Associate Director for Development

Job Details

About The University of Texas at Austin - What starts here changes the world.

The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world with top national programs across 19 colleges and schools.

By creating educational opportunities for all and leading cutting-edge research at scale, the University fosters positive social change, technological advancement, and economic progress showing the world that change really does start here.

Following our 10-year strategic plan, UT will become the world’s highest-impact public research university, unleashing knowledge, opportunity and innovation from the heart of Texas.

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About The College of Natural Sciences

The UT Austin has 11 graduate programs and specializations ranked in the top 10 nationally, spanning the physical sciences, life sciences, computer science and mathematics.

Among the college’s faculty are 22 members of the National Academies and winners of the Turing Award, Wolf Prize, National Medal of Science and MacArthur Fellowship.

About 390 tenured and tenure-track faculty members teach and undertake research in the college’s 12 independent departments and School of Human Ecology, as well as at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, the Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.

The college has the largest student population at UT Austin with nearly 14,500 undergraduate and graduate students. The college has more than 80,000 living alumni.

Why Join Texas Development?

The University of Texas at Austin is on the front lines of the future : sparking the imagination, driving discovery and transforming lives.

And it’s only possible because generous supporters believe in the power and promise of our state’s flagship university to change the world.

Together, through one of the largest fundraising efforts in our state’s history, we will support our people, amplify the unmatched potential of our place, and lead innovation through world-changing pursuits.

With more than $5 billion raised over the past six years, Texas Development is quickly becoming one of the best fundraising programs in higher education.

Texas Development is a dynamic community of 500+ fundraising professionals across the Forty Acres. We strive to reach the highest levels of achievement and success in all that we do by creating meaningful and powerful experiences for our donors.

Purpose

To serve as an Associate Director of Development supporting the College of Natural Sciences. Successful candidates will focus on qualifying and cultivating prospects with a capacity of $100,000+ with an emphasis on soliciting gifts of $100,000+.

Responsibilities

Maintain an understanding of the University and College of Natural Sciences’ priorities vision and mission.

Build and carry an active portfolio of 75-100 prospective donors.

Engage in qualification, strategy, development, relationship building, and closing of major gifts at $100,000+ for the College.

Consistently produce $2,500,000+ per year.

Participate in goal setting, proposal preparation, strategy development, and stewardship as required for donors in the portfolio.

Successfully and consistently deliver funding proposals to prospective and current donors.

Effectively work with, communicate with, and collaborate with faculty, academic leaders, and other development staff to develop campus-wide funding opportunities to reach campaign goals.

Use fundraising database and prospecting tools. Maintain appropriate electronic documentation on a timely basis, including engagement activities, proposal tracking, contact reports, donor strategies and forecasting.

Write timely reports, letters, proposals and gift agreements.

Work collaboratively, proactively, and in a professional, service-oriented manner with all Texas Development colleagues to advance the University’s mission.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years’ experience in major gifts fundraising or related fields.

Demonstrated ability to execute successful full-cycle donor strategy.

Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively, work well under pressure, and manage details of several concurrent projects.

Experience using reporting tools and donor management software

Highly effective communication skills (written, verbal, interpersonal).

Proven project management skills.

Capable of working independently and collaborating among teams.

Ability to travel frequently to visit prospects and donors.

Ability to use discretion and maintain integrity and professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with fundraising database and knowledge of prospecting tools and reports within prospective donor relations systems, such as VIP, Raiser’s Edge, or other similar CRM.

Experience working in a large-scale complex academic research university.

knowledge of UT Austin policies and procedures a plus.

Salary Range

$65,000+ depending on qualifications.

Working Conditions

May work around standard office conditions

Repetitive use of a keyboard

Use of manual dexterity

Must be able to travel frequently, overnight and weekends as necessary.

Required Materials

Resume / CV

Letter of interest

3 work references with contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers : You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications.

Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section;

you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.

Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers : As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs.

If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply.

This information will be pulled into your application. The application is one page, and you will be prompted to upload your resume.

In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.

that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility :

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers.

Staff who are promotion / transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility :

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks :

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.