WSU Advancement Careers

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Director of Development

Cougar Athletic Fund (CAF)

✪ Pullman, WA

The Cougar Athletic Fund (CAF) supports WSU Athletics to unleash excellence by providing a TRANSFORMATIVE STUDENT-ATLETE EXPERIENCE, while elevating Washington State University through COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE, CAMPUS COLLBORATION, and COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. As part of WSU Advancement, the CAF puts Cougar spirit into action by engaging in meaningful philanthropic engagement to advance WSU’s land-grant mission and support students.
WSU Intercollegiate Athletics is looking for a Development Director (level 1 or 2) to support the Cougar Athletic Fund’s (CAF) fundraising goals by planning and conducting outreach to promote constituents understanding of Athletics’ activities and goals, with the aim of cultivating donors and monetary support. Your efforts will include annual giving efforts, major gift development of $25,000 or more, and planned giving identification and advancements. There will be significant travel in Washington State, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere while you build donor relationships.
As a Development Director 1, you will manage a portfolio of approximately 200 prospective donors, open/plan a minimum of 100 solicitations, and have an annual fundraising goal between $100,000 and $250,000.
As a Development Director 2, you will manage a portfolio of approximately 150 donors, close 5 to 15 major gift pledges, open/plan a minimum of 15 solicitations, and have an annual fundraising goal between $250,000 and $750,000.
Percentage Breakdown of Job Functions:

· 80% Donor Cultivation, Solicitation and Stewardship

· 15% Unit Specific Responsibilities

· 5% Other Duties as Assigned
Remote/hybrid opportunities may be available for candidates within commutable distance of Washington State University/WSU Pullman Campus.

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Gift Accounting Processor

GIFT accounting

✪ Pullman, WA

As the Gift Accounting Processor, you will perform various duties to support the Gift Accounting team within the WSU Foundation (WSUF). You will perform tasks related to donation and pledge entry, and adhere to procedures and guidelines while maintaining a confidential environment. You will perform numerous gift and pledge-related duties, including verifying data for accuracy, entering transactions into the donor database, creating records, and preparing Excel spreadsheets of donor data for entry and system uploads. As the Gift Accounting Processor, you must adhere to system protocols to ensure financial and biographical data are handled responsibly and are expected to maintain accurate records, including digital and paper files. You will work with varous WSUF units, external university units, and donors whenever necessary to obtain information or assist with inquiries, transactions, and gift processing activities. In addition, you will provide administrative, operational, and financial support and serve as backup for other WSUF Gift Accounting team members on various duties related to financial transactions and gift processing activities.

Essential Job Functions:

60% Data Verification and Gift Processing
35% Fiscal Support
5% Other Duties

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Administrative Assistant

University Advancement

✪ Pullman, WA

As the Administrative Assistant, you will report to and provide administrative support to the Senior Director of Administration and Strategic Initiatives (Senior Director), while serving as the initial point of contact for the WSU Foundation (WSUF), both in person and over the phone. As part of this position, you will be responsible for schedule management, making travel arrangements, registering team members for conferences, and undertaking various projects on behalf of the Office of the CEO. Additionally, you will be responsible for general office reception and ensuring that the reception area is appropriately staffed and maintained in a manner that is welcoming to guests and in keeping with the WSUF’s high standards; greeting visitors to the WSUF; opening and closing the office each day; opening and distributing mail; and assist with shipping, ordering, and maintaining supplied. You will work with the Senior Director on matters related to office and building operations including space management, renovations and general maintenance, and will be involved in maintaining building safety measures.

Periodically, you may provide additional administrative support to the Vice President/CEO or Assistant/Associate Vice Presidents at the discretion of the Senior Director. In this position, you will have frequent interruptions which requires the ability to multi-task and maintain focus.

Essential Job Functions:

60% Administrative Support
35% Office and Building Operations
5% Other Duties

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Director of Development

Cougar Athletic fund (caf)

✪ Pullman, WA

WSU Intercollegiate Athletics is looking for a Development Director (level 1 or 2) to support the Cougar Athletic Fund’s (CAF) fundraising goals by planning and conducting outreach to promote constituents understanding of Athletics’ activities and goals, with the aim of cultivating donors and monetary support. Your efforts will include annual giving efforts, major gift development of $25,000 or more, and planned giving identification and advancements. There will be significant travel in Washington State, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere while you build donor relationships.

As a Development Director 1, you will manage a portfolio of approximately 200 prospective donors, open/plan a minimum of 100 solicitations, and have an annual fundraising goal between $100,000 and $250,000.

As a Development Director 2, you will manage a portfolio of approximately 150 donors, close 5 to 15 major gift pledges, open/plan a minimum of 15 solicitations, and have an annual fundraising goal between $250,000 and $750,000.

