Executive Director, Foundation Relations

Executive Director, Foundation Relations

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Philanthropic Planning, the Executive Director of Foundation Relations will play a key role in the completion of the University's $6 billion What Starts Here campaign while also building the team that will support the University's next multi-billion-dollar effort. Thus far, foundations have contributed $1.3B toward the campaign averaging $160M+ in annual productivity across both family and professional foundations. The Executive Director will be a highly strategic, exceedingly knowledgeable leader, manager, and colleague, who has the proven ability to partner with University leadership across campus to establish, secure, and cultivate philanthropic investments from local, national, and international foundation partners in order to advance the priority initiatives of UT Austin.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in successfully pursuing and receiving six-figure and above gifts from the foundation sector and the ability to manage a newly expanded team of 10 foundation relations frontline professionals and a support team of two researchers and four program and administrative professionals.

Responsibilities

Strategy Development

• Participate at the executive level in the University's fundraising activities and contribute to the formulation of priorities and policies for foundation relations. Design, implement and manage a proactive development plan focused on expanding and enhancing top level foundation partnerships by directing and coordinating activities related to obtaining multi-million-dollar foundations funding and support, including working in partnership with programs on campus that touch on these areas.
• Identify emerging national foundations and trends with a special emphasis on partnerships that can garner larger philanthropic commitments to support the mission and goals of the University. Develop a broad and deep understanding of current fundraising priorities across campus and of University policies relating to foundation grants. Serve as a resource to faculty and development personnel across campus on these topics.
• Provide analysis and make recommendations to solicit foundation gifts, which will often mean leading and / or participating in university-wide strategy sessions.

Fundraising

Leadership

Relationship Management

Prospect Research and Cross-Functional Collaboration

Required Qualifications

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Salary Range

OPEN

Working Conditions

Required Materials

Important for 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 that ALL Required 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 questions presented 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. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks : A criminal history background check will be required for finalist