Chief Development Officer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings present: About the role? Actually posting includes sections: THE SEARCHES, ABOUT Southern Methodist University, Key Duties And Responsibilities, Qualifications And Characteristics. Also maybe "Fundraising and Financial Overview" but that's part of ABOUT? It appears under ABOUT section. The instructions: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Thus we need to extract substantive content: The posting includes: - THE SEARCHES: description of positions, context, etc. - ABOUT Southern Methodist University: description of university, stats, fundraising overview. - Key Duties And Responsibilities: list of duties. - Qualifications And Characteristics: list of qualifications. We should not include application instructions (the part about Isaacson, Miller contact). Also remove EEO statement at end. Also remove duplicated lines? There's some repeated content maybe. We need to decide headings: Use

  for section headings. The headings we have: "THE SEARCHES" could be considered "About the role"? But we could keep as is? The instruction says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we can map our sections to those generic headings. However we should preserve the original headings? The instruction: "use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't say we must rename them to those exact examples, just that we should use h3 for section headings. Likely we keep the original heading text but wrap in h3. However they gave examples of typical headings; we can use those if appropriate. But we have sections: THE SEARCHES, ABOUT Southern Methodist University, Key Duties And Responsibilities, Qualifications And Characteristics. Those are fine as h3. We need to output only HTML fragment, no html/body tags. We need to use

  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Key Duties And Responsibilities and Qualifications And Characteristics we should convert bullet points into
    • . The text currently is paragraph with sentences separated by semicolons? Actually it's a list of duties each starting with a bold heading? Let's parse: "Key Duties And Responsibilities The Chief Development Officers serve as the senior advancement leaders across three respective academic units: the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, the Cox School of Business, and the Dedman School of Law. The CDOs report directly to Paula Voyles Jewell, Vice President for Schools and Unit Development, and serve as trusted advisors to their respective deans. In these newly created positions, the CDOs will set the strategic direction for development efforts for these three prominent academic units; manage and grow major gifts portfolios; and engage key constituents in fundraising efforts. As SMU invests in its advancement operation in preparation for its next comprehensive campaign, the CDOs will also strategically grow the fundraising teams for these academic units over time. Strategic Fundraising Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy aligned with the academic unit’s strategic plan and university priorities. Establish annual fundraising goals, campaign objectives, and performance metrics while identifying opportunities to increase philanthropic support. Major and Principal Gift Fundraising: Personally manage a portfolio of high-capacity prospects and donors. Cultivate, solicit, and steward major and principal gifts through strategic engagement, proposal development, and collaborative donor strategies with university leadership and the dean. Partnership with the Dean: Serve as the dean’s primary strategic advisor on philanthropy. Partner with the dean to identify fundraising priorities, prepare donor strategies, coordinate cultivation activities, and strengthen relationships with alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations. Leadership and Staff Management: Provide leadership, coaching, supervision, and performance management for development professionals supporting the school or college. Establish performance expectations, develop staff, promote collaboration, and foster a culture of accountability and excellence. Volunteer and Advisory Board Engagement: Partner with advisory boards, campaign committees, volunteers, and key constituents to strengthen philanthropic engagement and expand fundraising opportunities. Campaign and Strategic Initiatives: Lead the academic unit’s participation in comprehensive campaigns and strategic fundraising initiatives. Coordinate campaign planning, volunteer engagement, and fundraising strategies to achieve campaign goals. Collaboration Across Development and External Affairs: Work collaboratively with principal gifts, corporate and foundation relations, gift planning, prospect development, alumni relations, donor relations, annual giving, and other university partners to maximize donor engagement and philanthropic outcomes. Financial Management and Reporting: Monitor fundraising performance, analyze philanthropic trends, prepare reports and forecasts, and manage departmental budgets and fundraising resources. University Leadership and Committee Participation: Represent the school or college and Development and External Affairs (DEA) on university committees and leadership initiatives while promoting collaboration across academic and administrative units." Thus we can turn each bolded heading into a
    • maybe with subtext? But instruction: use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can create a
        where each duty is a
        • . Could keep the heading as part of the li text. Similarly Qualifications And Characteristics: list of qualifications each sentence separated by period? Let's extract: "Qualifications And Characteristics A minimum of ten years of professional fundraising experience and at least five years of management experience, preferably within a private research university setting. Depth of knowledge of best practices in all key areas of development and donor engagement strategies; demonstrated campaign experience. Demonstrated ability and experience building upon and/or transforming an existing development program. A proven track record of success in personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts at the six- and seven-figure levels and above. A high level of comfort and effectiveness in working with high-net-worth individuals. Proven leadership and solid volunteer and staff management skills; desire to empower and motivate staff while providing the support and advocacy they need, as well as the ability to influence others beyond formal authority. Exemplary interpersonal communication skills; active, engaged listener; superior written and oral communication skills; clarity, crispness, and elegance in writing and speaking. The ability to succinctly articulate a vision and processes to k" It cuts off at "to k". Probably incomplete due to truncation. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The truncated sentence is incomplete; we should keep as is? It ends with "to k". That's likely a cut-off. We should keep it exactly as appears: "The ability to succinctly articulate a vision and processes to k". That's weird but we must preserve. We'll create
          • for each qualification sentence. Now for THE SEARCHES and ABOUT sections: they are prose, use

