Req #: 244017

Department: UW ADVANCEMENT: COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Appointing Department Web Address: https://www.washington.edu/advancement/careers/

Job Location Detail: Hybrid Eligible

Posting Date: 02/28/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 03/07/2025

Salary: $5,884 - $6,167 per month

Limited Recruitment: Open to Department employees only

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20250130-a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

For over 160 years, the University of Washington has been a hub for learning, innovation, problem solving and community building. Supporting this legacy and important public mission—with the goal of making the UW the world’s greatest public university, as measured by positive impact—guides everything we do in University Advancement (https://www.washington.edu/advancement/) . Bringing together development; alumni and stakeholder engagement; marketing and communications; and advancement operations, we advance the UW’s impact by developing meaningful connections that foster pride, advocacy and philanthropic support.

The mission of the Development team is to facilitate private resources to enhance and protect the University’s reputation and support equitable community building and service. This starts with creating a culture of belonging ( https://www.washington.edu/advancement/ua-dei-visions-values-and-actions/) within our organization that values the diverse experiences and expertise of our team members, allowing everyone to thrive and to contribute their unique talents as we strive to achieve our shared goals.

The College of Arts & Sciences has an exciting opening for an Assistant Director of Development. This is a full-time, permanent position.

As a key member of the College of Arts & Sciences Development Team, the Assistant Director of Development will complement College-wide major gift strategies by developing the donor pipeline for the College. This position will assist with qualification and prospect discovery efforts, executing annual giving programs, and maintaining and promoting lifelong relationships with the University. They will create opportunities that encourage alumni and friends to support, interact and connect with the University and serve to develop the pipeline of donors at the College.

This position helps translate the College’s vision and strategic plan to diverse audiences and builds strong relationships between prospective donors and the College of Arts & Sciences in service of developing opportunities and successful invitations to invest in students, faculty, programs and research.

What You Will Do: Fundraising (60%)

• Manage a portfolio of alumni, non-alumni, and organizational donors and prospects. • Identify, cultivate, solicit, negotiate and close annual leadership gifts (between $1,000-$25,000). • Proactively qualify alumni and individual donor prospects through phone calls and emails. • Serve as a discovery officer for new prospects who have the capacity and inclination for making major gifts ($25,000+) or planned gifts. Prospects will be identified through multiple sources including prospect research, prospect tracking tools, existing donor databases and fundraising colleagues. • In collaboration with major gift officers, plan and execute strategic discovery activities that lead to prospect qualification and follow-up. • Conduct thank-you phone calls to donors for purposes of stewardship and discovery. • Create and develop reports, project analysis, graphics, spreadsheets and other customized collateral, as needed, to evaluate outreach success.

Annual Giving and Engagement (20%)

• Provide support of engagement opportunities for prospects, donors and alumni, such as advisory board activities, department/division/College events, and Husky Giving Day. • Pull lists from the donor database, review and prioritize attendee lists, provide giving histories, and support fundraisers in developing briefings and talking points for engagement events. • Partner with Development team to file contact reports.

Stewardship (15%)

• Steward leadership-level annual philanthropy donors through University-wide programs such as the President’s Circle.

Other duties as assigned (5%)

• Attend meetings and participate in College of Arts & Sciences events and activities, as appropriate. • Participate in professional development activities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree and three years of progressively responsible experience in project management, writing, fundraising or related field.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. What You Bring:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite for correspondence, special reports, spreadsheets, databases and forms. • Demonstrated flexibility and initiative to work on a variety of tasks and a wide range of people (donors, volunteers and faculty). • Demonstrated creativity, top organizational ability and strict attention to detail. • Strong project management and planning skills. • Executive decision-making ability along with a high level of discretion and tact when working with possible donors and alumni. • Clear and consistent communication skills.

What You Can Expect:

• Cubicle/Open workspace environment which may result in additional or higher levels of noise and visual distractions. • Some evening and weekend hours will be required on short or limited notice. • Some local travel will be required.

Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you log into your “My Jobs” page. If you choose to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

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