Prospect Development Manager
- Employer
- University of North Carolina at Asheville
- Location
- Asheville, NC
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina, UNC Asheville is the designated public liberal arts campus in the University of North Carolina system. UNC Asheville is nationally known for the quality of our student-centered teaching, mentoring of undergraduates in research, interdisciplinary learning, and striving to be an inclusive campus community.
UNC Asheville is committed to promoting diversity and a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and the ability to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds. Staff members are encouraged to take an active role to engage in the institution’s efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion throughout the workplace. The successful candidate is expected to foster an inclusive work culture where uniqueness of beliefs, backgrounds, talents, capabilities and ways of living are respected and welcomed. Women, traditionally under-represented minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
EHRA Staff
Title:Prospect Development Manager
Position Number:006222
Recruitment Range:$55,000 - $60,000
Work Schedule and Hours:Typical hours are Monday-Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm. Occasional time on evenings and weekends may be needed to meet the needs of the University.
Full-Time / Part-Time:Full-Time
Months per Year:12 Months
Position Summary:Support UNC Asheville’s fundraising efforts by serving as the primary prospect researcher and prospect development expert for the campus. This position identifies annual, major, and deferred gift prospects by using various online resources to gather and compile research; serves as a strategic partner to all fundraisers during the donor cycle; and prepares briefing documents on individuals, corporations, and foundations, as requested by various offices involved in fundraising across campus (University Advancement, Athletics, the Chancellor’s Office, and others). This position is responsible for devising strategies to ensure the ongoing development of the University’s prospect base.The position also plays a key role in managing the front-line fundraisers’ portfolios by creating new portfolios when fundraisers are hired, adding and removing prospects based on fundraiser feedback and doing so proactively as research indicates, maintaining the moves management system, and coordination collaboration among individual who hold relationships with prospects and donors.The position leads meetings with the university’s top fundraisers, including the Vice Chancellor for Advancement, Athletics Director, and Chancellor. As the university enters into its first comprehensive campaign, this role will be critical to identifying top prospects and donors, and be a strategic partner in moves management.
FLSA:Exempt
Required Education/Experience/Skills:A Bachelor’s Degree and 1-3 years of related experience.
Preferred Education/Experience/Skills:A Bachelor’s Degree and/or advanced degree, and at least 3 years of prospect research and portfolio management experience in a higher education setting. Proactive, goal- oriented individual with ability to plan, implement, and monitor the progress of projects.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities. Preferred candidates will be exceedingly well organized, flexible, and possess the ability to excel in a fast-paced environment with a high level of professionalism. Strong written and verbal communications skills.
Knowledge of standard industry resources such as ResearchPoint, iWave, etc. Ability to produce visualizations of data. Experience with the Microsoft Office suite, Google Office Apps, and Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT.
Special Instructions to the Applicant:Community Expectations
During this time it is important that the community understand how UNC Asheville operates and what is expected of community members as we work together to prioritize everyone’s health and safety. Please see UNC Asheville’s Community Expectations for more information.
Application Information
This position is open until filled. Please note that any documents submitted to Human Resources or the hiring departments become property of UNC Asheville and will not be returned. Official verification from each college/university you have attended are required upon employment, and will be requested directly from the college/university by Human Resources or from the National Student Clearinghouse. Any expense will be the responsibility of the employee. Educational degrees must be from an appropriately accredited institution. If no applicants apply who meet the required competency and training and experience requirements, management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations. It is the policy of UNC Asheville to conduct pre-employment background investigations on all candidates selected for employment. If hired, the candidate will be required to submit proof of eligibility to work in the United States. New employees are paid only by direct deposit to the financial institution of their choice.
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Posting date:05/17/2022
Open Until Filled:Yes
Organization
The University of North Carolina Asheville offers a singular experience for original minds.
We’re the original and only liberal arts campus in the University of North Carolina system. We break down conventions, overcome obstacles, expand horizons. We dare to connect curiosity and critical thinking, courage and challenge, imagination and impact, opportunity and responsibility. When the world looks down, we look up.
We’re a public resource that draws on a deep history to make a profound impact—on our students and on the world. We founded the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Our STEAM Studio helped to produce the largest public art installation ever shown in Times Square. We offer majors and concentrations that re-tool the liberal arts and sciences for new challenges and new opportunities. We live in one of America’s great small cities, a mountain town with wit and grit, with an artist’s eye and an explorer’s heart.
We are the originals. We’re rooted in the Land of the Sky, at the intersection of what’s known and what’s possible. This is an education that’s affordable, adaptive, and endlessly relevant. This is an experience where every path leads to a new vista, where there’s room for every voice, and where the future is a frontier—vast and bright and close enough to touch.
UNC Asheville’s national reputation for empowering human potential is rooted in its unique student-centric public liberal arts and sciences mission. UNC Asheville thrives on close-knit connections among students and their faculty and staff mentors. The University’s 3,300 students are innovative, ethical, creative and resilient leaders who seek to understand complex global challenges and find creative, sustainable solutions that benefit our communities and the world. More than 65 percent of UNC Asheville students conduct applied research alongside faculty experts. UNC Asheville consistently ranks as a national top 10 Public Liberal Arts and Sciences University by U.S. News & World Report, and on its list of Most Innovative Schools. UNC Asheville regularly earns several national top 20 rankings in The Princeton Review’s “The Best 386 Colleges,” including Best Quality of Life, Town-Gown Relations, and UNC Asheville has ranked in the top two nationally for the “Best Schools for Making an Impact,” in The Princeton Review’s “Colleges that Pay You Back.”
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