Executive Director of Development

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Development & Advancement 🗓️ February 11th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring an Executive Director of Development. The role involves cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gifts over $100,000 and principal gifts of $1 million or more while building relationships with key donors and prospects. The Executive Director supervises a team of major gift officers and acts as deputy to the Associate Dean for Advancement, providing strategic and day-to-day oversight.

Highlights

Cultivate, solicit, and steward major and principal gifts.
Build relationships with key donors, board members, advisory committee members, and prospects.
Serve as deputy to the Associate Dean for Advancement and supervise major gift development officers.
Minimum of a bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of direct solicitation/fundraising experience required.
Previous management experience and strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills required.
Understanding of higher education fundraising principles and practices essential.
Preferred candidates have a UNC connection and at least seven years of major gift fundraising experience with direct asks.
Position is full-time permanent with a 40-hour work week; business travel and periodic weekend work required.
Compensation is dependent on qualifications.
Department: Gillings Advancement, supporting the School of Public Health's mission through fundraising and outreach.