Development Assistant, Annual Giving Programs

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students.

Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

As we enter the fourth year of the public phase of Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to join our community.

Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.

Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates.

With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement.

We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs.

Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are.

We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.

See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!

The Development Assistant, Annual Giving Programs works alongside fundraisers, university colleagues and external constituents to develop, support and maintain programs and activities consistent with securing philanthropic support for the University.

Fundraising work in Annual Giving is focused on managing the qualification, solicitation and stewarding of individual giving from alumni, parents and friends for gifts up to $25K with a focus on growing undergraduate participation and an increase in current-use dollars.

Primary responsibilities of the Development Assistant include:

• Supports all aspects of fundraising volunteer management, including maintaining the internal database and volunteer management system
• Prepares materials for fundraiser prospect visits
• Makes travel arrangements
• Completes transmittal forms for pledges and gifts received
• Files visit reports in the Customer Relationship Management database
• Drafts gift acknowledgments
• Requests research and pulling additional donor or prospect information from various systems

Done well, these tasks assist fundraisers in identifying the most desirable prospects and donors. Development Assistants also support the work associated with external constituents’ visits to campus, meetings and special events, often interfacing with the Programs and Events team, to maximize event effectiveness within budgetary guidelines. Given the extensive independent contact with external constituents including alumni and parent volunteers, donors, and university officials, this position requires strong interpersonal and organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy; excellent oral and written communications skills; and complete discretion regarding the handling and storing of confidential data. Hiring Range: $26.32/hr to $32.88/hr. Pay rate commensurate with relevant experience.

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans

• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category, including disability and protected veteran status.

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .