Job Opportunities

Dana Hall School seeks candidates for the position of Library Director. The individual in this position will be accountable for:

• Supervising all library and archives operations and staff, budgeting, strategic planning, and managing the library facility 
• Overseeing collection development and acquiring circulating print and digital materials 
• Performing circulation and reference duties as part of a rotation with other librarians, as well as preparing bibliographies and LibGuides for faculty, class assignments, and special events
• Maintaining an understanding of curricular and co-curricular initiatives, as well as collaborating with division librarians and academic departments to ensure collection curricular support
• Serving as a Department Head, as well as overseeing and participating in information and digital literacy instruction to students and faculty 
• Serving as a member of the Department Heads’ Committee, Technology Working Group and the Educational Technology Facilitators Committee
• Designing and implementing school-wide initiatives, such as the Summer Reading List and Book Fair
• Supervising students visiting the library and on-duty student employees
• Serving as an advisor and contributing to the life of the School outside of library responsibilities

Successful candidates will be kind, creative, curious, and detail-oriented with strong organizational, communication, and executive skills. They should have leadership and educational experience, a strong work ethic, and an ability to effectively work and multi-task in an active school environment. Candidates should be comfortable with rapidly changing technologies, have experience working with young people, possess excellent interpersonal skills, have an ability to work collaboratively and independently, as well as enjoy reading, working, and supporting adolescents. Successful candidates will have a clearly articulated vision for the role of libraries both today and in the future.

Candidates must have a Master's degree in Library/Information Science, at least 3-5 years of administrative and general library experience, and proficiency with Google Apps and Apple products. Work experience in a school or library environment is preferred.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Associate Head of School for the academic year. It includes evening and weekend hours. 

Dana Hall seeks candidates who will contribute to and are committed to diversity and multicultural educational practices.

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Dana Hall School seeks candidates for the position of Associate Director or Director of Alumnae Relations (depending on experience).  The individual in this position will be accountable for:

• Building a strong and effective alumnae relations program and creating metrics to benchmark against other schools and growth of Dana Hall’s program
• Managing and supporting alumnae across the country and around the world by both initiating contact and responding promptly to calls, emails and letters
• Designing and executing, with collaboration from the Senior Director of Advancement Services, Events and Engagement, the annual alumnae reunions
• Planning, designing and executing a strategic program of regional alumnae events, including setting goals for each event and tracking achievement toward those goals; traveling for alumnae events as needed
• Recruiting, training and managing the Alumnae Council, class correspondents and other alumnae volunteers
• Creating and publishing the monthly alumnae newsletter with assistance from the Associate Director of Communications, gathering and publishing class notes for the Bulletin, updating information in the database gleaned from the class notes, and managing alumnae posts on social media
• Collaborating with the Senior Director of Advancement Services, Events and Engagement in recruiting alumnae speakers for the bi-annual signature event She Sails
• Overseeing the STAR (STudent Alumnae Relations) Club and student traditions that relate to alumnae relations and soliciting the senior class for their Dana Fund gift, as well as educating students about their important role as alumnae
• Working with division directors to recommend and recruit alumnae for student programs and events and Archives/Library to identify photos, find alumnae authors, coordinate reunion class visits, etc.
• Recommending to appropriate Advancement Office staff those alumnae who should receive special visits and solicitations

Candidates must have: a bachelor’s degree; previous fundraising and/or donor management work experience; technical knowledge of data management systems and processes; experience with relevant Blackbaud solutions preferred, such as Raiser’s Edge/NXT and Online Express; knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Apps.
 
Successful candidates will possess: excellent problem-solving, technology, and customer service skills; superior time-management skills with an ability to manage many tasks and projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines and maintaining quality work products; excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail and an ability to create effective action plans to meet goals; effective communication skills, both orally and in writing to maintain open communication channels with relevant stakeholders; an ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with utmost discretion.
 
This is a 12-month, full-time position reporting to the Senior Director of Advancement Services, Events and Engagement.

Dana Hall seeks candidates who will contribute to and are committed to diversity and multicultural educational practices.

