Director of Stewardship & Development Content

Position Summary
The Director of Stewardship & Development Content housed within the Adams School of Dentistry ( ASOD ) Office of Advancement serves as a senior advancement professional providing strategic leadership for the Schools comprehensive donor stewardship program and development-focused content. The position supports the philanthropic mission of ASOD and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina ( DFNC ) by strengthening donor relationships demonstrating the impact of private support and advancing philanthropic engagement benefiting students faculty programs research patient care and facilities. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer the Director serves as the Schools primary subject matter expert in donor stewardship and lead strategist for development content working closely with development officers Alumni Affairs University Development faculty and School leadership. The Director independently develops implements evaluates and continuously improves a comprehensive stewardship program supporting annual major principal and planned gift donors. Responsibilities include donor recognition and acknowledgment strategies; recognition and naming opportunities; impact reporting for endowed funds scholarships and other philanthropic initiatives; and individualized and broad-based stewardship activities designed to strengthen donor engagement retention and long-term relationships. The Director provides expertise on stewardship best practices and applicable University policies related to endowments fund use recognition and donor reporting and advises Development colleagues and leadership on effective stewardship approaches. The position also represents the School in University-level stewardship activities including OneCarolina Stewardship meetings and the University Development Offices Davie User Group. The Director provides strategic leadership for development-focused content and philanthropic communications across print and digital channels supporting fundraising stewardship donor and alumni engagement and broader advancement priorities. The position develops and oversees donor impact stories philanthropic messaging fundraising and campaign materials proposals and other donor-facing content that communicates School priorities and demonstrates the impact of private support. The Director also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Dental Review the Schools alumni publication establishing editorial direction and overseeing content development production and distribution in collaboration with writers designers institutional partners and external vendors. The Director collaborates with Development colleagues University Development faculty students administrators and other partners to align stewardship and development content with School and University advancement priorities and to identify and translate compelling academic clinical research and student-focused stories for donor and alumni audiences. The position serves as a strategic resource to Advancement leadership and contributes stewardship and development-content expertise to fundraising donor engagement and advancement planning. The position also provides leadership for stewardship and development-content operations including management of assigned budgets production timelines external vendors and multiple concurrent initiatives. The Director exercises significant independent professional judgment in establishing strategies priorities approaches and timelines while ensuring the accuracy confidentiality and appropriate use of donor and institutional information. Through strategic stewardship donor relations impact reporting and development-focused storytelling the Director strengthens the donor experience and cultivates lasting relationships in support of ASODs education research patient care and service missions.

Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Demonstrated professional experience in development advancement donor relations stewardship fundraising or a closely related field. Demonstrated knowledge of advancement and fundraising practices including donor stewardship recognition engagement impact reporting and relationship-building principles. Demonstrated ability to independently develop implement and manage donor stewardship donor relations development content or other advancement-focused programs and initiatives. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including strong writing editing and editorial judgment and the ability to translate complex institutional and philanthropic information into clear compelling audience-appropriate content. Demonstrated ability to exercise independent professional judgment assess needs establish priorities solve complex problems and manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously. Strong interpersonal and relationship-management skills including the ability to collaborate effectively and influence outcomes across organizational boundaries with development professionals organizational leadership faculty staff donors alumni and other internal and external stakeholders. Ability to interpret and apply applicable policies procedures and standards related to donor stewardship recognition reporting and confidential donor information and to exercise appropriate discretion in handling sensitive institutional matters.

Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Experience in advancement development donor relations stewardship or fundraising within a higher education healthcare nonprofit or similarly complex organization. Experience developing implementing and evaluating comprehensive donor stewardship and engagement strategies including donor recognition endowment or impact reporting and individualized stewardship initiatives. Experience developing high-level donor-facing and fundraising content including impact stories proposals campaign materials philanthropic messaging print and digital communications or alumni-focused publications. Experience managing complex advancement-related projects involving budgets production timelines external vendors and multiple internal and external stakeholders. Experience using advancement systems donor information engagement data or other measures to evaluate stewardship activities inform strategy and identify opportunities to strengthen donor relationships.