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Assistant Director Individual Giving Posted On June 24 2026 Hours Full Time Description JOB SUMMARYThe Assistant Director Individual Giving conceives advances and delivers thoughtful and effective broad-based and individualized leadership giving solicitations as well as personalized cultivation solicitation and stewardship strategies for individual donors with the capacity and inclination to contribute leadership 2500 and major 50000 gifts to The Cooper Union. Serving as a frontline fundraiser this role maintains a defined portfolio deepens existing relationships identifies new donors leading to successful fundraising outcomes. Reporting to the Executive Director of Alumni Affairs and Individual Giving the Assistant Director collaborates with Alumni Affairs and Development colleagues and campus partners to strengthen the donor pipeline support reunion and Giving Day efforts and contribute to key case-based and affinity campaigns.This position supports through actions and conduct The Cooper Union mission and vision and helps to build a productive departmental culture and performance outcomes. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES* Discover qualify cultivate engage solicit and steward individual donors with the capacity to give leadership 2500-49999 and major 50000-499999 gifts exceeding 1 million in new commitments annually. Fundraising work to meet this performance metric should be performed in direct partnership with College faculty staff or administration as well as with significant independent effort.* Conduct regular outreach through scheduled donor prospect meetings virtual and in-person phone calls email and pre- and post-event engagement.* Conceive create and deliver appropriate cultivation and stewardship engagement including personalized updates donor recognition materials and giving impact reports. Additionally the Assistant Director will regularly produce and support donor and prospect small gatherings campus visits research briefings volunteer-hosted events and alumniparent engagement designed to discover qualify cultivate and steward new individual donors.* Collaborate with the Executive Director on key giving initiatives-including Giving Day All Cooper Weekend reunion fundraising campaigns and strategic donoroutreach-while partnering with Development Operations to track activity and maintain accurate donor records and serving as a liaison to internal partners such as academic departments and student affairs to gather impact stories and funding priorities.* Produce major gift prospect strategies create donor proposals with corresponding budgets and maintain appropriate record keeping and activity reporting in the departments CRMs and cloud-based files.* Manage 2-3 reunion class fundraising efforts annually working closely with Executive Director and Director of Alumni Affairs Reunion Giving.* Participate in key alumni affairs and fundraising events e.g. All Cooper Weekend Lifetime Giving Societies dinner tours workshops etc..* Demonstrate excellent skill in persuasion through written and spoken communication skills.* Other duties as assigned. SKILLSREQUIREMENTS* 5-plus years of non-profit education or fundraising experience* Experience in securing major 50000 gift or grant commitments from individual donors and family foundations with an annual yield of at least 250000.* Exceptional time management and organizational skills with sharp attention to detail.* Excellent persuasive writing proofreading editing skills.* Fluency in Microsoft Word PowerPoint Excel and Outlook.* Comfort in database research activities Tessitura Slate Raisers Edge Tableau etc.* Propriety tact thoughtfulness and discretion when interacting with alumni donors and donor prospects.* Understanding of fundraising and relationship management within higher education.* Appreciation for The Cooper Union mission and ethos. EDUCATION* Bachelors degree required.* Masters degree preferred. Annual salary range90000-93000. This is a unionized position. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Email materials to hrcooper.edu

Founded by inventor industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art architecture and engineering as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences. *

My feelings my desires my hopes embrace humanity throughout the world” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.” *

From its beginnings Cooper Union was a unique institution dedicated to founder Peter Coopers proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony. *

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