Senior Director of Volunteer Leadership

Job Details

Purpose

The Senior Director of Volunteer Leadership leads a team focused on facilitating and executing strategic engagement of the university’s most generous donors through board membership, annual meetings, and communications.

In concert with the Executive Director, this role will provide vision and strategy to build board culture in alignment with university priorities and goals, to raise the board experience and catalyze board member engagement, and to provide stability and continuity in a fast-paced and changing philanthropic environment.

The Senior Director will oversee direct reports that together manage five president-sponsored board memberships, directly oversee UT’s Development Board, and lend their team’s event expertise to other regional development programs as required.

The role partners closely with various stakeholders including senior administrators, development colleagues, Texas Global, Texas Exes, faculty, and students to execute an outstanding board member and / or guest experience.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with direct reports to lead Presidential and VPD prospect level engagement strategy that aligns with the UT mission and demonstrates the impact of philanthropy.

Manage direct reports, overseeing International Board of Advisors, Campaign Volunteer Leaders, Longhorn Family Partners, UT Beautification Council and President’s Associates

Implement team processes that ensure a consistent event experience for guests, speakers, university leadership and internal working partners

Implement team processes that ensure a consistent new member recruitment process for prospects, university leadership and internal working partners

Execute a calendar of approximately 20-25 events annually that includes constituency annual meetings, on-campus or regional VPD and presidential development events as well as stewardship events

Serve as the program content lead for constituency annual meetings, on-campus or regional VPD and presidential development events as well as stewardship events

Ability to travel for domestic as well as international programs

Oversee UT’s Development Board, being the primary point of contact for annual implementation calendar, member experience, reporting, events, communications, and associated solicitations.

Manage member relations, terms, and recruitmen t

Annual review of constituency by-laws and member expectations

Provide board chair, executive committee, and general members with a first-class board experience; must be confident engaging with members directly

Research and leverage data in VIP database to keep informed of member activity and create recommendations for innovative programming, donor engagement and recognition

Lead annual member nomination, recruitment and term renewal procedures and schedule

Implement and maintain system for tracking membership levels and terms in VIP

Perform constituency reporting

Track annual dues accounts; provide bi-annual report out to Executive Director and VPD on income and spending

In conjunction with Donor Relations’ data expertise, maintain associated reporting suites and lead development / remediation strategy as required

In conjunction with Executive Director, develop criteria for measuring success, benchmark results with established goals, and advise Texas Development leadership towards ongoing progress

Produce biannual meetings in partnership with University Events and Experiences as well as Marketing and Communications team

Serve as primary director, manage communications, and oversee speaker invitations

Lead program strategy, timelines, and production meetings; identify and communicate event requirements, ensuring that they are fulfilled

Communications

Develop, track, and communicate constituency annual calendar and deliverables to internal partners

In addition to event materials, collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team to produce annual rosters, demographics documents, newsletters, solicitations, and other standard communications

Additional duties

Keep informed of latest ideas, developments, and trends in top donor engagement strategies by collaborating with a network of professional colleagues and resources

Serve as leader and expertise for Texas Development community on best membership and engagement practices; help maintain community resources like DevConnect, Box templates, etc.

Ensure that initiatives are planned and executed efficiently and are in compliance with university, foundation and federal regulations

Perform or assist with donor relations processes, events, communications, and activities as requested

Identify methods for streamlining and enhancing efforts, particularly as they relate to donor relations

Required Qualifications

Master’s degree and at least seven years of professional experience assisting with fundraising programs or performing complex administrative functions requiring high levels of output, professionalism, and strategic alignment

Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills and attention to detail

Experience managing and executing complex projects simultaneously, sequentially and at short notice

High levels of organization, self-motivation, and customer service

Capable of working independently and under pressure, while also engaging in collaboration between teams

Demonstrated high degree of proficiency in computer applications, including Microsoft Office and Tableau

Salary Range

$100,000+ depending on qualifications

Required Materials

Resume / CV

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

Letter of interest

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 in to 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.