This position is located out of our Bloomington, IN office. It is a primarily on-site role, 5 days/week, with occasional remote days available based on workload/team needs.
The salary range for this role is $43,000-$47,000.
The Indiana University Foundation is seeking a Donor Recognition Assistant to join the Donor Relations team!
The Donor Relations team celebrates donors for their contributions toward Indiana University's mission and goals and ensures they understand our deep appreciation for their generosity. This role supports the team by coordinating various recognition initiatives, including the Loyalty Program and the Presidents Circle welcome box. You'll field a variety of donor requests for lodging, flower orders, mailing packages, and ticket orders. Also, you will help organize the fulfillment of gift requests, processing fund transfers, managing invoices, submitting mileage and other administrative tasks to help us recognize donors' essential support for IU!
We're particularly excited to find a candidate who can reorganize our donor gift webpage, so let us know if you bring that skillset to the table! Also, our team puts on events at various points throughout the year, so we may ask you to jump in and help the team as needed. With a consistent variety of team needs to support, we're looking for someone with excellent organizational skills as a reliable administrative assistant. If you can keep lots of different tasks on your to-do list moving forward while tracking the stages of your projects, then we want to chat with you!
IUF looks for opportunities to help you level up through trainings, conferences, classes, and certifications that will directly improve your skillset. We want to invest in you! Grow your career and help further the mission of maximizing private support for Indiana University. Apply today!
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree OR minimum 2 years of professional experience: field of donor relations/development strongly preferred
Combination of education/career experience will be considered
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office suite required, with enhanced abilities in Word and Excel
Strong organizational and customer-service skills
Ability to multi-task with meticulous attention to detail
Ability to work with IUF constituents at all levels (university administration, donors, and faculty)
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Excellent writing and editing skills
High degree of comfort working in environment where business needs fluctuate and change regularly
Ability to exercise good judgment in the handling of confidential information
Additional Information
As needed: must be able to lift up to 20lbs. and stand for an extended period of time. The role requires little physical effort, but occasional lifting of boxes and helping with event prep/set-up is part of this role.
Apply Now
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, with review beginning immediately. A cover letter is recommended for your application to be considered.
Company Description
Are you a high-performer who wants to contribute to a mission-driven and values-based organization? If you are motivated by doing impactful work and making a difference in people's lives, then the Indiana University Foundation (IUF) is the place for you. At the IUF, we believe in making the dream of higher education attainable, providing support for life-changing research, and preparing the next generation of leaders.
As a trailblazer among our peers, we provide fundraising leadership and endowment stewardship to support needs and initiatives across all of Indiana University's campuses. As part of our team, you will help make IU donors' dreams last forever.
At the IUF we work hard, celebrate achievements, and foster an environment where everyone's contributions matter. We are nimble and innovative, and we want you to bring your ideas and energy to join forces with some of the best talent in our industry.
In addition to being part of a meaningful mission as an IUF employee, you'll find there are many ways to connect and collaborate. Our diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives ensure that our colleagues are celebrated for who they are and have a voice. Our FUNdation (see what we did there?) Committee helps us connect and unwind with food truck lunches, holiday gatherings, costume contests, free snacks, IU spirit-wear Fridays, and spontaneous gestures that surprise and delight. Our Wellness Committee ensures that the health and well-being of our employees is top of mind, offering yoga, a lunchtime walking group, meditation breaks, the Headspace app, and topical workshops. We encourage community leadership and service and make space for our staff to pursue their passions. Our total rewards philosophy ensures that we support employees financially, emotionally, and in their career growth.
If the IUF sounds like a fit for you, we invite you to join us today.
The IUF is committed to providing a safe, respectful and professional work environment that is free of Discrimination and Harassment. The IUF will not tolerate any form of Discrimination or Harassment based on the Individual's race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by law.