Director of Development

Department: Development Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description

Manages a portfolio of major gifts donors and prospects in support of university-wide initiatives or for one or more assigned colleges or units. Possesses a high level of knowledge and expertise on major gifts and fundraising in general, and at least a mid-level knowledge of planned giving.

• Manages a portfolio of prospects which are mostly at the level of $100,000 to more.
• Identifies, cultivates and solicits prospects and stewards donors; works with faculty, staff and volunteers as appropriate.
• Provides guidance to the college or unit on major gifts, other developments, and fundraising matters.
• If assigned to a college or unit, may be responsible for creating and implementing a development plan for components within the assigned college, including resource management.
• May administer other advancement activities, such as alumni relations, publications, special events, media relations, etc. for an assigned college or unit.
• Participates in University-wide development activities as needed.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.
  
  

MQ: Education; Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4-year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed.

Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience.

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The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.