Development Associate

The University of Texas at Austin
retirement plan
United States, Texas, Austin
101 East 27th Street (Show on map)
Mar 15, 2025
Job Posting Title: Development Associate ---- Hiring Department: College of Liberal Arts ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt ---- Earliest Start Date: Mar 21, 2025 ---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue ---- Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS ---- Job Details: General Notes What benefits do I receive with UT? The university offers an impressive benefits package. For more details on benefits, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefitsand https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards For more information about the College of Liberal Arts, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/ Our college seeks to build a supportive, growth-minded community and cultivate outstanding and courageous leaders. For more information on the college staff leadership academy, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/resources-for-faculty-staff/staff-leadership-academy/ For more information on college staff professional development, please visit: https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/larc/Staff+Professional+Development+Fund Purpose To provide proactive and productive Advancement Services support within the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Development Office, with consistent focus on high-level content creation in support of our donors, students, and faculty and implement creative strategies to retain new donors to the COLA Donor Family. Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Director of Development-Advancement Services, the Development Associate will enhance the College's engagements with alumni, donors, leadership, parents, faculty, students, and staff by leading, managing, and executing the following tasks and projects: Proposal Writing Crafting detailed, descriptive, and compliant gift proposals that highlight COLA's strengths and align with prospective donor passions. When donor signs, documenting and tracking agreements within database. Further enhance processes to ensure maximum creativity, efficiency, and effectiveness of strategic engagement efforts. Working closely with UDO Proposal Writing team for best practices. Promotional Collateral Creation Deploying exemplary project management skills and working with stakeholders to draft, design, schedule, edit, and distribute official publications and documents that inform, educate, or promote COLA Development work and COLA vision, mission, and values, to external and internal audiences. Research and jointly partner with Public Affairs to draft fundraising promotionals on behalf of departments, centers, institutes, and programs, ensuring that digital platforms are accessible and operable. Annual Giving Campaign Coordination Partner with Annual Giving to create effective print and digital COLA fundraising campaigns. Development-Focused Giving Pages Monitor all College unit webpages for Development or Development-related content to ensure accuracy and adherence to College and University standards. New Donor Stewardship Assisting Frontline team to build and maintain relationships with new donors to encourage their continued support. Coordinate Thanks Day efforts to thank new donors. Development CDO voice in messaging to new donors to maintain retention. Event Guest Welcome and Tracking Assume day-of event coordination with special focus on welcoming guests in attendance. Advancement Support Along with all Advancement Team Staff, assist with DCIP relations and compliance projects as directed by Director of Development-Advancement Services, including annual letters project. Along with all Advancement Team Staff, participate in gift processing, interdepartmental transits, and mailings. Along with all Advancement Team Staff, keep database up to date and assist donors with requests, especially with the COLA Advancement and COLA Events Outlook platforms. Along with all staff, assist with the coordination of regular College events, including logistics, set up, and break down. Other related functions as assigned. Required Qualifications Exemplary writing skills and experience. Bachelor's degree. More than one year of experience in communication, marketing, public relations, fundraising, or interpersonal field. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, tight deadlines, and work well under pressure. Proven ability to work independently and as a team member. Demonstrated high attention to detail. Excellent relationship building, interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. High level of professionalism and customer service. Preferred Qualifications Putting creative ideas into action. Proven ability to write correct, clear, concise, and compelling content across traditional and contemporary formats befitting the liberal arts. Experience in and appreciation for the Liberal Arts. Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Demonstrated experience interacting with key university constituents, alumni, and donors. Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with university administrators, deans, faculty, and staff in providing good client and customer service. Proficiency in University of Texas policies, rules, and procedures. Experience with VIP, Word, and Acrobat. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Salary Range $50,000 + depending on qualifications Working Conditions Typical office environment Required Materials Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. ---- Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval. ---- Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. ---- Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. ---- Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. ---- Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. ---- Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university. ---- E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF] E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF] Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF] Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF] ---- Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.