• Bachelor’s degree is required
• 2-4 years of development experience with a focus on annual giving or direct marketing experience with demonstrable results
• Ability to set, track, and analyze progress toward annual goals
• Ability to interpret complex data to guide strategic decisions
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to effectively manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• A commitment to understanding industry trends and best practices and implementing program changes, when necessary
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong judgment and code of personal ethics
• Ability to operate effectively, flexibly and collegially in a complex organizational environment
• Ability to lead and empower staff to meet both individual and team goals

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Higher education experience
• Familiarity with UNCW
• Experience with a call center
• Raisers Edge database experience.
• Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign)

The division for University Advancement responds to the needs of a variety of external and internal constituents in achieving its primary goals to: 1) Increase private financial support for prioritized university programs and activities, and 2) Improve external relations for the university through effective board management and donor stewardship. The division strives to raise funds, as outlined by the Chancellor’s vision statement and strategic plan, from the private sector to further the university mission of pursuing the resources that will enable our faculty and students to excel, and becoming intensely regionally engaged. In doing so, the division plans strategically to facilitate the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of all constituencies, and seeks to positively promote the university. The division’s fundraising efforts are enhanced by effective partnerships with components of the campus community as well as external audiences including alumni, parents, corporations, foundations, legislators, volunteer board members and friends. Development areas include major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, and alumni relations. Prospect management and research, advancement services, and events and board management, stewardship and communications are support services for the fundraising activities of the division.

At the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW), our culture reflects our values of inclusion, diversity, globalization, ethics and integrity and innovation and we are committed to providing equality of educational and employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, sex (such as gender, gender identity, marital status, childbirth, and pregnancy), age, color, national origin (including ethnicity), religion, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, veteran status, military service member status, genetic information, or relationship to other university constituents – except where sex, age, or ability represent bona fide educational or occupational qualifications or where marital status is a statutorily established eligibility criterion for State funded employee benefit programs. UNCW believes that embracing the unique contributions of our faculty, staff and students is critical to our success and paramount in being recognized for our global mindset.