Assistant Director of Development

OVERVIEW

The University of St. Thomas invites qualified candidates to apply for an Assistant Director of Development position within University Advancement.

Although the position is anchored on the St. Paul campus and requires regular activity on the Minneapolis campus, the Assistant Director of Development will frequently conduct work at various off‑campus locations to meet with donors and prospects. Accordingly, the role incorporates a flexible work environment but is not designated as a traditional remote or work‑from‑home position.

The University of St. Thomas embraces belonging and equal opportunity for all. Our convictions of dignity, diversity and personal attention call us to embody and champion an inclusive environment. The University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEO). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, or other protected characteristic.

This commitment to inclusion and equal opportunity is consistent with our mission:
Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good. A successful candidate will possess a commitment to the ideals of this mission.

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

The University of St. Thomas offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes:

• Tuition Remission for employees, spouses, and dependents
• Generous Retirement Contributions to support your future
• Comprehensive Health Coverage including medical, dental, and vision
• Fully Paid Insurance
  : disability, life, and AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave to support growing families

Salary Range: $64,325 to $74,160 annually

The University of St. Thomas has provided a salary range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The specific salary offered will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences, the Assistant Director of Development plays a critical role in helping to ensure the success of St. Thomas’s ten‑year fundraising campaign by engaging and inspiring constituents and building a pipeline of major gift prospects. The ADD is responsible for securing gifts from prospects with capacity of $25,000 and above, by identifying, cultivating, and soliciting prospects, including alumni, parents, friends, and prospects currently unaffiliated with St.

Thomas. The ADD will work with the College of Arts and Sciences and other schools/colleges as assigned, as well as other University Advancement departments to help develop and activate unit engagement plans to engage and identify new prospects.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Fundraising:
Portfolio management, prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and referral (90%). The Assistant Director of Development will qualify, cultivate, and solicit prospects with capacity greater than $25,000, through the following activities:

1. Portfolio Management:

• Working with Prospect Development to identify prospects with capacity for gifts greater than $25,000.
• Maintain a balanced portfolio of prospects across the stages of qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Work with Prospect Development to continually refresh portfolio and implement strategies to move prospects through the cultivation cycle toward solicitation.

2. Prospect identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship:

• Conduct regular outreach to qualify prospects through face‑to‑face visits and other substantive contacts and confirm gift capacity. The ADD will be required to meet a specified metric of visits/substantive contacts per year.
• Solicit a subset of prospects in portfolio annually for gifts based on capacity. Performance metrics will be established each year.
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