The Assistant Director has student direct reports.

Minimum Qualifications

One of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in annual giving, fundraising, or related field, OR
• 6 years of experience in annual giving, fundraising, or related field

Professional Competencies

• Demonstrated thoughtful and collaborative project management skills, including managing multiple projects at once
• Strong organizational and interpersonal abilities including using diplomacy and discretion while maintaining confidentiality
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and mail merge, PowerPoint) and Google Suite (documents, forms, sheets)
• Knowledge of advancement/development/fundraising practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, outreach and/or direct solicitation strategies
• Experience working in a college or university setting
• Technological proficiency in MyEmma (or similar email system), BaseCamp (or other project management system), and Raiser’s Edge (or similar customer relationship management database)
   

We are aware that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet qualifications as described in the job advertisement. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career trajectory, and have skills and abilities gained outside a classroom context, or an equivalent skill set. We encourage you to apply and share how you meet the position’s qualifications.

Special Requirements

• Possession of a valid U.S. Drivers’ License and ability to pass a Motor Vehicle Record check 
• Ability to work some weekends and nights as needed to fulfill responsibilities
• Ability to travel (<10%)

To Apply: Interested applicants are invited to submit an application, to include a cover letter and resume, through Haverford College's career website via Workday (no other form of application is accepted). The application deadline is June 14, 2026. Application review will begin after the deadline has passed. Please email [email protected] with questions about submitting your materials. Should the search committee be interested in pursuing your candidacy, you will hear from them directly. Finalists will be asked to provide three professional references.

Haverford College is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and providing equal opportunities and access to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Women, non-binary and transgender individuals, people of color, Indigenous people, and those with other or multiple historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities are especially encouraged to apply.

We at Haverford College recognize that we live and work on Lenape land and pay respect and honor to the caretakers of this land, from the time of its first human inhabitants until now, and into the future. We seek to maintain and build upon our current and ever-evolving connections with members of Lenape tribes and communities, in recognition of our intertwined histories and with a goal of moving toward right relationship between the Haverford of today and Lenape peoples.