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Current Job Listings
Assistant Director of Foundation Relations
Reporting to the Senior Director of Foundation Relations, the Assistant Director of Foundation Relations is integral to the University of Georgia’s efforts to identify and cultivate private support across all schools, colleges, and units on campus. The Assistant Director of Foundation Relations is responsible for the development of relationships with private foundations. They identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward foundation donors. In addition, this person works collaboratively with UGA faculty, staff, and development colleagues to write, edit, review, and prepare proposals for final submission to philanthropic funders.
Associate Director of Development, CAES
This position will be an integral part of the team within the Office of Development and Alumni Relations (ODAR) in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and reports to the Director of Development. CAES has an alumni network of 20,000+ and consistently raises over $15 million annually. The Associate Director of Development is responsible for increasing philanthropic support to CAES, through direct portfolio management and planning. The incumbent is responsible for developing and managing a portfolio of CAES prospects in support of CAES priorities, will focus on gifts of $25,000 or more, and travel frequently. The incumbent will work collaboratively with a wide variety of constituents and must have an established history in building meaningful relationships coupled with the ability to facilitate and close major gifts.
Associate Regional Director, NYC
This Associate Regional Director’s assigned territory includes cities and territories in the Northeastern United States. Through frequent travel focused on the New York City area, the Associate Regional Director will conduct in-person meetings to qualify, cultivate, and solicit prospects with a focus on securing leadership annual and major gifts $25,000+ in collaboration with school, college, and units across campus. Prospects include alumni, parents, and corporations.
Career Consultant
This Career Consultant position serves as the career services liaison to the Colleges/Schools at The University of Georgia. This is the tangible link between the Career Center and the college; both externally, as a resource on career planning issues specific to that college for students, employers, and faculty; and internally, as a referral point of contact and advocate for that college.
Data Collection Specialist
This incumbent reports to the Assistant Manager of Records Management and works closely with the Associate Director of Records and colleagues in the unit. The incumbent is primarily responsible for data entry and maintenance of all University of Georgia donor and alumni information.
Development & Alumni Relations Coordinator, FACS
The College of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) at the University of Georgia seeks a Development & Alumni Relations Coordinator to assist with fundraising, alumni relations, stewardship, annual giving, and to help grow a major giving pipeline for the College. This position is expected to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of donors and prospects in an effort to grow leadership annual giving to the College; in addition to creating programming and overseeing the FACS Alumni Association and Board, incumbent will lead activities designed to foster and enhance alumni and community engagement to support the mission of the College. The incumbent reports directly to the Director of Development at the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Director of Development, CAES
This position will be an integral part of the team within the Office of Development and Alumni Relations (ODAR) in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and reports to the Senior Director of Development. CAES has an alumni network of 20,000+ and consistently raises over $15 million annually. The Director of Development is responsible for increasing philanthropic support to CAES through direct portfolio management and planning. This position will manage a subset of the team of CAES ODAR. This incumbent serves as a member of the CAES ODAR leadership team, collaborating within CAES and across organizational lines within University Development to align priorities and maintain a donor-centered approach to fundraising.
Gift Data Analyst
Serving an important role within UGA Foundation, this individual is primarily responsible for UGA Foundation’s revenue reconciliation procedures and supporting internal controls and external audit procedures. Demonstrated experience with data analytics and reporting tools is necessary. A thorough understanding of accounting principles and departmental policies is preferred. The incumbent is expected to adhere to confidentiality and exhibit high standards of professionalism, initiative, critical thinking, good judgment, consistency of output, timeliness of follow-through, and ability to prioritize.
Prospect Management Specialist
Reporting to the Senior Director of Prospect Management, the Prospect Management Specialist will prioritize and leverage Prospect Management’s resources to support the university’s ongoing fundraising efforts. Specifically, this individual will provide decision and process support for Prospect Management in guiding practices and procedures. As such, this individual will be essential for consulting with major gift officers and filling the need to provide training and consultation to annual gift officers, leadership officers, and development coordinators.
Senior Budget Analyst
Reporting to the Associate Director, this position requires finance/budgeting, analytical, communication, and organizational skills to assist with the Division’s annual budget development process and manage the budget of the Division with focused oversight in fiscal matters and operations for assigned departments within Development and Alumni Relations.
Senior Development Analyst
The Senior Development Analyst is an integral member of the campus fundraising team. Reporting to the Senior Director of Prospect Research, the Senior Development Analyst provides prospect identification, analytics support, and research support for the Division of Development & Alumni Relations (DAR). The Senior Development Analyst creates concise, accurate, and timely ratings, strategy briefings, and profiles, using biographical information, financial data, news, philanthropic history, and other public-related resources, to support principal, major and annual giving frontline fundraising efforts. Additionally, this incumbent is responsible for all internal and external training, quality assurance, and data integrity needs for the unit.
Training & Communication Specialist
Reporting to the Associate Director of Client Services, this position is responsible for developing various types of communication projects using the GAIL (Giving and Alumni Information Link) database system in accordance with the needs of central staff and staff in the schools/colleges/units. GAIL is the central database of record for all alumni and donors at the University of Georgia and serves as the UGA Foundation’s fundraising database.
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