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Associate Director, Prospect Research position, within the office of University Advancement, manages and participates in the Prospect Research team’s response to and execution of requests for prospect research from Advancement staff and leadership.

This position has both strategic and personnel management responsibilities. Associate Director, Prospect Research position supports advancement and fundraising efforts spanning the University, University of Utah Health, and the University’s auxiliary organizations including public media, museums, and venues. The Prospect Research team aims to provide fundraisers and leadership with timely and situation-appropriate insight to inform and support

University Advancement strategies, campaigns, and priorities for advancing prospective major donors through the donor engagement process. This process includes prospect identification, qualification, cultivation, and solicitation. Prospect Research supports this process through prospect identification, wealth screening and capacity analysis, and due diligence, provided to Advancement staff in various forms of profiles, prospect lists, and reports.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic and innovative thinker, and a partner in improving how we generate and distribute this data using new and existing resources, collaborative partnerships, and workflows.

Associate Director, Prospect Research must oversee the effective implementation, documentation, and consistent application of processes maximizing efficiency and strategic insight, ensuring institutional best practices are being maintained and improved. This position will assist in ongoing training of Prospect Research personnel to enhance skillsets, confidence, and judgement.

Applicants should be comfortable managing direct-reporting team members, building consensus with stakeholders, and innovating for efficiency. Applicants should be experienced in prospect research and development, as well as project and personnel management. Given the fast pace of University Advancement, applicants should be prepared to exercise skills in prioritization as well as flexibility. Applicants should have a strong grasp of capacity screening and validation, profile writing, and internet research utilizing a suite of online tools and donor CRMs. As prospect research regularly extends to the ethical use of limited HIPAA-protected patient data, as well as FERPA-protected student data, discretion and compliance are paramount.

This position reports to the Director of Prospect Research in the University Advancement office and will have regular in-office expectations. The University Advancement office currently supports hybrid in-office/remote schedules, but applicants seeking a fully remote schedule will not be considered.

equires a Bachelor’s degree in a related area of assignment or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience); plus six years of related experience. Demonstrated leadership, human relations, and effective communication skills required.

This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

The ideal candidate will have:

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