Assistant Director Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

About The Department

Department: ADV PME

The Advancement Office engages alumni (~220k), current students, parents, and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. Advancement raises $600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute. The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) development team secures gifts and grants from individuals and organizations to support PME priorities and objectives set by the PME Dean and Director of Development, while fostering increased engagement with the school.

The team aims to significantly increase philanthropic support over the next three to five years through in-person meetings, carefully curated cultivation and stewardship events, and other forms of donor engagement. The team collaborates with colleagues across University Advancement to strengthen connections between PME and the University of Chicago’s alumni and friends.

The Assistant Director’s primary responsibilities include professional support of assigned development activities, execution of tasks related to fundraising projects, cultivation programs for prospective donors, and support in hosting the PME Advisory Council annual meetings. This role provides professional support of assigned development activities with instruction from others. Executes fundraising projects, cultivation programs for prospective donors and for visiting committees.

• Provides strategic and administrative support to division leadership and team initiatives. Drafts and edits presentations, correspondence, briefing materials, and strategic collateral for the Dean and Senior Director in support of leadership meetings, donor engagement activities, strategic events, and PME priorities.
• Coordinates and supports the Division’s alumni relations and development initiatives, including donor relations, stewardship, event strategy and execution, database management, and communications directed toward alumni, volunteers, donors, and friends of PME.
• Leads the planning, coordination, and execution of semi-annual PME Advisory Council meetings and other strategic engagement events, in partnership with the Senior Director of Development.
• Oversees stewardship and acknowledgment activities across all giving levels, including the development and coordination of comprehensive annual endowed fund reports in partnership with Advancement’s Donor Relations team.
• Serves as the division’s database power user and internal resource, with a strong emphasis on extracting, analyzing, and interpreting data from the Phoenix system. Maintains accurate records and develops custom reports, dashboards, spreadsheets, graphs, and charts to support strategic decision-making and operational needs.
• Manages annual fund operations in collaboration with Advancement and Annual Giving partners, supporting strategies to strengthen philanthropic participation and donor engagement.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance, including building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.
• Has a moderate/high level of authority in drafting informational and marketing materials for review for assigned programs. Assists in developing support materials for specific fundraising activities.
• Cultivates and maintains relationships with donors and volunteers. Establishes and maintains donor records and accounts.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related…