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About the Role
The Assistant Director of Advancement is a front-line fundraising position responsible for the strategy, execution, and growth of The International School of San Francisco's annual giving program. This role involves close collaboration with a small team to develop and implement plans that help the school achieve its annual fundraising and participation goals.
Responsibilities
- Manage the current Annual Giving Campaign, including the Annual Fund and the Spring Fundraising event.
- Strategically plan and develop future campaigns to increase giving in partnership with the Director of Advancement.
- Manage a portfolio of leadership-level Annual Fund donors, including identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
- Assist in identifying potential major gift prospects for capital campaigns.
- Develop and manage an integrated Annual Fund calendar for solicitations across various channels (email, direct mail, digital, in-person) and events.
- Execute segmented, multi-channel fundraising and solicitation strategies targeting current parents, alumni, grandparents, faculty, staff, parents of alumni, and friends of the school.
- Lead the planning and execution of the Spring Fundraising event, typically an Annual Auction.
- Implement best practices and innovative tactics to improve annual giving among parents, alumni, and other supporters.
- Recruit, train, and manage all Advancement volunteers for the Annual Fund, Spring Fundraiser, and other initiatives.
- Collaborate with Annual Fund Committee Chairs and volunteers to increase parent and alumni participation and gift size.
- Develop and implement donor stewardship and recognition strategies for Annual Fund donors to enhance retention and engagement.
- Partner with Advancement and Marketing teams to create and update annual giving documents, collateral, and donor impact stories.
- Coordinate pledge fulfillment and gift acknowledgments with the Advancement team.
- Assist in coordinating new parent welcome events.
- Support the Advancement team with special events throughout the year, including planning and execution.
- Analyze fundraising performance, donor participation, and giving trends to evaluate results and inform future strategy.
- Serve as an enthusiastic ambassador for the school, building relationships with donors and volunteers.
- Work in person, with some nights and weekends required.
- Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 3–5 years of work experience in development/advancement, with demonstrated success in asking for gifts and leading annual giving programs.
- Solid working knowledge of fundraising databases, preferably Raiser's Edge.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Capable of managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling donor communications.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with a wide range of people.
- Experience with relationship cultivation and solicitation.
- Experience working in an independent school, higher education, or nonprofit advancement/development office.
- Experience managing volunteer-led fundraising initiatives and peer-to-peer campaigns.
- Professionalism with all levels of staff, management, donors, and volunteers.
- Available for occasional travel, night, and weekend events.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, flexible, team environment.
- Long-range strategic thinking skills.
- Knowledge of event management and fundraising events.
- An optimistic attitude, positive spirit, and professional demeanor.
- Discretion while working with confidential and sensitive information.
- Proficiency with AI tools, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides).
- Competence with basic office equipment.
- Must be able to lift 25 lbs. for event setup/takedown.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
- All prospective staff will be fingerprinted and submit a criminal background check.
Skills
- AI tools
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides)
- Fundraising databases (preferably Raiser's Edge)
- Event management
- Relationship cultivation
- Solicitation
- Volunteer management
- Peer-to-peer campaigns
- Donor stewardship
- Donor recognition
- Communication (verbal and written)
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Strategic thinking
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Full Time
- Onsite
- Some nights and weekends required
Experience Level
- 3-5 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000-$125,000
About the Company
- The International School of San Francisco is a bilingual, multicultural learning community where students learn to navigate the complexities of the world with confidence, empathy, and joy.
- Our vibrant urban campus serves nearly 1,100 students from age 2 through grade 12.
- Guided by principles of academic rigor and diversity, the school offers programs of study in French and English.
- The school prepares graduates for a world where critical thinking and cross-cultural communication are paramount.
- Working at the school offers personal and professional opportunities, fostering intellectual engagement and joyful discovery.
- The school lives out values of respect, integrity, inclusion, collaboration, and curiosity.
- Each employee is both a teacher and a learner in a vibrant, multicultural, multilingual community.
Equal Opportunity
- The International School of San Francisco is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive, non-discriminatory environment across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age, physical ability, or medical condition.
- The school seeks to increase the presence, representation, and inclusion of U.S. historically under-represented people of color, international, bilingual, and bicultural students, faculty, and staff.
- The school aims to provide an environment that will attract and retain individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex (LGBTQQI).
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.