Director, Development

Directs and coordinates fundraising efforts for the School of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Dentistry and School of Public Health. Will also coordinate institution-wide fund raising activities within the schools.

Identifies cultivates and advances relationships with high-capacity individual donors to secure significant philanthropic investment sources of funding.

Leads the cultivation and solicitation of major gifts for defined school and institutional priorities.

Manages a portfolio of high potential prospects and collaborates with the institutional advancement team to coordinate cultivation and solicitation strategies to close gifts to drive private support for the school and institution.

Leads the strategic development of relationships with donors and prospects in a manner that best meets the needs of the donor and maximizes fundraising potential for institutional priorities.

Collaborates with the Dean, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, Program Directors, faculty and staff to prepare and submit private funding proposals. Responsible for donor stewardship plans for assigned prospects.

Establishes and maintains strong and effective relationships.

Utilizes constituency database (Salesforce) to coordinate donor plans and donor recognition as well as report on progress of activity.

Plans and implements short, medium, and long-range fund raising programs to meet current and future needs.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Experienced fundraiser with strong knowledge of institutional advancement and development; experience within a healthcare or academic medical center environment strongly preferred.

Ability to make persuasive presentations to the community and close major and planned gifts.

Demonstrated leadership in raising major gifts to advance strategic organizational goals in a University environment.

Ability to travel as required to maintain relationships with donors and to cultivate prospects.

Excellent writing and communication skills with the ability to write complex documents in a prescribed format including proposals and grants, also correspondence and letters.

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) required.

This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.

• Six (6) years of experience in fund raising, public relations, and alumni relations is required.

• Bachelor degree is required
• Six (6) years of experience in Major Gifts

This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence - advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.

UT San Antonio serves approximately 42,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. With 17,000 faculty and staff, UT San Antonio has been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for Company Culture.

Benefits Overview

UT Health San Antonio offers an excellent benefits package for its employees. Employees who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment of at least 4.5 months, are eligible for benefits.

Medical - UT SELECT Medical insurance is offered free for employees and administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Family members can be added to the plan through payroll deduction. Employees and their dependents can also receive discounted copays and coinsurance when using UT Health Physicians, a network of 800 premier physicians including more than 100 specialists. Employees receive $50,000 of group term life insurance and $50,000 of basic…