Senior Associate, Stewardship

Apr 17

Anticipated Start Date: May 15, 2025

Description

The Stewardship Senior Associate will lead the creation and implementation of a comprehensive major donor stewardship and engagement strategy. Reporting to the Director of Donor Relations and Events, you will collaborate with members of the Donor Relations and Events (DRE) team, frontline fundraisers, and other key stakeholders across the Foundation to enhance the stewardship and benefits program for our major donors. The ideal candidate is highly organized, creative, and possesses exceptional communication skills, with a deep passion for building meaningful, long-term relationships with donors.

Responsibilities

Donor Stewardship Strategy: In close collaboration with other members of the DRE team and frontline fundraisers, build a comprehensive major donor stewardship strategy. This strategy will ensure our major donors are meaningfully engaged and feel valued at every stage of their giving journey. This includes thoughtful gift acknowledgment, recognition, donor gift creation, and engagement opportunities in Foundation programming and volunteer opportunities.

Donor Benefits: Develop and execute a suite of donor benefits for Foundation and Obama Presidential Center donors that can be tailored to different giving levels and interests. Work closely with the Direct Response (including Mid-level Giving) and Frontline teams to ensure the benefits are varied and level-appropriate.

Donor Interest Group Coordination: Build tailored stewardship programs for key donor constituencies, including the Foundation Board, Storytelling Council, Obama Administration and campaign alumni, and other target audiences.

Database and Process Coordination: In coordination with the Donor Relations & Events Analyst (to be hired) and the Development Data & Analytics team, track and analyze donor engagement data to inform stewardship strategies and ensure progress toward stewardship goals. Propose more efficient processes where necessary and create new templates to enhance engagement planning.

Team Building and Management: Hire, train, and manage a Stewardship Analyst to support the workstreams outlined above.

Other Duties: Support the Development team with other fundraising activities as needed. Stay informed about best practices in donor relations and stewardship. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

A minimum of five to seven years of experience working in fundraising and donor relations. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Exceptional attention to detail is required; proofreading experience is a plus.

Salary Range and Employee Benefits

The salary range for this role is between $79,040 and $98,800.

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About the Organization

At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone. We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.

That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.

But that approach extends to all our work, whether it’s holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity. As President Obama has said, “we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.”

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