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Dana Hall School seeks candidates for the position of College Counseling Office Administrative Assistant. The individual in this position will be accountable for:

• Managing the day-to-day College Office needs and processes in order to maintain an efficient office environment
• Supporting the work of the Director and Associate Director of College Counseling
• Providing “live” reception by greeting and helping students, faculty, parents and others, and answering calls on the main College Office phone line
• Meeting and greeting approximately 150 college representatives who visit Dana Hall each fall
• Assisting students with the college application process, including sending school documents to colleges and universities, managing Scoir and/or an alternate office platform, scheduling and coordinating visits from college representatives, and communicating with students, families, colleges and various members of the Dana Hall community
• Providing general College Office support including: managing office calendar, printing, typing, filing, collating, labeling and stuffing envelopes, maintaining lists, placing phone calls, sending emails, sending regular mailings, scheduling meetings with students, and submitting special function and work orders
• Working with the director to organize, implement and manage the AP Testing Program
• Supporting special parent programs, including but not limited to College Admissions Information Workshops, Junior College Day, Financial Aid Night and Introduction to Standardized Testing
• Other duties as assigned and necessary

 

Candidates must have: a minimum of three years of administrative experience; technology skills including Microsoft Office and Apple platforms, as well as Google Apps; a college degree is preferred. Experience with Scoir or a similar platform is also desirable. 

Successful candidates will possess: excellent problem-solving, technology, and customer service skills; superior time-management skills with an ability to manage many tasks and projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines and maintaining quality work products; excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail; a commitment to community, equity, and inclusion initiatives, an ability to maintain confidentiality and effective communication skills, both orally and in writing; a sense of humor. 

Training will be provided for, and proficiency will be expected in: Blackbaud, database, and report generation programs. Candidates must be able to remain seated for extended periods of time.

This is a 10-month, full-time, hourly, non-exempt, on-campus position, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. during the academic year, depending on the needs of the office. 

Dana Hall seeks candidates who will contribute to and are committed to diversity and multicultural educational practices.

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The Opportunity

Dana Hall School is an independent school committed to fostering excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics within a vibrant, caring community. Dana Hall provides more than 450 day and boarding students in grades 5-12 with a unique opportunity to prepare themselves for the challenges and choices they will face as women and citizens of the world. The school is seeking a self-motivated fundraiser who is able to build effective personal connections with colleagues and supporters, deliver compelling communications, and implement programs that result in significant unrestricted support of Dana Hall.

Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Director of the Dana Fund will be responsible for the annual giving program, which constitutes the major source of unrestricted private giving to Dana Hall School. The ongoing stewardship of Dana Fund donors receives the direct supervision and leadership of the director, including generating and publishing the Annual Report, e-solicitations, acknowledgment letters, pledge reminders, and matching gift communications. The director is responsible for the professional development and support of the Assistant Director of the Dana Fund, and works closely with the Assistant Director of Alumnae Giving to provide information and assist with solicitation of Dana Fund gifts from their prospects. Please click to learn more about giving at Dana Hall, the strategic plan, and the school community.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will take a comprehensive and collaborative approach to the work, implement best practices in annual giving, and embrace the community values that make Dana Hall a special place in the hearts and minds of its supporters. This position requires superb organization and interpersonal skills as well as computer-based prospect management skills. An ideal candidate will deeply enjoy data analysis and look for creative ways to integrate data with purposeful and strategic communications. The director will possess superior communications skills, a high degree of emotional intelligence, and an ability to anticipate the needs of others. The director will demonstrate personal accountability and operate with integrity, humility, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Develop short- and long-range goals and objectives for annual giving that have an impact toward increasing unrestricted gifts to the school both in overall dollars raised and participation by constituent groups.
• Identify, recruit and work closely with annual giving chairs to inspire giving from alumnae, current parents, past parents, grandparents, and faculty/staff.
• Recruit, train and oversee the Parent Dana Fund leadership giving committees.
• Plan and execute a successful Senior Parent Gift Program.
• Work with the Director of Events & Parent Programs to plan and execute appropriate events to launch and acknowledge major gifts to the Dana Fund.
• Supervise, evaluate and work with the Assistant Director of the Dana Fund, particularly to produce annual giving direct mail and e-solicitations and to obtain matching gifts.
• Work with the Assistant Director of Alumnae Giving to help devise strategies and meet stretch goals for alumnae giving to the Dana Fund, including Reunion classes and the Young Alumnae Giving Challenge.
• Work with the Database Manager to ensure accurate gift accounting, gift acknowledgments and pledge reminders, including production of the Annual Report of Giving.
• Benchmark the annual giving performance against local peer schools and all girls’ schools, and provide relevant reports.
• Attend Advancement Committee meetings as necessary.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to strategize, implement, and build annual gift program and activities, along with a talent for motivating a team and volunteers.
• Flexibility and initiative, as well as the ability to work independently, combined with the skills for thriving in a team environment.
• High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information.
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks simultaneously with close attention to detail and prioritization to meet deadlines.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills; demonstrated personal solicitation experience.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of database research and maintenance.
• Ability to work with students, as well as volunteers of all ages.
• Must be able to travel and work evenings and weekends as needed.

