{"id":3523335,"url":"https://alion.io/job/harvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations","title":"Writer/Editor, Donor Relations","company":{"id":241,"name":"Harvard University","domain":"harvard.edu","url":"https://alion.io/company/harvard-university","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":19,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":28,"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"}},"role":"Communications","role_family":"Communications","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Boston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":82000,"max_usd":161000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":673},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T08:53:43Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-30","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T11:44:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":3,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":3},"description":"By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.\nWhy join Harvard Medical School?\nHarvard Medical School's mission is to nurture a diverse, inclusive community dedicated to alleviating suffering and improving health and well-being for all through excellence in teaching and learning, discovery and scholarship, and service and leadership.\nYou’ll be at the heart of biomedical discovery, education, and innovation, working alongside world-renowned faculty and a community dedicated to improving human health. This is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to shape the future of medicine.\nAbout the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development:\nThe Office of Alumni Affairs and Development (AAD) at Harvard Medical School advances the School’s mission by inspiring philanthropy, fostering lifelong engagement, and building enduring partnerships with alumni, donors, volunteers, and friends around the world. Together, AAD professionals help secure the resources that fuel transformative biomedical research, educate future physician-scientists and health care leaders, and accelerate discoveries that improve human health. Through a shared commitment to collaboration, innovation, integrity, and exceptional service, AAD creates meaningful opportunities for individuals to invest in Harvard Medical School’s vision and contribute to solutions for the world’s most pressing health challenges. Every member of the AAD team plays an important role in strengthening the School’s philanthropic and engagement efforts, ensuring that the generosity of its community translates into lasting impact for science, medicine, and society.\n The Donor Relations Writer/Editor advances Harvard Medical School’s donor stewardship efforts through high quality written communications and strategic collaboration. With a primary focus on a research and therapeutics portfolio, this position translates complex scientific and medical concepts into clear, compelling narratives that demonstrate gift impact and deepen donor engagement. The Writer/Editor manages a portfolio of approximately 50 narrative stewardship reports annually, provides editorial support on an additional 50 reports, and contributes to other key writing projects and digital stewardship initiatives.\nKey Responsibilities:\nNarrative Stewardship & Portfolio Management (approx. 50 reports/year)\nConceptualizes, researches, and produces compelling gift impact reports for individual donors and affinity groups, with a particular focus on research and therapeutics.\nTranslates complex scientific and medical information into accessible, engaging narratives while maintaining scientific accuracy.\nConducts background research; gathers relevant content and data; collaborates with campus partners; and interviews faculty, staff, and students as needed to execute assigned projects.\nManages a personal portfolio of approximately 50 narrative stewardship reports annually, ensuring timely, high quality delivery.\nPartners with gift officers and frontline fundraisers to develop and execute individualized donor stewardship plans for fund reporting. \nDigital Stewardship & Platforms\nUtilizes the Donor Relations digital stewardship platform and related tools to produce, deliver, and track digital stewardship communications.\nCollaborates with the Managing Director of Donor Relations and colleagues on the creative development and execution of digital stewardship strategies, particularly for research and therapeutics content.\nEnsures digital content is user friendly, accessible, and aligned with Harvard Medical School’s brand and institutional messaging.\nEditorial Support & Copyediting (approx. 50 reports/year)\nProvides editorial and production support for the Donor Relations stewardship reporting program, including copyediting and proofreading approximately 50 additional reports annually.\nEnsures clarity, accuracy, consistency, grammar, style, and tone across all written materials; helps maintain and refine style guidelines and templates.\nFormats and produces reports within established templates and platforms.\nConducts reviews of stewardship materials to verify accuracy of donor and fund information and alignment with donor intent.\nProject Management & Team Contributions\nContributes to project management for donor reporting and digital stewardship initiatives, helping to track schedules, deliverables, approvals, and production timelines.\nCompletes special writing and editorial projects as part of the Donor Relations team.\nAssists with and attends in person and virtual donor events as needed.\nPerforms other duties as assigned in support of Donor Relations and Alumni Affairs and Development.\nAs part of your application, please include any additional materials that will help us better understand your qualifications and background, such as a cover letter, writing sample, project sample, or other relevant documents. These materials can provide valuable insight into your experience, skills, and interest in the role.\n Basic Qualifications:\nMinimum five years of related professional experience in development communications, donor relations, science/medical writing, journalism, or a related field. Higher education may count towards experience.\nAdditional Qualifications and Skills:\nBachelor’s degree strongly preferred.\nDemonstrated experience translating complex scientific, medical, or technical information into clear and compelling narratives for non-expert audiences.\nExceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with meticulous attention to detail, grammar, and style.\nExperience producing donor facing or advancement related content (e.g., impact reports, acknowledgments, donor stories, appeals) strongly preferred.\nFamiliarity with digital communication and stewardship platforms (e.g., email marketing tools, content management systems, or customized stewardship platforms); comfort learning new systems and tools.\nStrong organizational and project management skills; ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities while maintaining high standards of quality.\nProven ability to work collaboratively with faculty, researchers, senior administrators, and development staff.\nDiscretion and sound judgment in handling confidential and sensitive information.\nKnowledge of biomedical research and/or experience in an academic medical or research environment is highly desirable.\n Standard Hours/Schedule: 35 hrs. per week | Monday - Friday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. At least one day per week in the office.\nVisa Sponsorship Information: Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.\nPre-Employment Screening: Identity\nStaying Informed About Your Application: Due to the high volume of applications, we may not always be able to reach out right away, but you can track your status anytime through the Careers@Harvard portal.\nWork Format Details\nThis position has been determined by school or unit leaders that some of the duties and responsibilities can be effectively performed at a non-Harvard location. The work schedule and location will be set by the department at its discretion and based upon operational needs. When not working at a Harvard or Harvard-designated location, employees in hybrid positions must work in a Harvard registered state in compliance with the University’s Policy on Employment Outside of Massachusetts. Additional details will be discussed during the interview process. Certain visa types and funding sources may limit work location. Individuals must meet work location sponsorship requirements prior to employment.\nSalary Grade and Ranges\nThis position is salary grade level 056. Please visit Harvard's Salary Ranges to view the corresponding salary range and related information.\nBenefits\nHarvard offers a comprehensive benefits package that is designed to support a healthy work-life balance and your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. Because here, you are what matters. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:\nGenerous paid time off including parental leave \nMedical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one \nRetirement plans with university contributions \nWellbeing and mental health resources \nSupport for families and caregivers \nProfessional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement \nCommuter benefits, discounts and campus perks \nLearn more about these and additional benefits on our Benefits & Wellbeing Page.\nEEO/Non-Discrimination Commitment Statement\nHarvard University is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Our differences help our community advance Harvard's academic purposes.\nHarvard has an equal employment opportunity policy that outlines our commitment to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the university's non-discrimination policy. Harvard's equal employment opportunity policy and non-discrimination policy help all community members participate fully in work and campus life free from harassment and discrimination.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9519,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Insurance coverage","Parental leave","Professional development","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T13:06:05Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 176 · green card filings: 21","filings_12m":176,"filings_prev_12m":208,"green_card_filings_12m":21,"median_offered_wage_usd":82830,"route":null,"cap_exempt":true,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/harvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/harvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T12:51:27Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":17512,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":241},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=241"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fharvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fharvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fharvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/harvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fharvard-university-writereditor-donor-relations"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3523335}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"harvard.edu","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3523335},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}