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WHITMAN COLLEGE

Located in the historic community of Walla Walla{rel="noopener noreferrer"}, Whitman's vibrant and beautiful tree-lined campus is home to an intellectually diverse, dynamic, welcoming and supportive community of some 500 staff and faculty serving approximately 1,500 students from the local region and across the globe. With exceptional students, accomplished faculty and staff, and a fiercely loyal and growing number of engaged alumni, Whitman College continues to build on its national reputation for academic excellence as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country.  

Whitman College{rel="noopener noreferrer"} is cultivating a community built on inclusion and belonging. We recognize the value of those who can offer historically underrepresented perspectives and encourage applications from those whose background, knowledge, and insights from lived experience can add to the college's working and learning environment. Whitman College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer (EEO).

POSITION PURPOSE

The Office of Annual Giving is focused on meeting and growing our annual donor goal of 4,000 alumni donors contributing $2.75M towards the school's annual operating budget through The Whitman Fund and W Club. The Assistant Director of Annual Giving is a key member of the team focused on student philanthropy, young alumni and the use of phone and digital technology to acquire donors. The Office of Annual Giving is part of the Development and Alumni Relations department.

The Assistant Director of Annual Giving will report directly to the Director of Annual Giving, and is a key member of the Annual Giving Team involved in all of the cyclical giving campaigns of the school. This position will oversee our student phonathon program, a group of student employees engaged in calling/texting, and digital engagement of alumni and parents.  The Assistant Director will work closely with the Director of Annual Giving to plan the day to day operations of these programs. 

This position has a work schedule of either:

• A four-day work week
  • Monday-Thursday 9AM-8PM  

OR

• A five-day work week
  • Monday 9AM-6PM
  • Tuesday 9AM-6PM
  • Wednesday 9AM-8PM
  • Thursday 9AM-8PM
  • Friday 9AM-1PM or 1PM-5PM.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Manage all aspects of the phonathon program.

• Supervise daily and nightly work of student workers.
• Recruit, interview, train, and provide performance assessments to a team of student employees. 
• Motivate and inspire students to achieve individual goals.
• Develop phonathon pools using segmentation methods.
• Send regular reminders from phonathon pledges.
• Assist in the timely preparation of thank you notes. 
• Educate students on important school updates to develop timely talking points. 
• Develop texting pools, email language, and other digital engagement strategies used by students to acquire and steward donors. 
• Maintain regular reports on student outreach to evaluate the efficacy of the program.

Supervise student philanthropy program.

• Recruit, interview and train student volunteers or employees focused on senior class gift. 
• Work with students to develop goals and priorities.
• Develop and execute events and activities focused on increasing philanthropy education on campus.
• Maintain reports on student fundraising to evaluate the efficacy of the program.

Oversee young alumni philanthropy.

Recruit and train class representative volunteers from the most recent decade.

Manage class representative outreach.