Dana Hall School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks to reflect in its faculty and staff the diversity present within its student body. The school invites candidates to join in this process who bring a substantive and varied combination of educational pursuits and lived experiences that demonstrate the capacity to make a meaningful contribution in this role.

Interested candidates, please contact Narwhal Talent Partners:

Peter G. Hamilton | (617) 620-9268
Christian G. Henry | (857) 285-3364

search@narwhaltalent.com

All inquiries are treated as confidential.

The Opportunity

Dana Hall School is an independent school committed to fostering excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics within a vibrant, caring community. Dana Hall provides more than 450 day and boarding students from grades 5-12 with a unique opportunity to prepare themselves for the challenges and choices they will face as women and citizens of the world. The school is seeking a self-motivated and ambitious fundraiser who is able to build effective relationships with donors seeking to make a significant impact and leave a legacy through their support of Dana Hall.

Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Director of Major and Planned Gifts will be responsible for the plans, goals, and objectives to increase giving at Dana Hall School while managing a portfolio of major gift prospects, including discovery and cultivation. The director also develops and manages relationships with planned giving prospects, solicits planned gifts, and conceives and implements new planned giving strategies. While working collaboratively with the entire Advancement team, the director is responsible for the professional development and support of the Assistant Director of Alumnae Giving and the Major Gifts Officer. The school benefits from a well-resourced, philanthropically inclined prospect pool willing to invest in the school. Please click to learn more about current projects, the strategic plan, and the school community.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will take an entrepreneurial approach to the work, implement best practices in major and planned giving, and embrace the community values that make Dana Hall a special place in the hearts and minds of its supporters. This position requires superb organization and interpersonal skills, and an action bias. An ideal candidate will bring a genuine sense of joy to the work, successfully and consistently building purposeful and strategic relationships that benefit Dana Hall. The director will possess superior communications skills, a high degree of emotional intelligence, and a strategic mindset. The director will demonstrate personal accountability, embody the values of the school, and operate with integrity, humility, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Build a strong and effective major gifts program and create goals, timetables and metrics to benchmark growth.
• Manage a portfolio of donors and prospects with an emphasis on individual donor relationships, cultivation and solicitation activities, and stewardship.
• Supervise the Assistant Director of Alumnae Giving and the Major Gifts Officer in establishing and achieving goals, timetables, and appropriate strategies for assigned prospects and projects. Hire, train, and evaluate people in these positions.
• Work collaboratively in close coordination with the Advancement directors and team.
• Conduct regular prospect visits with the goal of qualifying and soliciting major prospects for Dana Fund, capital, or planned (Helen Temple Cooke Society) gifts.
• Acquire timely and relevant institutional information to create and execute solicitation and stewardship strategies for each prospect, as appropriate.
• Track activity within Raiser’s Edge/RENXT and generate reports to track the progress of each prospect’s cultivation/solicitation/stewardship plan.
• Establish a plan, including specific goals and timetable, to cultivate and solicit prospective planned gifts.
• Serve as a planned giving resource and maintain up-to-date planned giving knowledge.
• Work in cooperation with the Business Office, financial estate planners and attorneys to set up and steward major and planned gifts.
• Manage the Alumnae Fundraising Committee.
• Attend key Dana Hall events and volunteer committee meetings as necessary.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to strategize, implement, and build major gift programs and activities, along with a talent for motivating a team and volunteers.
• Flexibility and initiative, as well as the ability to work independently, combined with the skills for thriving in a team environment.
• High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information.
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks simultaneously with close attention to detail and prioritization to meet deadlines.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills; demonstrated personal solicitation experience.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of database research and maintenance.
• Ability to work with students, as well as volunteers of all ages.
• Must be able to travel and work evenings and weekends as needed.

Dana Hall School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks to reflect in its faculty and staff the diversity present within its student body. The school invites candidates to join in this process who bring a substantive and varied combination of educational pursuits and lived experiences that demonstrate the capacity to make a meaningful contribution.

Interested candidates, please contact Narwhal Talent Partners:

Peter G. Hamilton | (617) 620-9268
Christian G. Henry | (857) 285-3364

search@narwhaltalent.com

All inquiries are treated as confidential.

