Executive Director of Advancement Services at Weber State University

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Weber State University is hiring an Executive Director of Advancement Services. The role involves providing strategic leadership and operational oversight for advancement systems, data management, reporting, and gift administration to support the university's fundraising and engagement goals. This position requires collaborating with leadership, campus partners, and vendors to ensure systems and processes scale and align with the university's comprehensive fundraising campaigns.

Highlights

Lead advancement systems, data, reporting, and gift administration functions.
Develop long-range vision and operational strategies for Advancement Services.
Collaborate closely with University Advancement leadership, Accounting Services, campus partners, and external vendors.
Support Weber State’s largest comprehensive fundraising campaign.
Provide training, guidance, and support across the university and community.
Bachelor’s degree required with 7 years progressive advancement services or fundraising operations experience, including 5 years of team leadership.
Experience with CASE guidelines and IRS rules for charitable gifts required.
Preferred experience in multiple advancement service areas and higher education setting; Ellucian CRM Advance and Argos report writing familiarity preferred.
Strong communication, critical thinking, data analysis, project management, and quality assurance skills required.
Salary starts at $92,000 plus generous benefits package including medical, dental, retirement, tuition benefits, and paid leave.

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WSU's Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Weber State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment welcoming to all individuals. We strive to create a culture where everyone feels valued and appreciated. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected categories, such as disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, national origin, veterans status, or others, as required by law and university policy (see Weber State University's Policy and Procedure Manual 3-32).

Position Information

Position Title	Executive Director of Advancement Services
Requisition Number	S02512P
Position Category	Staff
Campus Location	Weber State University - Ogden, UT
Hours per week	40
Months per year	12
Alternate work schedule
Pay Grade	E35
Salary
FLSA	Exempt
Job Summary/Basic Function	The Executive Director of Advancement Services, reporting directly to the Vice President for University Advancement, provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for advancement systems, data, reporting, and gift administration functions in support of the University’s fundraising and engagement goals. As Weber State is in year seven of its largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in history, the executive director will play a critical role in ensuring that advancement systems, data, reporting, gift administration, and operational processes are scalable, accurate, and aligned to support the increased activity and complexity associated with a transformational campaign. This role is responsible for setting the long-range vision and short-term operational strategy for the Advancement Services department to strengthen alumni engagement and increase philanthropic support of Weber State. Serving as a key member of the leadership team, the executive director partners closely with University Advancement leadership, Accounting Services, campus partners, and external vendors to ensure that systems, data, and processes effectively support fundraising priorities and organizational growth. The executive director will play a critical role in ensuring that advancement systems, data, reporting, gift administration, and operational processes are scalable, accurate, and aligned to support the increased activity and complexity associated with university fundraising campaigns. The executive director will build and maintain campus partnerships, offer training, guidance, and support across the university and to our community as needed, and is a member of key campus-wide committees.
Required Qualifications	Required: Bachelor’s degree 7 years of progressive experience in advancement services or fundraising operations that includes 5 years of team leadership experience Experience with CASE guidelines and IRS Rules and Regulations governing charitable gifts
Preferred Qualifications	Preferred: Preference for experience in multiple areas of Advancement services (gift processing, stewardship/donor relations, reporting and analytics) rather than a single specialty track to ensure balanced focus on the various areas and how they work together. Preferred experience includes working in a higher education setting, using an inter-relational database such as Ellucian CRM Advance, using a report writing program such as Argos, and experience training all levels of staff. Evidence of seeking knowledge of and implementing industry standards best practices. Evidence of a service-oriented approach to supporting colleagues. Exceptional skills in written and oral communication, critical thinking, data analysis, problem solving, project management, and quality assurance. Ability to collaborate effectively with senior leadership, university administration, faculty, alumni, and fundraising staff.
A successful candidate will be willing to
Background Check?	Yes
Benefits Summary	WSU offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, retirement, a wellness program with release time and paid incentives, tuition benefits, free tickets to athletic and performing arts events, and paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Posting Detail Information

Job Open Date	11/05/2026
Review Date	11/19/2026
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled	Yes
Notes to Applicant	If you are passionate about what you could offer and accomplish here at WSU, we would love to hear from you. The annual salary for this position starts at $92,000 and may go up from there depending on candidate qualifications. The position comes with a generous benefits package. To apply, please complete the online application and attach a cover letter, current resume, and the names and contact information for three professional references. For qualification determination, your application and/or resume must address the required and preferred qualifications and must contain average number of hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be considered incomplete. Screening of applications will begin November 19, 2026. Position will remain open until filled. Criminal background check required as a condition of employment.
Quick Link for Direct Access to Posting	https://jobs.weber.edu/postings/29679

ADA Essential Job Function

Physical Activity of this position	Operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position. , Expressing or exchanging ideas. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately or quickly. , Ability to receive detailed information with or without assistance., Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Physical Requirements of this position	Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or consistently to move objects, including the human body. Sitting most of the time. Walking and standing only occasionally if ever.
Visual Acuity Requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision.	Required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; using a computer terminal; extensive reading.
The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.	None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

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