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Library Administration - Development

About the Department

The University of Chicago Library is forging new paths and aiming to make a significant impact at the University of Chicago, as well as in a leadership position in the global knowledge environment.

Traditionally, the role of the academic library has been to bring information into the community it serves and to provide the spaces, skills, and tools to enable its patrons to benefit. Library buildings, fully of books, embody this way of operating. This traditional model is enhanced by leveraging digital technologies to facilitate information flows within the university and allowing information to be shared online in a sustainable way.

This new paradigm will require libraries to develop sustainable services for information management and sharing and taking an active role in shaping the knowledge ecosystem, which will facilitate equitable access to and increase the visibility of information. To contribute to the ongoing success of the University of Chicago, the Library is changing its operating model to position itself as a leader in this environment, while still expanding on its historic strength in collection development.

The Library is also developing a new strategy to position itself as an international leader in information services and technologies, including artificial intelligence, big data, and other related areas.

Job Summary

Alumni Relations & Development

The University of Chicago\'s Alumni Relations and Development Office (ARD) engages alumni (\190k), current students, parents and friends of the University through intellectual, professional, and social activities on campus, around the world and online. ARD raises \$600 million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute.

Library Development

The Library\'s Development department is responsible for enabling the strategic plans and aspirations of the University Librarian and Library leadership by securing philanthropic, grant, and government funding. Recent success in annual giving includes the launch of the Freedom to Read Fund and Civic Engagement Fund alongside the long-standing opportunities to support the Library Annual Fund and Library Fund for Books.

The Assistant Director of Development will plan and deliver programs designed to meet University fundraising goals for contributed income for the Library\'s annual giving appeals, manage the Library\'s events for fundraising and alumni and donor engagement, manage donor relations activities, manage the annual endowment reporting requirements, and manage and analyze the Library\'s data held on the shared database.

Responsibilities

Annual Giving

• Plans and delivers on contributed income targets for the Library\'s annual giving appeals, including Giving Day and Giving Tuesday, through email, mail, social media, phone, and other channels from University alumni and other prospective donors.
• Partners with the Central Alumni Relations and Development to plan, create, schedule, execute, and evaluate productive, high-quality, cost-effective solicitation projects.
• Cultivates and maintains strong and collegial relationships with colleagues in various alumni relations and development roles across the University to ensure a coordinated approach to strengthening alumni and donor relationships.
• Drafts compelling solicitations in various channels using direct response marketing best practices to motivate alumni and donors to support the Library.
• Uses research on giving patterns to improve solicitat on techniques and improve future solicitation campaigns.
• Facilitates proactive data pulls, reports, and lists. Maintains records and files, and updates the database regularly.

Stewardship

• Plans and delivers the Library\'s annual stewardship program for donors at the annual giving and leadership annual giving levels.
• Plans and delivers the Library\'s annual endowment reporting process.

Event Planning and Management

• Plans and delivers events to engage and steward the Library\'s donors and prospects. This includes, but is not limited to: event program development, event communications, venue selection, food and beverage, audio/visual equipment, and dcor.
• In coordination with the Director of Development, plans and delivers the annual meetings of the Library Council.

Other Responsibilities

Seeks opportunities of professional development that will enhance job performance including attending webinars, seminars, building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.

Contributes to the planning and implementation of programs to identify, visit, and solicit alumni, parents, and other constituencies within an assigned geographical region for gifts to meet fundraising goal. Does this w