WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
The Associate Director of Prospect Development works collaboratively with the Director of Prospect Development and Prospect Research Analyst as a data-driven team member to champion the prospect identification, prospect management and pipeline management efforts for the fundraising officers within UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations. The Associate Director of Prospect Development works as a strategic partner with the front-line fundraising team to manage prospect portfolios, track prospect activity, collaborate on prospect strategies, and provide prospect research support. Reporting to the Director of Prospect Development, the Associate Director proactively works to expand the pool of potential prospects.

The ideal candidate for this role is a collegial team player with excellent customer service skills and experience in prospect management and/or prospect research, who is very familiar with a broad range of research techniques and prospect development best practices. Preferences include:

• Experience working within a CRM, preferably Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce, and Microsoft 365
• Proficiency in using prospect research tools and databases
• Knowledge of APRA principles and practices, with a preference for current or past APRA membership
• Experience working with frontline fundraising officers
• Advanced research and online search techniques

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  Bachelor’s Degree in related field

• Experience
  5 years of related experience, and a demonstrated ability to develop, plan, implement and evaluate research strategies and integrate them into fundraising initiatives

Preferred

Education
Advanced degree

JOB DUTIES

• Assesses, develops and implements standard policies, processes and systems to assist front-line fundraising efforts to identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward individual, corporate and foundation donors.
• Identifies and qualifies new prospects that have the capacity to provide philanthropic support at the major gift level.
• Creates and maintains a prospect management program to effectively track/monitor prospects through the successive stages of the gift pipeline.
• Conducting basic to complex research and analysis of current donors and prospects and successfully articulating biographical, financial and other relevant information into a comprehensive research profile to be used by University leadership and Development staff.
• Working collaboratively with senior leadership and gift officers to assist them in developing specific cultivation and solicitation strategies for donors and prospects.
• Creating concise and useful reports and tools to be utilized by the Development team to successfully measure actions, moves, and outcomes related to current donors and assigned prospects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.