Associate Director, Prospect Research

Job Summary

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Skills

Benefits

Pay

Schedule

The Associate Director, Prospect Research position, within the office of University Advancement, manages and participates in the Prospect Research team's response to and execution of requests for prospect research from Advancement staff and leadership. This position has both strategic and personnel management responsibilities.

• Supports advancement and fundraising efforts spanning the University, University of Utah Health, and the University's auxiliary organizations including public media, museums, and venues.
• Aims to provide fundraisers and leadership with timely and situation-appropriate insight to inform and support University Advancement strategies, campaigns, and priorities for advancing prospective major donors through the donor engagement process.
• Provides prospect identification, wealth screening and capacity analysis, and due diligence, provided to Advancement staff in various forms of profiles, prospect lists, and reports.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic and innovative thinker, and a partner in improving how we generate and distribute this data using new and existing resources, collaborative partnerships, and workflows.

Qualifications

• Equires a Bachelor's degree in a related area of assignment or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience).
• Demonstrated leadership, human relations, and effective communication skills required.

This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.

Skills

• Strong experience in a variety of Prospect Research tools (e.g. LexisNexis, iWave, Sales Navigator, Foundation Directory, DonorSearch, ResearchPoint).
• Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM systems.
• Experience in personnel management.
• Experience in project management.
• Competence in locating and interpreting financial documents and filings, due diligence research, prospect screening, and profile writing.
• Confidence in critical and strategic thinking, with flexibility and strong people skills.
• Fluency in Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience using and evaluating technology applications for process enhancement.

Perks of Working in Our Office:

• Hybrid in-person/remote scheduling options may be available.
• Office Culture: Highly collaborative office.
• Dress code is relaxed business/casual - we want you to be comfortable.
• Wellness in action: Take advantage of our many health and wellness programs on-campus and virtually.
• Discounted and sometimes free admission to arts, cultural, museum, lectures and select sporting events on campus.
• In addition to your competitive salary, medical/dental/vision/life plan and up to 14.2% contribution to your retirement plan, we have the following perks, including flexibility.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $70,000 to $75,000 per year.

Schedule

The University Advancement office currently supports hybrid in-office/remote schedules, but applicants seeking a fully remote schedule will not be considered.