Senior Associate Director of Development, Annual Giving

Job Posting Title:

Senior Associate Director of Development, Annual Giving

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Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

The Office of Development at the Dell Medical School is looking for a Senior Associate Director of Development, Annual Giving.

Purpose

Reporting to the Executive Director for Development Operations & Strategic Initiatives at Dell Medical School, this position will lead and execute annual giving strategy for Dell Medical School that drive annual fund initiatives. Supervising a team of annual fund program administrators, this position will conceive a broad vision for the annual fund program to identify, qualify, renew and retain donors. This role will create and advance long- and short-term strategies, and yearly annual fund plans. They are responsible for executing upon that vision and measure progress, as well as partner with the production of annual fund materials and content with the development communications team for Dell Medical School.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing Dell Med annual giving program to set fundraising, participation and qualitative goals  and develop short- and long-term strategies to drive toward creating a $5M+ annual fund program.

• Develop and lead a robust, best-in-class, multidimensional and multichannel grateful patient annual fund program.

• Launch Dell Med’s alumni and faculty annual giving programs with a goal is 50% participation for each graduating class and 50% total faculty participation by 2026.

• Create and manage the annual fund calendar of multidimensional and multichannel appeals, leveraging the development communications editorial calendar, events calendar and the Dell Med public relations team editorial calendar to support donor retention, renewal and acquisition.

• Carry a portfolio of leadership giving capacity annual fund donors with a goal to further qualify and cultivate for future gift officer management.

• Work closely with the prospect research and management team to identify and assess potential campaign and planned gift prospects, building a pipeline between annual, campaign and planned giving.

• Work closely with prospect research and management, donor relations, leadership giving and events teams to move qualified donors into gift officer portfolios for further cultivation that leads to major and principal level gifts.

• Plan and execute targeted campaigns in partnership with Texas Development annual fund team, including UT’s 40 Hours for the Forty Acres campaign and Dell Med/health-focused donor acquisition campaigns targeting 100K+ people to drive the MG and PG donor identification goals that support the UTMC campaign and sustain the ongoing philanthropic needs through a robust annual fund program for years to come.

• Manage peer-to-peer and third-party fundraising efforts, identifying  and implementing opportunities for corporate partnerships in collaboration with the Dell Med corporate and foundation relations team.

• Ensure effective administration of annual fund gifts through acknowledgment letters, recognition of donors in the annual impact report, and the delivery of any necessary reports and communications in partnerships with the development communications and donor relations teams. Contribute to gift acknowledgement process and helps assure that all donations are properly documented and stewarded.

• Partner with the development communications and donor relations teams to develop annual fund strategies direct mail and email solicitations for Dell Med’s annual giving program, as well as develop and execute annual renewal letters and other digital and print touchpoints as needed.

• Liaise between the Texas Development annual giving office and student callers to identify opportunities to further Dell Med’s annual fund program strategies.

• Monitor performance and manage reporting for Dell Med’s annual giving program.

• Develop and manage the annual fund budget.

• Supervise 1-2 development annual fund program administrators.

• Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualification