Development Consultant

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Temporary 💰 $56 per Hour 💻 Development & Advancement 🗓️ July 7th, 2026

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Development Consultant. The role leads and implements fundraising strategies to secure significant gifts, cultivates and stewards donor relationships, partners with university leadership and volunteers to develop funding opportunities, and manages advancement systems to track and analyze fundraising activities.

Highlights

Lead comprehensive fundraising strategies to achieve annual, major, and principal gift goals.
Cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors and prospects through strategic engagement.
Partner with institutional leadership, faculty, staff, boards, and volunteers on funding and donor engagement initiatives.
Direct annual giving programs, fundraising campaigns, and donor recognition efforts to meet participation and revenue targets.
Utilize advancement systems and data-driven methods for donor management, tracking, and strategic fundraising support.
Required qualifications include a Bachelor's or Master's degree with 0-2 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred qualifications include 3-5 years of successful major gift fundraising experience and proficiency in Excel.
Demonstrated experience with fundraising/development systems and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Position is 0.6 FTE (24 hours per week) with an hourly rate of $56.00.
Work requires travel and some weekend availability.