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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leadership Annual Giving Officer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Communications 🗓️ May 17th, 2026
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Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Leadership Annual Giving Officer. The role involves frontline fundraising focused on digital strategies, developing strategic fundraising roadmaps, and managing a personal portfolio to cultivate and solicit gifts. The officer will also support volunteer councils and target fundraising efforts equally between the Chancellor's Global Education Fund and other university initiatives.

Highlights

  • Develop and execute annual and long-term fundraising strategies with university schools and units.

  • Manage a personal donor portfolio, identifying, cultivating, and soliciting annual fund gifts.

  • Serve as staff liaison for the Young Alumni Leadership Council, Alumni Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, and GiveUNC Volunteers.

  • Focus 50% of fundraising efforts on the Chancellor's Global Education Fund and 50% on The Carolina Fund, Scholarships, and other initiatives.

  • Collaborate closely with the Executive Director of Annual Giving.

  • Requires 0-2 years of experience with a Bachelor's or Master's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills are essential.

  • Preferred experience includes successful annual giving or transferable skills and familiarity with university academic and administrative functions.

  • Position is full-time, permanent, and may offer a hybrid work arrangement consistent with system policy.

  • Department: University Development Office, focused on raising private resources to support university programs and initiatives.