Advancement Officer, College of Medicine

Primary Purpose:
The Advancement Officer plays a key role in achieving fundraising goals at the College of Medicine by managing a portfolio of donors and prospects while contributing to the Colleges overall fundraising and donor engagement objectives.

Through effective relationship-building and donor engagement the incumbent will advance fundraising objectives and strengthen the culture of philanthropy within the College of Medicine and the University.

Nature of Work:
Reporting to the Director of Advancement College of Medicine the Advancement Officer works collaboratively with colleagues across the College of Medicine and University Relations to advance fundraising donor engagement and stewardship priorities.

This position operates in a dynamic relationship-focused environment requiring initiative sound judgment discretion and strong organizational skills. The incumbent manages multiple priorities while building and maintaining relationships with donors alumni volunteers faculty staff and community partners. The role involves handling confidential donor and prospect information and requires a high degree of professionalism accuracy and attention to detail.

The position follows a hybrid work model and may require occasional evening weekend and travel commitments to support donor engagement and fundraising activities.

Typical Duties or Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement annual and leadership giving strategies for the College that strengthen donor retention renewal upgrading and long-term philanthropic engagement;
• Manage relationships with annual leadership and emerging major gift donors and prospects including a portfolio of approximately 100125 donors and prospects;
• Conduct discovery qualification cultivation solicitation and stewardship activities to advance donors through the philanthropic pipeline and identify future giving opportunities;
• Identify and refer major gift and planned giving opportunities emerging from annual giving stewardship and donor engagement activities;
• Lead stewardship coordination for the College of Medicine ensuring donors receive timely acknowledgement meaningful recognition and clear reporting on the impact of their philanthropy;
• Build strong donor relationships through stewardship calls face-to-face meetings ongoing engagement and proactive communication;
• Support donor-funded student awards and bursaries and coordinate donor impact reporting in collaboration with Advancement faculty Finance Undergraduate medical education and post graduate medical education Communications and University Relations colleagues;
• Collaborate with central Annual Giving and Planned Giving teams Alumni Relations and Engagement and College colleagues on class giving annual fundraising stewardship and donor engagement initiatives;
• Contribute to annual and multi-year fundraising and donor engagement plans aligned with College priorities including activities related to the Deans Philanthropy Advisory Circle and other strategic initiatives;
• Maintain appropriate frontline fundraising activity and pipeline metrics consistent with a blended annual leadership and emerging major gift portfolio;
• Ensure donor activity stewardship interactions relationship management and next steps are accurately documented in the CRM system and use donor data and reporting to improve segmentation outreach stewardship and portfolio management;
• Foster a culture of philanthropy and contribute to continuous improvement of advancement processes by building meaningful relationships and collaborating across Advancement Alumni Relations Communications faculty College leadership and community partners.

Education:

• A diploma certificate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field is required.
• A Certified Fund Raising Expert (CFRE) designation is preferred.

Experience:
Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising: including annual leadership major gift or planned giving with demonstrated experience in donor relations and stewardship.

Demonstrated success in building meaningful relationships managing competing priorities and achieving fundraising and engagement goals.

Experience using donor databases CRM systems and fundraising technology is an asset.

Skills:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the confidence and initiative to build relationships and engage donors alumni volunteers and community partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including strong writing editing proofreading presentation and interpersonal abilities. Demonstrated ability to prepare professional correspondence reports presentations donor proposals and stewardship materials with accuracy strong grammar and attention to detail.
• Strong meeting facilitation listening and questioning skills with the ability to gather information identify opportunities and advance relationships.
• Highly organized with strong project management skills time management attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate records prepare meaningful contact reports and document activities within a CRM environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications particularly Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint and Teams.
• Ability to work independently exercise sound judgment and collaborate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Inquiries regarding this position can be directed toSherry Bucklerat .

Department:College of Medicine
Status: Permanent
Employment Group: ASPA
Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.0
Salary: The salary range based on 1.0 FTE is $69035.00 - 107868.00 per annum. The starting salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
Salary Family (if applicable): Specialist Professional
Salary Phase/Band: Phase 2
Posted Date: 7/31/2026
Closing Date: 9/11/2026 at 6:00 pm CST
Number of Openings: 1
Work Location: On Campus

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