University of Houston
Associate VP, Advancement & Alumni Development
🇺🇸 Houston, TX
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Development & Advancement
🗓️ July 16th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead and manage development staff to create and implement fundraising strategies.
- Develop annual and long-range strategic plans for university advancement.
- Design and facilitate cultivation and solicitation of major donor prospects.
- Coordinate fundraising activities involving university advisory boards and collaborates with college-based development directors.
- Work closely with senior leadership on major and principal gift strategies.
- Collaborate on initiatives involving annual fund, donor relations, events, research, and database management.
- Requires minimum of seven years of directly related experience.
- Requires a four-year degree or equivalent specialized training related to the role.
- Salary is commensurate with experience and education.
- Position is internal posting only and is security sensitive, requiring a criminal history check.
Associate VP, Advancement & Alumni Development Full Description
| Department: Development
| Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education
| Description: Internal Posting Only
The Associate Vice President for the Division of Advancement & Alumni Development provides management, direction and leadership for a comprehensive development program for the University of Houston and coordination of development activities for the University of Houston's colleges, schools, and constituent programs.
1. Provides leadership for and manages a committed and energetic staff of development professionals in creating and implementing strategies to enhance financial support for the University of Houston's colleges, schools, and constituent programs.
2. Develops annual and long-range strategic plans for development; prepares and presents reports, briefings, executive summaries, and other materials as required; works with deans and college-based development directors, coordinates the fund-raising activities of university advisory boards.
3. Designs and facilitates the cultivation and solicitation of major donor prospects and oversees the major gift strategy sessions for the Division of Advancement & Alumni Development in support of the Chancellor/President and the Vice Chancellor/Vic President for Advancement & Alumni.
4. Collaborates with Associate Vice President for Advancement on the annual fund, donor relations, advancement events, donor research and database management, corporations, foundations, and planned giving.
5. Works closely with the Assistant Vice President for the division of Advancement and Alumni on principal gifts.
6. 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 seven (7) years of directly job-related experience.
| All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.
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