About the position:

Join Our Team at Millersville University!

• Comprehensive Health Coverage – Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans – Choose from two excellent options
• Tuition Waiver – Invest in your education or your family’s
• Paid Time Off – Vacation, sick leave, and holidays to recharge
• Full Benefits Summary (PDF)

Why Millersville?

• Strong student-faculty connections
• 70+ undergraduate and 24 graduate programs
• A stunning campus and vibrant community
• Outstanding job placement for graduates

Our Mission & Values:

Equal Opportunity for All:

• Work independently and with the Director of Annual Campaigns to coordinate initiatives for annual giving programs, including planning and implementation of solicitations (mail, email, and phone) and cultivation of constituents, and management of solicitation calendar to meet annual giving fundraising goals, currently approximately $350,000 annually.
• Work directly with design and print companies to design, develop and mail annual giving solicitations.
• Assist in developing annual goals and plans for the alumni and annual giving programs.
• Work with the Director of Annual Campaigns to stay within the print and postage budget for Annual Giving, determined by the Senior Director of Philanthropic Giving.
• Utilize the Advancement database and division data metric reports to retrieve, analyze, and manage data related to alumni contributions to enhance long term stewardship of alumni donors and prospects.
• Serve as one of the leads for planning and implementation of annual One Day Give fundraising campaign with Development and Alumni Engagement colleagues to raise a minimum of $200,000 through online donations annually.
• Coordinate affinity group fundraising (athletics, MU Arts, Holocaust conference, academic/department scholarships, etc.) including writing letters and emails and working with Development colleagues on strategy and implementation.
• Ensure that alumni and other donors are appropriately acknowledged as leaders, volunteers, contributors, and donors.
• Coordinate annual giving strategy and presence, and participate in major university events throughout the year, such as Commencement, Homecoming, and move-in day, as needed.
• Contribute editorial content regarding annual giving appeals and donor impact stories to University Communications & Marketing staff as needed.
• Provide fundraising content for alumni e-newsletter and broadcast emails.
• Coordinate senior class giving and student philanthropy activities.
• Identify and cultivate local and national foundations; write and submit letters of interest and full proposals to generate funds for university scholarships and programming.
• Assist with management of student workers and volunteers as needed.
• Assist Advancement staff with coordination and execution of employee giving campaign and coordinate with Student Affairs staff to include a parent giving program as part of ongoing parent outreach and engagement programming.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external audiences daily.

• All other duties as assigned.

• Ability to work on campus in an office setting.
• Primarily work indoors, office setting
• May work outside for events, primarily around Homecoming or other special receptions/events.
• Limited physical effort required.
• Limited exposure to physical risks.
• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• Ability to sit/stand for long lengths of time.
• Must be able to lift/pull/push up to 10 pounds.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse.