Director of Development, Law

Department: School of Law and University Advancement
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular Ongoing
Salary: Starting at $90000 per year
Compensation Band: OSOA09Fiscal Year
FTE: 1.0

Application Review Begins

June 1 2025; position open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Please submit the following with your online application:
1) A cover letter in which you clearly describe how your knowledge skills and abilities prepare you for the job responsibilities and requirements outlined in the job announcement.
2) A resume of your educational and professional work experience.

We are interested in finding the best candidate for the position. We encourage you to apply even if you dont think you meet every one of our preferred qualifications. Use your application to let us know what is meaningful to you about the role and what transferable skills or other qualities you would bring.

Department Summary

University Advancement (UA) supports the University of Oregons (UO) mission of providing exceptional teaching discovery and service by strategically positioning the university to create awareness build longterm relationships and secure resources that increase understanding and further its aims. We are committed to fostering equity and inclusion in a welcoming safe and respectful environment that recognizes the value of all members of our community.

The University of Oregon School of Law is a dynamic ABAaccredited law school and Oregons only public law school. Degrees offered include: Juris Doctor (JD) Master of Laws (LLM) Master of Conflict and Dispute Resolution (CRES) and a minor in undergraduate legal studies. Oregon Laws mission is to provide a worldclass education. We prepare students through excellent classroom teaching paired with a multitude of practical experience opportunities and robust professional development. Our faculty produce exceptional research and scholarship. We accomplish our mission in a positive inclusive environment where we strive to provide everyone opportunities to grow contribute and develop. Our aim is to learn teach and practice the principles of equity and justice as critical foundations for our overall effort to achieve excellence as a topranked law school. Success in this work requires a diverse group of people in various faculty and staff roles working in one of our two locations Eugene and Portland. The University of Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of the Southern Kalapuya. Learn more about Oregon Law at and consider joining our team.

The Office of Development as part of University Advancement has a mission to maximize philanthropic impact at the University of Oregon. We do this by identifying connecting and engaging alumni and friends around the globe with their passions to advance the vision and priorities of the university.

Position Summary

The Director of Development works as part of Development to promote university fundraising priorities and image to alumni parents and friends of the university. The director will be assigned to a specific unit and is responsible for the cultivation solicitation and stewardship of current donors as well as the identification and qualification of new prospects. This position will concentrate on gifts in the major gift ($100k) range and help build the pipeline for future major donors over the duration of the campaign.

This position is externally facing requiring frequent travel thoughtful communication and interaction with donors and donor prospects. The director collaborates with colleagues in the Law School Development and across the university to identify new prospects and strategically cultivate alumni parents and friends. The director will be responsible for setting and executing fundraising goals that align with the future strategic plan of the Law School and the Universitys strategic plan Oregon Rising. The director will be measured by individual portfolio performance and the overall fundraising performance of the Law School on an annual basis.

Reporting jointly to the Dean of the School of Law and the Assistant Vice President for Academic Development this position leads the School of Law development program and is responsible for managing all fundraising activity including representing the school in campaign planning development initiatives and achieving cash and commitment fundraising goals and strategies in conjunction with leadership in the college/school/unit and Development. Traveling within Oregon as well as to cities in other states up to 50% of the time is an essential expectation of this position.

This position is jointly funded by the School of Law and University Advancement.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
Three years of professional frontline fundraising experience or five years combined experience in development and in a closely related field such as corporate sales.
One year of experience as a permanent supervisor or three years of lead work and mentorship of junior staff.

Professional Competencies

Working with donors and prospects: Extensive experience in prospect identification qualification cultivation and solicitation with a demonstrated ability to build relationships with donors and prospects including those who have not been engaged or connected to the university. Ability to maximize gift potentials for outright and estate gifts educate new donors and prospects about major gift philanthropy and leverage existing and future volunteer leaders towards giving.

Portfolio management and systems: Ability to identify top prospects and strategies for a portfolio including leveraging data and analysis tools and partnership with UA prospect development to optimize activity and portfolio makeup; prioritize prospects and regions while fully engaging with a robust portfolio; and provide constructive feedback on prospect management systems and structures.

Professionalism and citizenship: Ability to establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with faculty staff and others as appropriate and contribute ideas in interactions and discussions with management peers and campus partners. This includes actively collaborating with colleagues as well as communicating in a positive and proactive manner with fellow development officers leadership and Prospect Management Prospect Development and Data Analytics staff.

Institutional navigation and industry knowledge: Ability to represent the universitys history mission demographics faculty current programs departments and culture persuasively articulate how the UO distinguishes itself from peer institutions. Competence in connecting mission and objectives across departments into donor strategies and extensive knowledge of best practices trends current strategies and other information relevant to philanthropy in higher education development.

Management and supervision of employees: Demonstrated ability to manage people and/or programs including recognizing and leveraging strengths of individual team members; navigating performance concerns and workplace conflict; setting metrics and goals; and customizing onboarding expectations and career planning for all team members.

Volunteer management: Ability to set the philanthropic agenda of a board; recruit and effectively work with volunteers in setting philanthropic priorities for solicitation stewardship and relationship building; and work closely with academic and administrative partners on board member engagement giving and decision making.

Academic leadership: Strong ability to position the Dean to be a fundraising leader and leverage the expertise of deans and faculty members to cultivate and solicit donors focus fundraising activity to meet metrics and engage donors and ensure academic leaders understand the role of development. Ability to identify and work with the most appropriate academic partners for a given prospect encourage academic partners to focus their efforts on top prospects and exercise highlevel judgment to maximize the impact of partnerships on giving. Skilled in establishing confidence with academic leadership to lead strategy and represent the interests of the program as well as delivering postmeeting feedback and reflection.

Strategic planning: Ability to communicate and articulate how individual initiatives and programmatic direction fit into overall advancement strategy as well as use 12month and multiyear projections and strategic planning tools to reach goals and anticipate trends gaps and priorities.

Commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity equity and inclusion.

Ability to interact communicate and work effectively with individuals recognizing and respecting the many and varied identities of each person.

Ability to travel.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in higher education development that provided an understanding of the nature of a professional school and research university.
Demonstrated experience working effectively with volunteer boards.
Advanced degree especially in Law.

FLSA Exempt: Yes

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees including health insurance retirement plans and paid time off. For more information about benefits visit University of Oregon is an equal opportunity affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process please contact us at or.

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