University of Kentucky
Development Assistant IV
🇺🇸
Lexington, KY
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Full-Time
💰
$63K - $104K
💻
Development & Advancement
🗓️
February 11th, 2026
Power BI
Tableau
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Kentucky is hiring a Development Assistant IV, specifically an Associate Director of Prospect Research for UK Healthcare Philanthropy. The role drives fundraising success by creating and maintaining databases and analytical tools, ensuring data integrity and HIPAA compliance, and guiding prospect development strategy through research, vetting, and data analysis to support philanthropic efforts.
Highlights
- Designs and maintains sustainable databases and user-friendly tools integrating complex information sources.
- Ensures data integrity and monitors HIPAA compliance.
- Collaborates with prospect management, gift officers, and senior leaders to guide prospect development strategy.
- Conducts advanced analytics including data mining, modeling, and geographic mapping to uncover trends for planning and strategy.
- Delivers proactive research, briefings, and business intelligence to support donor and prospect engagement.
- Utilizes MS Office Suite, Power BI, Tableau, and donor databases.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of related experience.
- Salary range: $62,941 to $103,834 per year.
- Works within the Office of Development supporting UK Healthcare Philanthropy.
- No supervisory responsibilities; requires intermittent travel and occasional work beyond regular hours.
Development Assistant IV Full Description
Development Assistant IV
Posting Details
Posting Details
Job Title | Development Assistant IV
Requisition Number | RE52987
Working Title | Associate Director of Prospect Research for UK Healthcare Philanthropy
Department Name | 14000:Office Of Development
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 48
Salary Range | $62,941-103,834/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | BA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 7 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | The physical requirements of this position include regularly sitting at a computer work station with occasional repetitive motion; lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects up to 50 pounds; standing or walking with objects up to 10 lbs; exposure to loud noises; and intermittent (10%-50%) job related travel.
Shift | Primarily Monday- Friday 8am-5pm; may require weekend and holiday hours per department needs.
Job Summary
UK Office of Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement is seeking an Associate Director of Prospect Research for our UK Healthcare Philanthropy team. The Assoc. Dir. of Prospect Research for UK HealthCare Philanthropy plays a central role in strengthening fundraising outcomes by powering the team with trusted data, actionable insights, and high-quality prospect intelligence. This position imagines, designs, and maintains sustainable databases and user-friendly tools that integrate complex information sources while ensuring data integrity and monitoring HIPAA compliance. Working in close partnership with prospect management, gift officers, and senior leaders, the role guides prospect development strategy through identification, vetting, research, and gift capacity analysis, helping expand and continuously improve the prospect pipeline. Through advanced analytics (data mining, modeling, and geographic mapping) the incumbent uncovers trends that inform departmental planning and portfolio strategy, translating findings into clear, compelling reporting and training staff to use tools and data effectively. The role also delivers proactive research, briefings, and biographical and business intelligence to support donor and prospect engagement. While additionally providing the insight and structure that enables our teams to prioritize effectively and pursue philanthropy with precision and confidence.
The culture within the Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (PAE) is built on our shared core values CoMMIT– Collaboration, Communication, Mission Driven, Mutual Respect, Innovation and Transparency.
By applying for a position within UK PAE, you are indicating your commitment and expressing your agreement to our six values. It is important you share these values in order to be part of our committed team!
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills; have the ability to manage multiple tasks and/or projects; excellent attention to detail; exceptional project planning, data management, analytical and organizational skill; ability to solve routine problems, and manage resources and have excellent computer skills including: MS Office Suite, Power BI, Tableau, and donor databases.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | Experience in major and leadership gift operations; research; analytics.
Deadline to Apply | 03/08/2026
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Requisition Number | RE52987
Working Title | Associate Director of Prospect Research for UK Healthcare Philanthropy
Department Name | 14000:Office Of Development
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 48
Salary Range | $62,941-103,834/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | BA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 7 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | The physical requirements of this position include regularly sitting at a computer work station with occasional repetitive motion; lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects up to 50 pounds; standing or walking with objects up to 10 lbs; exposure to loud noises; and intermittent (10%-50%) job related travel.
Shift | Primarily Monday- Friday 8am-5pm; may require weekend and holiday hours per department needs.
Job Summary
UK Office of Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement is seeking an Associate Director of Prospect Research for our UK Healthcare Philanthropy team. The Assoc. Dir. of Prospect Research for UK HealthCare Philanthropy plays a central role in strengthening fundraising outcomes by powering the team with trusted data, actionable insights, and high-quality prospect intelligence. This position imagines, designs, and maintains sustainable databases and user-friendly tools that integrate complex information sources while ensuring data integrity and monitoring HIPAA compliance. Working in close partnership with prospect management, gift officers, and senior leaders, the role guides prospect development strategy through identification, vetting, research, and gift capacity analysis, helping expand and continuously improve the prospect pipeline. Through advanced analytics (data mining, modeling, and geographic mapping) the incumbent uncovers trends that inform departmental planning and portfolio strategy, translating findings into clear, compelling reporting and training staff to use tools and data effectively. The role also delivers proactive research, briefings, and biographical and business intelligence to support donor and prospect engagement. While additionally providing the insight and structure that enables our teams to prioritize effectively and pursue philanthropy with precision and confidence.
The culture within the Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (PAE) is built on our shared core values CoMMIT– Collaboration, Communication, Mission Driven, Mutual Respect, Innovation and Transparency.
By applying for a position within UK PAE, you are indicating your commitment and expressing your agreement to our six values. It is important you share these values in order to be part of our committed team!
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills; have the ability to manage multiple tasks and/or projects; excellent attention to detail; exceptional project planning, data management, analytical and organizational skill; ability to solve routine problems, and manage resources and have excellent computer skills including: MS Office Suite, Power BI, Tableau, and donor databases.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | Experience in major and leadership gift operations; research; analytics.
Deadline to Apply | 03/08/2026
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Briefly describe your work experience in data analytics and data visualization, and the specific tools used in those efforts (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
(Open Ended Question) - * How many years’ of work experience do you have in donor/prospect research, management, and/or development?
- None
- More than 0, up through 3 years
- More than 3 years, up through 5 years
- More than 5 years, up through 7 years
- More than 7 years
- * Briefly describe your work experience in donor/prospect research, management, and/or development experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * The Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (PAE) recognizes a set of values that guide us in our daily interactions. These values are collaboration, communication, mission driven, mutual respect, innovation and transparency. Please choose one of the PAE values and give a specific example when you exhibited this quality in your professional experience.
(Open Ended Question)
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