Donor Relations Officer

Are you a highly organised and creative individual who carefully notices detail and who enjoys working collaboratively? We have an exciting opportunity to join our stewardship team, ensuring our major donors, who have made five-, six- and seven-figure gifts to the University, are thanked in an appropriate and timely manner and showing impact to encourage repeat giving.

Excellent stewardship - or donor relations - is a key area of philanthropy. As the Donor Relations Officer, you will manage the stewardship programme for our growing scholarship scheme, including producing student-focused impact reports for our community of major donors.

You will act as the first point of contact for students receiving donor-funded scholarships, liaise with colleagues in the Fundraising and Student Fees & Finance teams, and project manage the content collection, design and editing of scholarship and prize reports. These reports are vital to a successful donor journey, as well as a vehicle to tell powerful and inspiring stories. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to make their mark on a new stewardship programme for scholarships, as the cohort of 1,100 donor-funded scholars grows.

As well as creating readable, engaging reports, you must ensure that all data and information is up to date and stored within our supporter database. Overall, your clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and meticulous process handling will help to inspire our donors, demonstrate impact, and aid future fundraising.

Alongside the stewardship for scholarships, you will support the Stewardship Manager to deliver a comprehensive programme of tailored stewardship and donor recognition, showing the impact of philanthropy across the University. Experience in philanthropy or donor relations is an advantage. Excellent project management skills, the ability to follow detailed procedures, and a warm personality are essential.

This is a key role in Campaigns and Alumni Relations (CAR) - the department responsible for fundraising and graduate engagement at the University of Sheffield. Donations from our alumni (former students) reduce financial barriers faced by students and accelerate research that’s bringing about real change, from break-through treatments for devastating neurological conditions, to global projects improving lives for refugees.

What We Offer
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the University.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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