Associate Director for Development, Texas Law To serve as an Associate Director of Development supporting the School of Law. Successful candidates will focus on qualifying and cultivating prospects with a capacity of $100,000+ with an emphasis on soliciting gifts of $100,000+. Responsibilities Maintain an understanding of the University and the School of Law priorities, vision and mission.

Build and carry an active portfolio of 75-100 prospective donors.

Engage in qualification, strategy, development, relationship building, and closing of major gifts at $100,000+ for the School.

Consistently produce $2,500,000+ per year.

Participate in goal setting, proposal preparation, strategy development, and stewardship as required for donors in the portfolio.

Successfully and consistently deliver funding proposals to prospective and current donors.

Effectively work with, communicate with, and collaborate with faculty, academic leaders, and other development staff to develop campus-wide funding opportunities to reach campaign goals.

Use a fundraising database and prospecting tools. Maintain appropriate electronic documentation on a timely basis, including engagement activities, proposal tracking, contact reports, donor strategies and forecasting.

Write timely reports, letters, proposals and gift agreements.

Work collaboratively, proactively, and in a professional, service-oriented manner with all Texas Development colleagues to advance the Universitys mission.

Additional duties as assigned

Required Qualifications Bachelors Degree.

Demonstrated ability to execute successful full-cycle donor strategy.

A minimum of two years experience in major gifts fundraising or related fields.

High degree of emotional intelligence.

Demonstrated ability to show tenacity and be nimble.

Ability to drive results.

Highly effective communication skills (written, verbal, interpersonal).

Ability to think strategically and creatively and work well under pressure.

Project management skills.

Capable of working independently and collaborating among teams.

Experience working with VIP, Raisers Edge or other similar CRM.

Ability to travel frequently to visit prospects and donors.

Ability to use discretion and maintain integrity and professionalism.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Preferred Qualifications More than the required years of fundraising experience.

Graduate degree.

Experience working in a large-scale complex academic research university.

Knowledge of UT Austin policies and procedures.

Salary Range $65,000 Working Conditions Typical office environment.

Must be able to travel frequently, overnight and weekends.

Able to work long hours, evenings and weekends.

Required Materials Resume/CV

3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.