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Chadron State Foundation

Director of Annual Giving

Hiring at Senior Director, Director, or Associate Director level, commensurate with experience

 

Reports to: CEO

Location: Chadron, Nebraska, onsite

 

About the Chadron State Foundation

The Chadron State Foundation supports Chadron State College by securing and stewarding private support that advances student success, academic excellence, and institutional strength in western Nebraska and beyond.

 

Purpose

Grow annual fund revenue, participation, and donor retention by leading the Foundation’s annual giving strategy and multi-channel fundraising communications program in partnership with the CEO. Build and manage a disciplined, year-round annual giving system that informs, solicits, and stewards donors through coordinated campaigns, strong segmentation and workflow management, and clear performance tracking.

 

What you’ll do

  • Lead annual giving strategy with the CEO, including annual goals, campaign priorities, donor segments, key messages, channel strategy, and performance measures.
  • Own the Foundation’s annual giving content and communications calendar
  • Plan, execute, and evaluate annual giving campaigns, including the Fall Appeal, Faculty and Staff Appeal, Holiday and End of Calendar Year Appeal, Giving Day, Spring and End of Fiscal Year Appeal, Athletic Giving Weeks, and other priority annual giving efforts.
  • Manage the annual phonathon including planning, vendor coordination, segmentation, script alignment, monitoring, and integration with the broader campaign calendar.
  • Design and manage selected peer-to-peer fundraising efforts, including volunteer recruitment, training, and outreach 
  • Lead donor acquisition, retention, reactivation, and leadership annual giving strategy for assigned mid-level donors in partnership with CEO for high-touch donors 
  •  Manage segmentation, appeal codes, campaign workflows, imports from giving platforms, list pulls, reporting, and data accuracy.
  • Partner with the Office and Stewardship team on campaign-based stewardship, acknowledgments, donor follow-up, and recurring donor recognition.

 

What success looks like

  • A clear annual giving system is in place, with a working communications calendar that coordinates campaigns, stewardship, and outreach across the year.
  • Annual giving campaigns launch on time, use disciplined segmentation and appeal coding, and produce reporting leadership can trust.
  • Giving Day, Athletic Giving Weeks, and phonathon operate as defined parts of the annual giving strategy.
  • Donor retention, reactivation, and leadership annual giving improve through stronger segmentation, messaging, and follow-through.
  • Peer-to-peer fundraising is used selectively and effectively, with trained volunteers, clear goals, and visible results.
  • Campaign data, imports, workflows, and reporting in NXT are timely, accurate, and useful.

 

Qualifications

  • Experience leading or coordinating annual giving, fundraising campaigns, donor communications, or related advancement work.
  • Strong writing and editing skills across email, direct mail, social media, stewardship, and campaign messaging.
  • Experience with donor segmentation, campaign planning, and performance reporting.
  • Confidence using a fundraising CRM, ideally Raiser’s Edge NXT, along with online giving platforms and digital communications tools.
  • Ability to manage multiple moving parts across a full campaign calendar with strong follow-through and attention to detail.
  • Comfortable working in both strategy and execution
  • Strong organizational skills and sound judgment in handling donor information, campaign timing, and internal coordination.
  • Ability to manage volunteers and support campaign activity through team leaders or ambassadors.
  • Comfort working in a small-shop environment where fundraising, communications, and operations are closely connected.
  • Some evening and weekend work during campaign periods, events, Giving Day, and phonathon.

 

How we work

  • Donor first. We make giving clear, timely, personal, and meaningful.
  • Move with intent. Every campaign, message, and donor touch should lead to a clear next step.
  • Team sport. Annual giving succeeds when calendar, messaging, stewardship, data, and donor follow-up stay aligned.
  • Measure what matters. Participation, retention, reactivation, leadership annual growth, and clean execution matter as much as total dollars.
  • Build what lasts. We are building a sustainable annual giving system and a stronger donor pipeline for Chadron State.

 

Compliance and standards

  • Maintain confidentiality, donor data accuracy, and timely campaign documentation.
  • Use approved appeal codes and segmentation practices for annual giving campaigns.
  • Ensure campaign actions, notes, and donor records are updated promptly in NXT.
  • Coordinate acknowledgment and stewardship workflows with the Office and Stewardship team.
  • Support accurate imports and reconciliation from giving platforms into NXT.
  • Follow Foundation standards for data handling, donor communications, reporting discipline, and gift documentation.

 

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to foundation@csc.edu. Please use “CSF Director of Annual Giving” in the subject line.