Executive Director, Campaign Planning , University Development and Alumni Relations

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Together, we change the world.

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world. At Berkeley, the best careers are built on a foundation of continuous learning and growth. We actively support professional development by providing all full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours of paid time per year and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups. We invite applicants who are inspired by our Principles of Community and who are eager to be part of our exciting Strategic Plan, which charts Berkeley's next era of excellence.

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University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) increases support for and enhances knowledge of UC Berkeley through communications, public outreach, and fundraising. The department is responsible for centralized fundraising and donor engagement and works to strengthen unit development offices by consulting and partnering with campus fundraisers. University Development and Alumni Relations also handles a range of central activities and services encompassing events, communications, stewardship, prospect development, gift management, database management, and more.

The Executive Director, Campaign Planning designs, develops, delivers, and administers the University’s comprehensive campaign and associated fundraising programs, working in consultation with campaign counsel and the Vice Chancellor of University Development and Alumni Relations and Associate Vice Chancellor Constituent Programs. This strategic position works closely with campus leadership and fundraising leaders and volunteers to support and deliver measurable annual and long-term outcomes.

This position collaborates closely with partners on the development of campaign materials, marketing plans, and organizing related programs/events; it cultivates, stewards, and may solicit donor prospects. This position reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor, Constituent Programs, UDAR with a dotted line report to the Vice Chancellor, University Development and Alumni Relations.

The First Review Date for this job is September 7, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before September 28, 2026. The job will be open until filled.

• Serves as an expert or lead development professional in campaign planning and direction, which has an environment that includes donors capable of making very significant contributions to the campus.
• Develop, implement and assess progress of the campaign plan and recommend overall campaign strategies, including but not limited to campaign architecture (themes, overall goal, sub-goals);
  Timeline and phases;
  Volunteer organizational structure;
  Campaign team budget and staffing.
• Collaborate with other UDAR units on campaign stewardship plan;
  Campaign communications plan;
  Campaign outreach and events plan.
• Conduct and/or oversee the assessment of campaign feasibility and goal setting. Track and report on progress to goal at regular intervals throughout the campaign to high-level campus and volunteer leaders as well as UDAR management team.
• Develop and track progress against the campaign timeline and recommend appropriate corrective action and/or campaign adjustments as appropriate.
• Serve as primary liaison between UDAR and campaign counsel including scheduling consultation visits and phone calls, as well as receipting invoices and processing of payments.

• In collaboration with the Provost, Vice Chancellor for Research and deans, staff and manage the campus multidisciplinary themes during the public phase of the campaign, including development of transformational gift opportunities as well as identification, cultivation and solicitation of principal and major gift prospective donors.
• Staff and manage the ongoing needs assessment and priority setting processes during the…