            . We need to remove boilerplate: The EEO statement at end, application instructions, duplicated lines. Also remove the "Fundraising and Financial Overview" maybe part of ABOUT but it's substantive; we keep it. We also need to remove the "Southern Methodist University has retained Jack Gorman..." etc (application instructions). Also remove the "Confidential inquiries, nominations, and applications may be directed to the search firm as indicated at the end of this posting." Also remove the contact list. Also remove the "Screening of complete applications will begin immediately..." etc. Also remove the EEO statement at the very end: "Southern Methodist University will not discriminate..." and the following sentences about equal opportunity. Also remove the disclaimer: "This document has been prepared based on the information provided by Southern Methodist University..." etc. Now we need to ensure we don't include any heading that has only filler. All sections have content. Now produce HTML:

            THE SEARCHES

            ...content...

            ABOUT Southern Methodist University

            ...content...

            Key Duties And Responsibilities

            • ... each duty ...
            ...

            Qualifications And Characteristics

            • ... each qualification ...
            ...
            We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info from those sections. Let's extract THE SEARCHES content precisely (excluding the heading). The text after "THE SEARCHES" up to before "ABOUT Southern Methodist University". Let's copy: "The SEARCHES Southern Methodist University (SMU) seeks three accomplished, strategic, and collaborative advancement leaders to serve as the inaugural Chief Development Officers (CDOs) for the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Cox School of Business, and the Dedman School of Law. These newly created positions represent a significant investment in the future of philanthropy at SMU and underscore the university’s commitment to building a best-in-class advancement enterprise capable of supporting its ambitious academic and institutional aspirations. Southern Methodist University is experiencing a period of exceptional momentum. Under the leadership of President Jay Hartzell and Senior Vice President for Development and External Affairs Shontel Grumhaus, the university is reimagining its advancement model and investing in the people, processes, and infrastructure needed to elevate fundraising performance across the institution. The creation of these three executive-level positions marks the first phase of that transformation and reflects a commitment to building a more sophisticated, collaborative, and donor-centered culture of philanthropy. Reporting to the Vice President for Schools and Unit Development, Paula Voyles Jewell, and serving as a senior strategic partner to their respective dean, each CDO will lead the development strategy for a major academic unit while helping shape the future of advancement at SMU. These leaders will have the opportunity to establish new standards for donor engagement, stewardship, prospect strategy, and team development while working alongside deans who are deeply committed to philanthropy and eager to expand their external engagement efforts. The opportunities across these three academic units are substantial. The Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, the university’s largest and most academically diverse academic unit, presents extensive opportunities to deepen donor engagement across its 16 departments and nine interdisciplinary institutes and centers. Following an extensive renovation and expansion project, the Cox School of Business is building on strong donor engagement and recent fundraising success to support ambitious priorities in faculty excellence, entrepreneurship, technology, experiential learning, and business innovation. Similarly, the Dedman School of Law is advancing a transformative capital initiative for a new law school facility on the university’s growing East Campus while cultivating a highly accomplished alumni base with significant philanthropic capacity. As inaugural leaders in these roles, the CDOs will inherit exceptional philanthropic potential. SMU boasts visionary institutional and advancement leadership, a deeply loyal alumni community, influential volunteer leaders, and access to one of the country’s most dynamic metropolitan regions. University leadership believes the institution possesses extraordinary untapped fundraising opportunity and is thereby making a deliberate investment to realize that potential. The successful candidates will be accomplished fundraisers and collaborative leaders who bring strategic vision, intellectual curiosity, and a record of building strong partnerships across complex organizations. They will be energized by the opportunity to help shape a growing advancement enterprise, serve as trusted advisors to academic leadership, and play defining roles in the next chapter of philanthropic success at Southern Methodist University." We need to ensure we didn't include any application instructions. That seems fine. Now ABOUT Southern Methodist University content: from "ABOUT Southern Methodist University" up to before "