Dana Hall School, in Wellesley, Mass., now in the quiet phase of the school's largest-ever campaign, seeks candidates for the position of Major Gifts Officer. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to the School’s mission, and will build meaningful and lasting relationships with Dana Hall’s current and prospective donors. Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Major Gifts Officer will be accountable for:

• Securing major gifts of $25,000+ (in addition to annual fund gifts) and helping donors align their philanthropic interest with the priorities of Dana Hall
• Managing a portfolio of donors and prospects with an emphasis on individual donor relationships, solicitation activities and stewardship
• Qualifying alumnae, parents (current and past), grandparents and friends as prospective donors
• Creating and executing a customized cultivation plan for each person in the portfolio based on the qualifying information, relationship building and historical giving patterns
• Acquiring timely and relevant institutional information to create and execute solicitation strategies and proposals for each prospect, as appropriate
• Tracking activity within Raiser’s Edge/RE NXT and generating reports to monitor the progress of each prospect’s cultivation/solicitation/stewardship plan, including tracking and reporting progress using specific metrics
• Attending key Dana Hall events to interact with donors and prospects, including travel and evenings and weekends as necessary
• Collaborating with all members of the Advancement Office

The successful candidate will possess: excellent customer service, problem-solving and technology skills; superior time-management skills with an ability to manage many tasks and projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines and maintaining quality work products; excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, to maintain open communication channels with relevant stakeholders and explain Dana Hall’s giving opportunities and vehicles for giving; excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail and an ability to create effective action plans to meet goals; and an ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with utmost discretion.

Qualifications and attributes:

• Five years of fundraising or equivalent work experience where relationship management skills and abilities have been successfully demonstrated (relevant fields may include but are not limited to: wealth management, retail banking, hospitality, admissions, political fundraising, or sales)
• Ability to work collaboratively across the Advancement Office and broader institution
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently to meet individual goals
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Technical knowledge of data management systems and processes
• Experience with relevant Blackbaud solutions preferred, such as Raiser’s Edge/RE NXT and Online Express; knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Apps
• Knowledge of planned giving is a plus
• Commitment to girls’ education
• A positive attitude with a blend of confidence and humility
• A bachelor’s degree; master’s degree is a plus

This is a 12-month, full-time position.

Dana Hall seeks candidates who will contribute to and are committed to diversity and multicultural educational practices. 

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Dana Hall School seeks candidates for the position of Prospect Researcher and Gift Coordinator. The individual in this position will be accountable for:

• Researching high net worth donor prospects and gathering information regarding their philanthropic interests, giving capacity, connections, background, etc.
• Working with the Database Manager, entering this information in appropriate fields in the Raiser’s Edge database
• Preparing biographical profiles and research reports for use by staff and key volunteers involved in major gift work
• Identifying potential sources of corporate and foundation support to match campaign initiatives
• Searching for new prospects by scanning online and printing resources for successful organizations and individuals who may have interests that align with Dana Hall’s strategic priorities
• Ensuring information on donors and prospects is up-to-date, accurate and properly documented
• Maintaining, updating and facilitating a moves management system that drives cultivation and solicitation strategies for donors and prospect
• Establishing and maintaining a process for allocation of new prospects
• Entering all pledges and gifts into the database in a timely manner and delivering gift deposits, gift log and other necessary reports to the Business Office
• Selecting appropriate acknowledgment letters to be printed and producing a gifts report to distribute to all staff members
• Working closely with the Business Office and Database Manager to reconcile gifts and pledges entered into the system  
• Entering and tracking event registration for certain events throughout the year
• Closing the Dana Fund and preparing funds and acknowledgement letters in Raiser’s Edge for upcoming fiscal year
• Completing other duties as assigned

The Prospect Researcher and Gift Coordinator is responsible for conducting online and print research in order to identify and qualify prospects (individuals, corporations, foundations) with the capacity to make major gifts. In addition, this position provides timely and accurate gift entry and gift acknowledgement.

Candidates must have: a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree preferred; 3-5 year of related work experience; technical knowledge of data management systems and processes; experience with relevant Blackbaud solutions preferred, such as Raiser’s Edge/NXT and Online Express; knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Apps.
 
Successful candidates will possess: excellent problem-solving, technology and customer service skills; superior time-management skills with an ability to manage many tasks and projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines and maintaining quality work products; excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail and an ability to create effective action plans to meet goals; strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze and interpret business and financial data; effective communication skills, both orally and in writing; and an ability to communicate complex issues as well as to maintain open communication channels with relevant stakeholders.  
 
This is a 12-month, full-time position reporting to the Database Manager.
 
Dana Hall seeks candidates who will contribute to and are committed to diversity and multicultural educational practices.

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