Development Director in the Office of Development

Position Summary: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ("UTHealth Houston") seeks an established fundraiser to serve as a Development Director, Major Gifts. This is a unique opportunity to join a philanthropic team supporting one of the most respected academic medical centers. This search is in partnership with WittKeifer, Nominations and inquiries can be directed to Ashley Buderus and Jevon Walton at [email protected].

Their advertisement can be found at: https://wittkieffer.com/positions/a1wut000006cizhmak You are welcome to apply here as well. We will be reviewing these submissions. Founded in 1972, UTHealth Houston is a comprehensive academic health university in Texas, uniting schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, public health, biomedical sciences, and biomedical informatics. Located in the Texas Medical Center, considered the largest medical center in the world, UTHealth Houston comprises more than 60 owned buildings and leased facilities totaling nearly 5 million square feet of usable space.

Its mission is to educate health science professionals, discover and translate advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and model the best practices in clinical care and public health. UTHealth Houston's development team is responsible for all private support to the organization from alumni, parents, friends, and foundations. In April 2023, UTHealth Houston completed its largest comprehensive Campaign, MANY FACES.

ONE MISSION. The Campaign for UTHealth . The Campaign raised $534.4 million and became the largest gift of its kind in Houston's history. More than 11,315 donors contributed to the record sum. UTHealth Houston looks forward to building on the Campaign's momentum. The Development Director, Major Gifts (Director), will play a key role on the development team. The Director will manage a portfolio of donors and look to raise $2 million annually.

The Development Director will develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive fundraising and advancement efforts to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gifts, planned gifts, endowments, and annual giving programs to benefit the assigned service line or school within UTHealth Houston. With the Campaign's conclusion, UTHealth Houston has an opportunity to steward existing donors and engage new audiences.

The ideal candidate will be a distinguished fundraiser with a proven track record of major gift solicitations. The individual should be a team player who is intellectually curious. The ideal candidate should have at least five years of related professional experience, preferably in medicine, health care, higher education, or science. The Development Director will have a deep commitment to advancing the quality of human life by enhancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injury and promoting individual health and community well-being.

This commitment will be complemented by experience in highly matrixed, complex organizations, ensuring the selected Director can understand and learn organizational relationships and dynamics and use them to achieve objectives. What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’s resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equate to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!

Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employ