Reporting Relationship: VP Advancement / University Relations
Department: Advancement Services & Stewardship
Status: Exempt
Location: On Campus SE Portland
Schedule: Monday – Friday, occasional evenings and weekends as needed
Salary: $70k - $90k

To be considered, please include a resume and cover letter outlining your experience.

Summary:
The Development Officer is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive stewardship and church relations program. This role is chiefly responsible for the maintenance, relationship management, tracking and analysis related to Warner Pacific’s supporters, donors and fundraising operations. The Development Officer serves as an ambassador for both the Advancement department and the university, the ideal candidate is someone with excellent communication skills, love of fundraising and skills in project management, diplomacy and collegiality.

In addition to being a strong communicator, the successful Development Officer should demonstrate excellent organizational skills, and be comfortable in an entrepreneurial (inventive, proactive, resourceful) team environment, be optimistic and imaginative, and fully support a mission-driven environment that seeks to empower students of all backgrounds and perspectives to achieve their dreams and make the world better.

Primary Job Duties are Prioritized and Categorized as follows:

Development, Stewardship, Donor Relations

• Provides support for comprehensive and special initiative campaigns including tracking next steps, pledge commitments, solicitation strategy management, and reporting.
• Responsible for designing, planning, and executing fundraising programs, marketing communications, brand management and the donor experience required to achieve revenue and participation goals.
• Manages the internal systems of prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, with strong emphasis on major gifts prospect management.
• Identifies and develops/maintains relationships with donors to grow existing funds and endowments. Manages distribution, donor letters and maintains files.

Communications, Community Relationships

• Develops strategic relationships with faith-based community partners, identifies potential resources and partnerships that increase the resources of Warner Pacific University. Attend church gatherings as a representative of Warner Pacific University.
• Communicates with community donors, board members, community bodies, staff and the public. Acts as a liaison and representative of Foundation, answering inquiries and providing information and assistance requiring detailed knowledge of rules, procedures, policies and activities.
• Manages lists and updates regarding donors and their level of giving for donor recognition societies, donor wall(s) and annual report.

Reporting, Process Improvement & Administrative

• Conduct regular short-term and year-end assessments of the stewardship plan.
• Collaborates with AVP for Advancement and Advancement/University Relations staff to support the identification and qualification of new major gift prospects.
• Recommends changes and improvements to processes, objectives, and goals based on evaluation of completed programs to increase engagement and ensure most effective and efficient use of resources.
• Serves as project manager for Advancement/University Relations events as assigned.
• May train, assign and review work of student employees and interns as needed.
• Performs other duties in support of fundraising, marketing, communications and general goals of the department as assigned including, but not limited to, tracking timelines, production schedules and project deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of relevant experience within development services, marketing, communications, etc.  
• Knowledge of fundraising principles: identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Strong project management skills.
• Advanced computer skills with MS Office (Word, and Excel).
• Experience with Salesforce or CRM programs.
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual -  Fluent in Spanish/English, speaking, reading and writing

Warner Pacific University’s Mission:  Warner Pacific is a Christ-centered, urban, diverse, minority-serving, Hispanic-serving, liberal arts University dedicated to providing students with an education that prepares them to engage actively in a constantly changing world. Our hiring practices reflect our missional commitment to being a Christ-centered institution.

Employment and Lifestyle Standards: 
Warner Pacific is a Christ-centered urban liberal arts University dedicated to providing students from diverse backgrounds an education that prepares them to engage actively in a constantly changing world. The University was founded in 1937 by the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana). Central to Warner Pacific’s identity as a Christ-centered higher education institution is the policy of hiring persons whose personal and professional lives reflect:

1.   A belief in the deity of and commitment to Jesus Christ and the Christian faith, as interpreted through the historic witness of Scripture and the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit.
2.  The practice of following Christ through day-to-day personal lifestyle choices.
3.  A vitality of Christian experience maturing in insight and application and appreciative of differing viewpoints.
4.  A commitment to life-long learning and service through personal and professional development.
5.  For teaching faculty, the expression of artful teaching, based on mastery of relevant subject matter and in an environment of purposeful and rigorous inquiry amongst a community of scholars who support one another.
6. A capability, by temperament, preparation, and will, to support students as they confront the intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of their lives.
7.   A sensitivity to and support for the mission, core themes, vision, values, ethos and traditions of the Warner Pacific University community.
8. A commitment to teaching and serving in harmony with the doctrines of the Holy Bible. 

Employee Agreement:
Mission-based hiring is of critical importance to Warner Pacific University. Employees are expected to demonstrate and articulate a vital Christian faith and to live in a manner consistent with a Christ-centered lifestyle as informed by the Scriptures of the New Testament.
 
Warner Pacific’s students, faculty and staff are expected to foster an environment of mutual respect and accountability, to care for the personal dignity of others and to exercise integrity in their conduct and communication. The University environment is expected to be free from discrimination and harassment (including bullying). When an individual’s behavior has direct implications for others and/or the well-being of the University community, there may be cause for institutional involvement, regardless of where the situation occurs.
 
Warner Pacific University desires to provide a safe and healthy environment for staff, faculty, students, visitors and guests. Therefore, smoking is not permitted on University property, in its vehicles, or at any University sponsored event. The use of illegal drugs or non-prescribed controlled substances is strictly prohibited. Use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products is strictly prohibited on Warner Pacific University campuses.
 
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Warner Pacific provides equal opportunity for employment and advancement for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status and any other status protected by laws and regulations to which Warner Pacific is subject.  All employment decisions, including hiring, promotions, compensation, benefits, transfers, and terminations are made in a manner that does not discriminate against individuals in the categories discussed above.  Because Warner Pacific is a Christian liberal arts University, the University exercises its legal right to hire Christian employees to fulfill its mission and purpose.