Development Associate

Job Posting Title:

Development Associate

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Hiring Department:

College of Liberal Arts

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Mar 21, 2025

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

What benefits do I receive with UT?  The university offers an impressive benefits package. For more details on benefits, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

For more information about the College of Liberal Arts, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/

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For more information on college staff professional development, please visit:

https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/larc/Staff+Professional+Development+Fund

Purpose

To provide proactive and productive Advancement Services support within the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Development Office, with consistent focus on high-level content creation in support of our donors, students, and faculty and implement creative strategies to retain new donors to the COLA Donor Family.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Director of Development–Advancement Services, the Development Associate will enhance the College’s engagements with alumni, donors, leadership, parents, faculty, students, and staff by leading, managing, and executing the following tasks and projects: 

Proposal Writing

• Crafting detailed, descriptive, and compliant gift proposals that highlight COLA’s strengths and align with prospective donor passions.

• When donor signs, documenting and tracking agreements within database.

• Further enhance processes to ensure maximum creativity, efficiency, and effectiveness of strategic engagement efforts.

• Working closely with UDO Proposal Writing team for best practices.

Promotional Collateral Creation

• Deploying exemplary project management skills and working with stakeholders to draft, design, schedule, edit, and distribute official publications and documents that inform, educate, or promote COLA Development work and COLA vision, mission, and values, to external and internal audiences.

• Research and jointly partner with Public Affairs to draft fundraising promotionals on behalf of departments, centers, institutes, and programs, ensuring that digital platforms are accessible and operable.

Annual Giving Campaign Coordination

• Partner with Annual Giving to create effective print and digital COLA fundraising campaigns.

Development-Focused Giving Pages

• Monitor all College unit webpages for Development or Development-related content to ensure accuracy and adherence to College and University standards.

New Donor Stewardship

• Assisting Frontline team to build and maintain relationships with new donors to encourage their continued support.

• Coordinate Thanks Day efforts to thank new donors.

• Development CDO voice in messaging to new donors to maintain retention.

Event Guest Welcome and Tracking

• Assume day-of event coordination with special focus on welcoming guests in attendance.

Advancement Support

• Along with all Advancement Team Staff, assist with DCIP relations and compliance projects as directed by Director of Development–Advancement Services, including annual letters pr