Percentage Breakdown of Job Functions:

· 80% Donor Cultivation, Solicitation and Stewardship

· 15% Unit Specific Responsibilities

· 5% Other Duties as Assigned

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Development Coordinator

Edward R. Murrow College of Communication

✪ Pullman, WA

The Development Coordinator position is responsible for participating in and coordinating the development and implementation of fundraising activities and operations to meet the Murrow College of Communication’s goals, including Northwest Public Broadcasting (NWPB). The position responsibilities include managing development operations including the annual giving program and leading the stewardship program; managing a major gift pipeline program for the frontline fundraising team; pulling weekly reports and managing database policy compliance; and solicitation of annual gifts and sponsorships from individuals and/or corporations. The Development Coordinator represents the University to internal and external constituents.

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Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship

College of Veterinary Medicine
✪ Pullman, WA

The purpose of the Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship is to coordinator the College of Veterinary Medicine’s annual giving and stewardship programs. This includes coordinating annual fundraising plans and activities such as Call-A Coug, direct mail, giving days, and e-solicitations. This position will focus on solicitations and upgrades by incorporating annual support, endowment, and planned gifts in the annual giving plan. This position will also be responsible for administering donor stewardship and recognition activities.

As needed, this position will function as the liaison with the college’s Communications and Marketing team, as well as the university’s Design and Printing Services team for projects needing that support.

This position functions as the liaison with the central WSU Foundation and WSU Alumni Association to perform a variety of fundraising and alumni engagement activities. This position assists with alumni and donor engagement activities to support the priorities of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Data Programmer Analyst

Business intelligence
✪ Pullman, WA; May be Remote Eligible

The Data Programmer Analyst is responsible for the development, implementation, operation, maintenance, documentation, and support of the WSU Foundation data management, database programming. This position is responsible for developing Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes that build Data Warehouses allowing reports, analytics and applications to function at scale. This person will be proficient at translating business requirements into data models that support production reports, analytics and applications. This person will have a strong understanding of data strategy and development, and handling administrator functions as well.

This position is also responsible for working with leaders and teams to build new reports/dashboards while at the same time maintaining the current reports/dashboards.

Essential Job Functions:

65% Automation, Programming, and Integration
30% Data Management
5% Other Duties

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Director, Corporate Engagement

Corporate engagement
✪ Seattle, WA; May be Remote Eligible

Reporting to the Senior Director, Corporate Engagement and working closely with the Executive Director of Corporate Engagement, the Associate Vice President, Central Development, and other Advancement colleagues, the Director of Development cultivates and solicits strategic, holistic relationships with a portfolio of leading corporations.

This person will be responsible for planning and implementing internal and external activities with the intent of facilitating and stewarding new and existing partnerships with Washington State University (WSU) and corporations in the fulfillment of their engagement and philanthropic missions with the University.

Essential Job Functions

Corporate Engagement, Solicitation, and Stewardship

Develop plans to secure engagement with and support from corporate partners.
Manage and grow a portfolio of companies by proactively identifying, cultivating, collaborating, soliciting and stewarding corporations with national reach.
Maintain and grow relationships with program officers and corporate representatives.
Working across the WSU system, develop proposals with faculty, staff and administrators designed to appeal to the holistic goals of identified corporate prospects, including but not limited to philanthropy, sponsored research, student success, marketing/sponsorship, and public policy advocacy.
Write stewardship reports to be shared with internal and external stakeholders.

External Relations

When appropriate, conduct face-to-face meetings with executives and other company representatives to better the holistic priorities of the business and their philanthropic goals.
Conceive of and implement events that promote interaction and engagement between corporations and WSU stakeholders.
Help facilitate campus visits of corporate representatives, assuring that such trips are meaningful and help develop the relationship between such companies and the University.

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Director, Advancement Records and Data Strategy

Advancement Innovation and Business Intelligence
✪ Pullman, WA; May be Remote Eligible

The Director, Advancement Records and Data Strategy is accountable for departmental objectives by supervising the staff; and developing, implementing, and evaluating projects needed for the accuracy and completeness of biographical and other non-gift related information in the Advance database system. This position is also responsible for unit budget management and daily operations.

This position will collaborate with stakeholders across University Advancement, including the WSU Foundation, WSU Alumni Association, all unit-based fundraising operations, and various WSU affiliated programs including Northwest Public Media, the Cougar Athletic Fund, Veterinarian Teaching Hospital, and Elson S. Floyd School of Medicine, providing data in support of institutional fundraising goals.

They enforce quality standards, analyzing and resolving issues of quality control, efficiency, and communication. In conjunction with the Unit AVP, this position will analyze and implement system improvements.

Essential Job Functions:

50% Management of Advancement Records and Data Strategy
30% Unit Administration
15% Policy Development, Training, Documentation, and Quality Assurance
5% Other Duties as Assigned

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Advancement Records, Program Assistant

Advancement Innovation and Business Intelligence
✪ Pullman, WA

The Advancement Records, Program Assistant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of biographical and other non-gift related information in databases for the WSU Foundation.

