Director of Development

🇺🇸 Hybrid - NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Communications 🗓️ March 18th, 2026

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Director of Development for its Kenan-Flagler Business School. This role involves cultivating and soliciting major gifts of $100,000, managing estate plans, and soliciting annual fund gifts while building relationships with key donors, prospects, and alumni volunteers to support a comprehensive fundraising program.

Highlights

Cultivate and solicit major gifts of $100,000 and document estate plans
Solicit annual fund gifts and build relationships with key donors and prospects
Engage significantly with alumni volunteers and represent UNC Kenan-Flagler across the state and nation
Participate as a member of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Development Staff in executing a comprehensive development and fundraising campaign
Minimum of a bachelor's degree required with at least one year of professional-level direct solicitation/fundraising experience
Strong knowledge of fundraising principles including donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
Exceptional interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with strong organizational abilities
Extensive travel required, including some weekend work
Preferred qualifications include three to five years of major gift fundraising experience, experience in higher education, and experience closing gifts over $100,000
Position type: Full-time permanent staff with an EHRA Non-Faculty appointment