Development Associate - School of Health Sciences

Development Associate
- School of Health Sciences

Position Title Development Associate
- School of Health Sciences

Department

Department 0070 - Health Sciences

Position Number

Position Number E30155

Requisition No.

Requisition No. TC06497

Salary Range/Pay Rate

Salary Range/Pay Rate $25 per hour

Benefits of Working at Oakland University

There are no benefits with this position.

Employee Group/Grade

Employee Group/Grade Casual

Job Category

Job Category Casual Posted

Casual/Temp Classification

Work Schedule

Work Schedule Casual (19hrs or less, No Benefits )

Shift/Days

TBD .

Note:

Evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required.

Pay Schedule

Pay Schedule Hour

Number of Hrs./Wk.

Number of Hrs./Wk. Up to 19 hours per week

Position Information

Employee's Effective Start Date

Employee's Effective Start Date 09/01/2026

If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type.

If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type. N/A

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• One to two years’ experience in development, fundraising, program management or an equivalent combination.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills along with keen attention to detail.
• Experience writing and editing executive level communications and advancement content.
• Knowledge of technology and its application to development and fundraising activities.
• Previous experience with database and records management.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with donors and university staff at all levels.
• Discretion and sound judgment in dealing with confidential information.
• Self-starter with creative ability to work efficiently and accurately to meet critical deadlines.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience in university environment or non-profit is preferred.

Position Purpose

The Development Associate (DA) will support and facilitate development office projects, excluding major gift work, for the School of Health Sciences. They will take responsibility for development functions including donor stewardship outreach and communications; annual fund efforts; supporting fundraising and donor engagement events; gift processing; and other development related efforts not directly linked to cultivating and soliciting major gifts. The DA is also responsible for writing and preparing executive level communication, custom acknowledgement letters, donor impact reports, and providing proposal writing support.

The DA will report to the Director of Philanthropy, School of Nursing & School of Health Sciences and must have experience in managing multiple tasks and a good working knowledge of development.

Note:

Evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required.

Job Duties

• Lead efforts for drafting and preparing executive level communications, donor acknowledgment letters, donor impact reports, and other donor cultivation & stewardship materials produced by SHS . This includes story gathering and securing thank you notes from student scholarship recipients.
• Will support proposal development efforts led by the Director of Philanthropy.
• Works closely with Director of Philanthropy, annual giving team and unit faculty and staff to conduct annual giving campaigns such as Giving Day, OUFD , unit specific appeals, etc.
• Assist with Advisory Board engagement activities.
• Provide support for SHS fundraising events, with an emphasis on sponsor fulfillment. Support other donor cultivation and stewardship events as needed.
• Assist with improvement of SHS development office processes, as well as processes of others impacted by SHS donor engagement. To include management of SHS fundraising files.
• Provide administrative support for Director of Philanthropy as needed.

Job Open Date

Job Open Date 08/21/2026

Job Close Date

Open Until Filled Yes

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