The accuracy and completeness of information including, but not limited to, name, address, employment, activity and committee involvement, other affiliations, and prospect and volunteer tracking, maintained on a database of approximately 663,000 WSU alumni, donors, faculty/staff, friends, and students, and corporations and foundations, with an annual growth of approximately 17,000 records per year. This information is of vital importance to the university’s fund/friend raising goals and is used extensively by WSU Foundation advancement professionals and staff, college and department personnel, and student organization members, as well as external constituents of WSU.

Essential Job Functions:

70% Database Records Maintenance and Research
15% Administration
10% Mailing List Requests
5% Other Duties as Assigned

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Development Coordinator

WSU Spokane
✪ Spokane, WA

The purpose of the Development Coordinator is to support the Advancement Office’s fundraising and external relations goals within the College of Medicine. Duties include coordinating with the WSU Foundation and Director of Annual Giving, Health Sciences to implement a variety of annual giving strategies.

Duties include: assist with donor and alumni engagement events for the College of Medicine; identify and cultivate relationships with specified individuals and corporations for sponsorship support; coordinate with applicable parties to request data, mailing lists, and reports; support scholarship awarding and stewardship; and perform other administrative support activities such as preparing written correspondence, reports, and presentations, scheduling, processing gifts, and making travel arrangements.

The position will represent the university and college to internal and external constituents and remain apprised of university policies and protocols and advise on their application where appropriate.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

45% Fundraising

30% Strategy and Project Management

20% Special Events and Alumni Engagement

5% Other

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Director, Budget and Operations

Alumni Association
✪ Pullman, WA

As the Washington State University Alumni Association (WSUAA) Director, Budget and Operations, you will be responsible for collaborating with Associate Vice President for Advancement/Executive Director WSU Alumni Association WSUAA and senior staff in driving WSUAA strategic goals and initiatives, and managing complex non-profit financial practices, including accounting; budget development, analysis, reporting and management; procurement and reconciliation; records retention; and Workday operations and improvements. You will manage WSUAA’s annual audit process; compile annual IRS reports and other compliance reports; prepares monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements; and oversee the year-end closing process. You will serve as Treasurer of the WSUAA, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, and serves as a member the WSUAA’s Finance Committee. You will oversee the work of other WSUAA finance and operations staff. Additionally, you will oversee the use and operation of the Lewis Alumni Centre on WSU’s Pullman campus, and all other WSUAA facilities.

Percentage Breakdown of Job Functions

50% Financial & Administrative Management
15% Organizational Leadership
15% Corporate Treasurer
15% Alumni Association Facilities Administration
5% Other Duties

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Service Desk & Training Support Specialist

Advancement Innovation and Business Intelligence
✪ Pullman, WA

Reporting to the Information Systems Manager, the Service Desk & Training Support Specialist position will provide advanced technical support and will work under the guidance of the Infrastructure & Service Desk Lead. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who takes initiative, prioritizes a high volume of tasks, and is a proven problem solver with methodical troubleshooting skills. Responsibilities include making day-to-day decisions regarding applications, systems support, and documenting escalated service requests.

This position also assesses training needs, determines training approaches, develops training materials and instructs both end users and computer support staff. The position is responsible to identify, plan, coordinate, and implement small to moderate sized projects that includes the installation of systems, hardware, software, application interfaces, or applications. This position resolves complex installation problems and creates supporting processing environments (sandbox, prototype and production). The position may be on-call to respond to system issues outside of normal business hours and may occasionally travel to support system wide initiatives across WSU campuses, working with constituent development teams and local IT support teams.

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Business Applications Developer

Advancement Innovation and Business Intelligence
✪ Pullman, WA; MAY BE REMOTE ELIGIBLE

The Business Applications Developer is responsible for the development, implementation, operation, maintenance, documentation, and support of WSU Foundation business applications.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Analyzing Foundation business requirements
Designing application solutions
Constructing & testing application components
Modifying and / or enhancing existing application components
Integrating new applications / application procedures
Documenting application solutions
Deploying application solutions
Providing customer support

This position works closely with customers, business analysts, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions that align with WSU Foundation strategies and organizational standards.

This position conducts planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing, integration and maintenance for the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). They make recommendations towards the development of new code and / or reuse of existing code and software.

This position participates in component and data architecture design, performance monitoring, product evaluation, and buy versus build recommendations.

As part of the Application Developer team, they will participate in multiple software development methodologies including, but not limited to, waterfall, prototype, rapid application development, and agile, as applied to extremely small team sizes.

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Contact Us

Bonnie Wilmoth
Director, Talent Management
bonnie.wilmoth@wsu.edu
509-335-5392

Kasi Balmforth
Manager, Talent Management OPERATIONS
kasi.balmforth@wsu.edu
509-335-0943