Employment Opportunities
Assistant Director of Annual Giving
Warren Wilson College invites applications for the position of Assistant Director of Annual Giving in the Office of Advancement. The Assistant Director supports the Director of Annual Giving in implementing a comprehensive annual giving program for the College, including direct mail, telephone outreach (Phonathon/Thank-a-thon), Internet activities (website, email, enewsletters, social network, sites), a class agent program, reunion giving, parents/family program, young alumni program, faculty/staff program, senior class gift and other appropriate stewardship activities.
Qualifications: The successful candidate’s background must include a bachelor’s degree; two years experience in development, most desirably in the area of raising annual support (equivalent/appropriate experience also considered); expert skills with MS Office (Word and Excel) and mail merges required; MS Publisher and Adobe Creative Suite preferred; experience with email and website design/content management required, online fund raising, social networking and emerging applications preferred; excellent writing, editing, and design skills; and ability to manage a database and manipulate data, in addition to analyzing data to creating reports.
Candidates must submit a cover letter explaining how their experience reflects the above requirements, a resume, and a list of three references with complete contact information (including email addresses). On-line applications are preferred. Applications will be treated in confidence and should be submitted to gbaylor@warren-wilson.edu Ms. Gail Baylor, Warren Wilson College, P.O. Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815-9000. Applications should be received by August 15,2008.
Instruction & Resource Sharing Librarian
Responsibilities include coordinating the library’s instructional program; teaching the majority of the library’s information literacy sessions; participating in staffing the reference desk, in rotation with other librarians, including day hours, evening shifts, and weekend shifts. The Instruction & Resource Sharing Librarian also manages all aspects of the library’s resource sharing activities; handles software upgrades, statistical reports, complicated requests, and relationships with resource sharing partners; maintains required copyright records; in consultation with the library staff, develops policies for resource sharing activities; participates with the national bibliographic utility (OCLC) and its regional affiliate (SOLINET-Southeastern Library Network); works with colleagues at the Appalachian College Association (ACA) Shared Catalog to develop effective policies for resource sharing activities, as necessary. The Instruction & Resource Sharing Librarian supervises support staff and student workers; collaborates with library colleagues in providing library and information services to students, faculty, staff, and administration; maintains currency in the library profession, and participates in college governance.
The successful candidate’s background must include an MLS degree from an ALA-accredited program; demonstrated skills in and enthusiasm for information literacy work with groups and individuals; experience with and current knowledge of automated library systems, reference, and resource sharing; solid knowledge of resource sharing technologies (OCLC, Clio or equivalent); strong organizational, supervisory, and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and to establish good working relationships with library patrons and with other libraries. Preferred qualifications are work experience in an academic library; experience with information literacy programming, and experience with managing a resource sharing operation.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, official graduate transcripts, and three letters of reference to Dr. Paula Garrett, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Warren Wilson College, P.O. Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815-9000, or submit to academic@warren-wilson.edu. Electronic submissions are preferred. Submissions must be received by September 8, 2008.
We desire a diverse faculty and a community that reflects a global outlook. WWC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.