Senior Assistant Dean for Development - University of the Pacific

Senior Assistant Dean for Development

The University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA is hiring a Senior Assistant Dean for Development to lead major gift fundraising for the School of Engineering and Computer Science in Stockton, CA. With relocation assistance available, this is an exciting opportunity to join a mission-driven, collaborative advancement team during a transformative period of growthrising enrollment, ambitious capital projects, and dynamic donor engagement. In this role, you'll directly fuel student innovation, faculty-led research, and experiential learning initiatives that drive technological advancement and solve real-world problems. Ready to build powerful relationships and support the future of engineering and computing? Apply today!

About the Role

The Senior Assistant Dean for Development leads major gift fundraising for the School of Engineering and Computer Science at University of the Pacific. This key role focuses on securing gifts of $50,000 and above, while strengthening alumni relations, donor engagement, and strategic outreach.

Working closely with the School Dean, faculty, staff, and the University Development and Alumni Relations team across Pacific's three campuses, the Senior Assistant Dean helps shape and execute strategic fundraising initiatives. This high-profile position requires a proven track record in major gift development, outstanding communication and relationship-building skills, and a collaborative, results-driven approach.

The anticipated yearly salary range for this position is : $110,000 - $120,000 annually based on experience.

What You Will Be Doing

• Providing strategic leadership in developing multi-year strategies, solicitation, and cultivation plans for major gift prospects aligned with the College of the Pacific and broader academic fundraising initiatives, including the creation of an annual business plan to secure philanthropic support.
• Securing support, enhancing relationships, and promoting awareness for Pacific by :
• Soliciting gifts of $50,000+ from alumni and friends through cultivation and solicitation strategies for major gift prospects.
• Collaborating with administration, faculty, and volunteers across the three-city university campuses.
• Identifying, recruiting, and overseeing the Dean's Council and related volunteer boards.
• Developing and managing a portfolio of 125150 major gift prospects capable of making significant contributions, and utilizing moves management to ensure a balanced pipeline across identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship stages.
• Serving as the College's liaison to annual giving, alumni relations, corporate and foundation relations, principal gifts, planned giving, and stewardship.
• Conducting meaningful engagement through in-person outreach, cultivation, solicitation activities, and face-to-face meetings with donor prospects to meet annual fundraising and performance goals.
• Promoting an inspirational philanthropic culture college-wide and externally by increasing the University's visibility and value among community and professional organizations.
• Overseeing and monitoring the development activity budget.
• Operating within the Prospect Management Program framework and Pacific Gift Policies, and utilizing the advancement database to track and record development activity.
• Participating in University and College of the Pacific events involving external constituents to support development efforts.
• Advising and guiding the Dean strategically to advance donor and prospect engagement aligned with key initiatives.
• Writing concept papers, proposals, grants, and reports as necessary.
• Working independently and collaboratively with University Development, academic faculty, staff, and volunteers to achieve fundraising goals across academic units.
• Applying knowledge of major gift fundraising best practices and initiating and executing complex tasks and deadlines to deliver a robust development program, particularly in an educational setting.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Assistant Vice President for Development.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

What's in It For You

The University of the Pacific offers a unique and powerful set of benefits for its employees with your individual needs in mind. We know that employees come with differing needs that can change and grow just as you and your family's needs may change over time. A few of our benefits we like to highlight are :

Pacific also provides affordable and high-quality comprehensive benefits to support employees' varied needs. We invite you to explore our Health Benefits, Income Protection plans, Financial Planning benefits and Work-Life Balance programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination :

University of the Pacific is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Pacific is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff and does not discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex / gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability.

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