Leadership Annual Giving Officer

Details

Open Date 09/03/2026

Requisition Number PRN46131B

Job Title Fund Development Specialists

Working Title Leadership Annual Giving Officer

Career Progression Track P00

Track Level P2 - Developing

FLSA Code Administrative

Patient Sensitive Job Code? No

Standard Hours per Week 40

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Shift Day

Work Schedule Summary

M-F 8-5 with some evening and weekend hours as needed. Some travel required.

VP Area President

Department 00289 - Development

Location Campus

City Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment External Posting

Pay Rate Range $55,000-$65,000

Close Date 10/31/2026

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

The Leadership Annual Giving Officer ( LAG Officer) will work closely with individual colleges and units to increase the number of donors and philanthropic dollars raised to support students and learning and strengthen donors’ engagement with the University. Specifically, the LAG Officer will be charged with qualifying, disqualifying, soliciting, renewing, retaining, and upgrading leadership-level donors and identifying major gift prospects for campus partners. Reporting to the Director of Leadership Annual Giving and Pipeline Development, the LAG Officer will be an integral member of the Annual Giving team. This position with work directly the central University Advancement team to serve and collaborate with the various university partners and stakeholders.

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for a large qualifying pool of up to 600 alumni and donor constituents, focusing on several colleges and schools.

• Work with portfolio daily to move constituents through qualifying, renewal, and upgrade cycles. Actively use phone and written/video communication to continually qualify new donors and cultivate/solicit/steward existing donors.

• Communicate with constituents through phone, email, local in-person, LinkedIn, mail, Zoom, ThankView, and other industry communication tactics.

• Solicit and close gifts up to but not limited to $5000, while working with campus areas on plans, strategies, and hand-offs.

• Steward donors to strengthen their engagement with the University and work with campus partners to share updates and information.

• Work with prospect research and IS teams to update, adjust, and maintain the donor portfolio. Keep up to date contact reports and records of donor interaction for the university community.

• Stay up to date on annual giving and leadership/major gift trends through professional development and peer networking.

• Represent leadership annual giving at events and invite donors to events virtually and in-person. Help fundraise for special opportunities such as Giving Day matching challenges, etc..

• Collaborate with campus partners to provide donors the best experience and execute a One U strategy. Specifically work closely with academic areas and Central Advancement

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT : 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Fund Development Specialists, II: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills required.

Preferences

• Experience with a large complex CRM platform, especially Salesforce.

• Experience working within higher education annual giving or development.

• Experience with negotiating and closing donations or sales.

Type Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at View phone number on click.appcast.io for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at View phone number on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io or University Human Resource Management at View phone number on click.appcast.io if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.

Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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