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Department:

Development & Alumni Relations

Locations:

Louisville, KY

Posted:

Jun 11, 2025

Closes:

Open Until Filled

Type:

Full-time Exempt

Position ID:

189119

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About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

This position will identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts from a core group of prospects and donors. 

• Maintain a prospect list of a minimum of 50 individuals that are capable of making a gift of $2,000+.
• Manage and develop the Knights Athletics Association (KAA) including continuous re-evaluation of KAA initiatives and ways to elevate the group, provide outreach efforts to prospects and new and existing athletics donors.
• Implement creative outreach efforts and special events for former Bellarmine student-athletes and young alumni to expand the KAA membership.
• Manage the B-Club, former student athlete affinity group, in collaboration with the Alumni Association and Bellarmine's Athletics Department.
• Enhance the Knights Hall hospitality experience.
• Provide various KAA communications including social media pages promoting events, emails, and donor opportunities in collaboration with the Athletics Department.
• Lead the Athletics Month of Giving to raise financial support for general giving, teams, etc.
• Work with the Athletics Department to match donor intent with Bellarmine University's needs which may include general support, scholarships, capital projects or other specific projects.
• Work with DAR's Director of Prospect Research on new athletics prospects and continue to reach out to current prospects and donors.
• Coordinates with the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Development Officer for Bellarmine Athletics, the President, the Athletics Director, and others to ascertain specific Athletics needs in various operational areas; and acquire their assistance in developing strategies and gift solicitations (as needed)
• Promote relationships between Bellarmine University and all athletics donors.
• Serve as an ambassador of Bellarmine University, providing information on the institution's capabilities, mission, vision, and its ability to contribute to the region's growth, security, and culture.
• Develop strategies for the acquisition of leadership annual gifts which may involve the participation of staff and faculty, vice presidents, the president, or prominent alumni and friends of Bellarmine University.
• Prepare written proposals to be submitted for prospect consideration.
• Assure that all gifts received are properly recorded, acknowledged, and administered by Bellarmine. Ascertain that donors receive appropriate stewardship for their gifts.
• Coordinate communication through the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations and the DAR team to ensure that all necessary individuals are aware of the specific, ongoing efforts to acquire major gifts.
• Develop an annual plan of work, including contact goals, fundraising goals, and annual cost estimates of expenditures to the Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations, Development Officer for Bellarmine Athletics, and Assistant Vice President of Development Operations; in collaboration with the Assistant Vice President of Development Operations, administer an operational budget with financial constraints.
• Plan, coordinate, assist, and attend various donor relations and special events for donors and Bellarmine University community.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations.
• Serve as coordinator of special projects as assigned by the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations.

Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, an advanced degree is preferred.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have a thorough understanding of all aspects of fundraising.
• Prior experience, preferably in a higher education setting.
• A high degree of diplomacy and integrity is required, as well as exceptional motivation and creativity.
• The individual must be able to engender confidence, enthusiasm, and promote financial support among various Bellarmine University constituencies.
• Must be able to present well-developed strategies and implement effective courses of action in prospect solicitation.
• Travel may be required to call on prospects, both locally in the Louisville area and nationally.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.  
 
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

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