Assistant Director, Stewardship

Join the vibrant community at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)!

Located just three miles from the Pacific Ocean, CSULB offers an inspiring workplace and an exceptional Southern California lifestyle. Our 322-acre campus—one of the largest in the CSU system—serves more than 42,000 students and is known for its commitment to student success, innovation, and impactful academic and research initiatives.

As a member of the CSULB community, you’ll experience a dynamic environment filled with cultural landmarks, collaborative energy, and opportunities to make a meaningful difference.

Work-life balance thrives here. Long Beach blends coastal relaxation with urban vibrancy, offering miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, a thriving arts and food scene, and convenient access to both Los Angeles and Orange County. It’s an ideal place to grow your career while enjoying everything Southern California has to offer.

Join the California State University (CSU) and explore career opportunities that advance student success and strengthen California’s future—offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and professional growth.

This role coordinates and implements donor experiences through events, communications, and campus engagement activities that highlight the impact of philanthropy and strengthen long-term relationships with the university. In addition, partners across campus to plan, organize, and execute stewardship initiatives, ensuring projects run smoothly, communications are timely, and donors remain informed, connected, and inspired.

• →Lead, coordinate, and implement the Comprehensive Stewardship Plan, including event programming, social engagement activities, and board-related stewardship efforts.
• →Responsible for coordinating stewardship communications to support collaboration across internal and external partners.
• →Develops and maintains project plans, timelines, and deliverables for department related projects.

Planned Giving & Stewardship

1.0 time-base, 40 hours per week.

This is a temporary position for 1 year with no permanent status granted. Temporary assignments may expire prior to the ending date.

Advancement Professional II

The ideal candidate has the ability to successfully coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, including events, communications, and program activities, ensuring timely and effective execution. They demonstrate strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the capacity to develop timelines, track progress, and manage deliverables efficiently. With effective written and verbal communication abilities, they support stakeholder coordination and stewardship efforts while leveraging strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain collaborative relationships with campus partners, vendors, and external stakeholders. They are adept at analyzing information, identifying issues, and coordinating solutions to drive project and program success, while remaining flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and multiple deadlines. Additionally, they exhibit keen attention to detail to ensure accuracy in communications, data coordination, and project tracking, and are proficient in using standard office and project management software to maintain organized documentation and workflows.

Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.  Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures.  Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and two years of relevant experience required.

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, communications, and/or 4 years of professional experience in project coordination, event planning, or a related field preferred.

• Valid Driver's License Required

Employees who are required to operate motorized vehicles and/or use their personal vehicle more than once a month on university business are required to take a mandatory Defensive Driving course and enroll in the DMV Employee Pull Notice (EPN) Program.

Click “Apply Now” to complete the CSULB Online Employment Application.

Please fill out the application completely. It is important that all sections of the online application are completed fully and accurately. Be sure to include all relevant education and experience. Your application will be used to determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Sedentary work - Involves mainly sitting. Walking and standing are minimal. Lifting is limited to lightweight objects (10 pounds or less).

CSULB is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e. H-1B Visas).

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSULB will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, CSULB provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or other protected status. CSULB complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

California State University Long Beach expects respectful, professional behavior from its employees in all situations. Acts of harassment or abusive conduct are prohibited. Demonstrated appropriate professional behavior, treating others with civility and respect, and refusing to tolerate abusive conduct is expected of all employees.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact StaffHR-Accommodations@csulb.edu.

California State University, Long Beach, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California.

As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.

Advertised: Jul 01 2026 Pacific Daylight Time
Applications close: Jul 22 2026 Pacific Daylight Time

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