Development Assistant

The USC Shoah Foundation lnstitute within the USC Dornsife requires the immediate hire of an experienced and skilled development assistant to support the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's sustainability and transformation of an expanding fundraising operation in preparation for a university-wide comprehensive campaign. In January 2006, the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation became part of the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where the testimonies in the Visual History Archive will be preserved in perpetuity. The change of name to the USC Shoah Foundation lnstitute for Visual History and Education reflects the broadened mission of the Institute: to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry-and the suffering they cause-through the educational use of the Institute's visual history testimonies. Today, the lnstitute reaches educators, students, researchers, and scholars on every continent, and supports efforts to collect testimony from the survivors and witnesses of other genocides.

The Development Assistant will report to and reside in the offices of the Shoah Foundation Institute. The candidate will be responsible to use her / his skills, understanding, and experience in development operations to support the Shoah Foundation Institute's executive director, major gift officers, program staff, and development programs that optimize constituent giving patterns in securing donations to support the Institute's five main pillars of activity conducted in the United States and around the world; Scholarship and Research, Access, Teacher Education, New Testimonies, and Preservation This position requires a working knowledge of non-profit institutions and the ability to investigate the complexities required to identify donors, cultivate prospects, secure donations, and steward private support for the sustainable and perpetual success of the Shoah Foundation Institute. The candidate will be responsible for managing the constituents and contacts, communications, data entry, and data integrity. The candidate must have prior experience in supporting non-profit fundraising, including experience such as portfolio management, donor recognition / stewardship, researching and segmentation strategies, and "mining" constituent information.

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Stewardship Officer

The Office of College Advancement is seeking an experienced and skilled Stewardship Officer to support the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and its sustainability and transformation of an expanding fundraising operation in preparation for a its comprehensive campaign within the overall University of Southern California campaign.

The Stewardship Officer will be responsible for using her/his skills, understanding, and experience in supporting development operations to assist the Shoah Foundation Institute development officers in the stewardship and on-going cultivation of donations to support the annual giving campaign and the endowment of the Institute’s five pillars of activity conducted in the United States and around the world; including, Scholarship and Research, Access, Teacher Education, New Testimonies, and Preservation. This position requires a thorough knowledge of non-profit institutions and the complexities of engaging a wide array of constituencies, academic departments, and institutes. This position must have a proven track record of managing events, alumni engagement, writing acknowledgement publications/letters, and maintaining and expanding boards, volunteers, and recognition clubs in support of the sustainable and perpetual success of the Institute within the Dornsife College. The candidate must have prior experience in supporting a large scale, complex fundraising operation through the consistent stewardship of private support within non profit organizations and/or leading globally recognized research and undergraduate institutions.

In January 2006, the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation became part of the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where the testimonies in the Visual History Archive will be preserved in perpetuity. The change of name to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education reflects the broadened mission of the Institute: to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry—and the suffering they cause—through the educational use of the Institute’s visual history testimonies. Today, the Institute reaches educators, students, researchers, and scholars on every continent, and supports efforts to collect testimony from the survivors and witnesses of other genocides.

Requirements

• This position must have a proven track record of managing events, alumni engagement, writing acknowledgement publications/letters, and maintaining and expanding boards, volunteers, and recognition clubs in support of the sustainable and perpetual success of the Institute within the Dornsife College.
• The candidate must have prior experience in supporting a large scale, complex fundraising operation through the consistent stewardship of private support within non profit organizations and/or leading globally recognized research and undergraduate institutions.

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Director of Development

The Director of Development will be responsible for using his or her extensive network and experience in cultivating and securing donations to support the funding, programmatic and operational needs of the Shoah Foundation Institute. This position requires a thorough knowledge of gift vehicles including planned, capital, and principle gifts and the complexities required to cultivate, secure, and steward these funds. This position requires a thorough understanding of non-profit institutions and the complexities of engaging a wide array of constituencies, academic departments, and institutes. The incumbent must have a proven track record of consistently obtaining private support in the amount of $100K and more in support of a leading globally recognized research and undergraduate institution.

The USC Dana And David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences represents a wide range of academic departments and institutes that rely heavily upon external funding for research and student support. The Shoah Foundation Institute is part of the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; its mission is to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry—and the suffering they cause—through the educational use of its visual history testimonies. Working within the University and with partners around the world to advanc education, research, and scholarship, the Institute provides unique and essential content through the dissemination of its testimonies.

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