Stewardship Coordinator

Job Posting Title

Stewardship Coordinator

University Development Office

All Applicants

40

Exempt

Nov 24, 2025

Expected to Continue

UT MAIN CAMPUS

General Notes

What starts here changes the world.

The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the best universities in the world. With 76 programs ranked in the top 10, UT Austin is the #1 public university in Texas and the #7 public university in the nation.

Like the state it calls home, The University of Texas at Austin is a bold, ambitious leader supporting more than 55,000 students, 4,750 faculty, 15,000 staff and top national programs across 18 colleges and schools. Amid the backdrop of Austin, Texas, a city recognized for its creative and entrepreneurial spirit, the University provides a place to explore countless opportunities for tomorrow’s artists, scientists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers.

Learn more about UT’s mission and values and leadership.

The University of Texas at Austin is a thriving hub of learning and discovery that anchors our city and enables excellence and innovation on the highest level. And it’s only possible because generous supporters believe in the power and promise of our state’s flagship university to change the world. With more than $6 billion raised in the What Starts Here campaign, Texas Development is quickly becoming one of the best fundraising programs in public higher education.

Texas Development is a dynamic community of 500+ fundraising professionals across the Forty Acres. We strive to reach the highest levels of achievement and success in all that we do by creating meaningful and powerful experiences for our donors.

Follow your passion, grow your career and help us change the world.

The University provides a competitive benefits package that includes insurance and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services.

Texas Development supports growth by offering professional development opportunities that help every team member accomplish their goals, enrich their skillset and deepen their engagement with UT.

Serve on a programmatic stewardship team to support and deliver strategic initiatives for scholarship programs.

• Coordinate centralized endowment stewardship for select scholarship programs including accurate donor data management, recipient thank you letter solicitation, letter review and packet delivery.
• Assist with CSU support and individual donor recognition deliverable needs including research, strategic writing and design recommendations for reports, recognition certificates, special one-off events, and individual touchpoints for donors in TG and VPD portfolio.
• Partner with OSFA and scholarship program directors to ensure that donor recognition activities and other stewardship initiatives are planned and executed efficiently and follow university and federal regulations.

Serve as Donor Relations team lead collaborator with Marketing and Communications department on annual scholarship stewardship event strategy and execution.

• Assist with the planning, production and execution of all event components - venue, finance, materials, data, volunteers, etc.
  
  - for scholarship donor appreciation events.
• Produce written copy utilized in video scripts and emails.
• Coordinate with team members for reviews and approvals of stewardship pieces.
• Collaborate with students and team members for successful execution of general and personalized videos and handwritten thank you messages.
• Deliver meaningful and timely stewardship to all scholarship donors.
• Evaluate and advise leadership on opportunities to communicate and improve program impact.

Coordinate first-time donor program, loyal donor program, and stewardship for select campaigns in partnership with Annual Giving and Marketing and Communications departments.

• Partner with Marketing and Communications and Texas Development leadership to implement initiatives aimed at inspiring a spirit of philanthropy and fostering donor engagement from…