Development Officer

Development Officer

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Open Date  | 12/03/2025
Requisition Number  | PRN43735B
Job Title  | Development Officer
Working Title  | Annual Giving Officer - Student Success
Career Progression Track  | E
Track Level  |
FLSA Code  | Administrative
Patient Sensitive Job Code?  | No
Standard Hours per Week  | 40
Full Time or Part Time?  | Full Time
Shift  | Day
Work Schedule Summary  | Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hybrid remote role, with 2-3 days in office each week.
VP Area  | President
Department  | 00289 - Development
Location  | Campus
City  | Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment  | Internal to the University
Pay Rate Range  | 62,000-68,000
Close Date  | 12/10/2025
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)  | 12/10/2025

Job Summary  | The Student Support Advancement team at the University of Utah is seeking an innovative, creative, and hard-working fundraising professional to help secure resources for scholarships and student support programs and priorities. The candidate will be responsible for creating, managing, and executing the team’s annual giving strategy and plan, in addition to supporting stewardship efforts and campaigns. The desired candidate will have the maturity, wisdom, and collaborative skills necessary to gain the trust and confidence of University leadership across various departments.   

Responsibilities  | Develop, execute, and oversee the Student Success Advancement (SSA) annual giving strategy and plans to increase annual giving level gifts for a variety of programs and scholarships across Undergraduate Studies, the Honors College, Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, Student Affairs, and the Graduate School. These include general scholarships, housing scholarships, student health and wellness centers, student belonging centers, and innovative programs to increase students’ graduation and retention rates. Work in close collaboration with University Advancement’s annual giving team to align best practices, timing of appeals, etc., and create a best-in-class experience for current and potential donors. Track, analyze, and oversee the SSA’s annual giving level donor base to identify trends and campaign efforts that will lead to increased annual gifts. Create thoughtful communications campaigns for a variety of purposes including annual mailing appeals, stewardship, and general donor communications as needed. Manage all stewardship campaigns for annual giving level appeals. Manage all crowdfunding and U giving website pages and projects.  Ensure the Student Philanthropy and Engagement Center is kept aware of student success priorities, and maintain cases for support for various projects and programs for student callers.  Manage all SSA Giving Day and Welcome U campaigns in coordination with the Annual Giving team in Central Advancement. Serve as a liaison to all partner offices to ensure pages are built, marketing plans are established, and donors are solicited through email and other digital appeals.  Working in partnership with SSA fundraisers, this position is also expected to help solicit matching donations for Giving Day pages. Design emails, event invites, impact graphics and other communications pieces using ThankView, Mailchimp, Canva, and/or Adobe Creative Cloud products as necessary. Develop innovative and impactful ways of thanking donors for their support. Assist in the planning and managing of stewardship events as appropriate. Assist in organizing and implementing other fundraising campaigns and special development projects and other annual giving and stewardship projects as needed.

Minimum Qualifications  | Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalency; and demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills required. Three or more years of fundraising experience such as crowdfunding, direct donor solicitations, stewardship experience, and a successful track record of raising donations, is preferred. Demonstrated excellent writing and design skills, event and project management experience, and strong interpersonal skills.

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Type  | Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary  |
Additional Information  | The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.
This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.

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