Director of Development

🇺🇸 Houston, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Development & Advancement

🗓️ April 17th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Houston is hiring a Director of Development. The role involves managing major gifts donors and prospects, providing guidance on fundraising matters, and potentially developing specific plans for colleges or units. Responsibilities also include participating in university-wide activities and possibly overseeing other advancement activities such as alumni relations, publications, and special events.

Highlights

Manage a portfolio of major gifts donors and prospects.
Identify, cultivate, and solicit prospects, and steward donors.
Provide guidance on major gifts and fundraising matters.
Create and implement development plans for assigned colleges or units.
Oversee advancement activities, such as alumni relations and special events.
Participate in university-wide development activities.
Requires a 4-year degree or equivalent training, plus at least 5 years of experience.

Director of Development Full Description

| 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.

1. Manages a portfolio of prospects which are mostly at the level of $100,000 to more.
2. Identifies, cultivates and solicits prospects and stewards donors; works with faculty, staff and volunteers as appropriate.
3. Provides guidance to the college or unit on major gifts, other developments, and fundraising matters.
4. 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.
5. May administer other advancement activities, such as alumni relations, publications, special events, media relations, etc. for an assigned college or unit.
6. Participates in University-wide development activities as needed.
7. 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.
| 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.