Associate Director of Development, USF Health

University of South Florida•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The Associate Director of Development for USF Health provides fundraising support for departments, institutes, and centers within the Morsani College of Medicine. The role builds and manages a portfolio of prospects, with a focus on grateful patients and families, using traditional prospecting and leads generated through physician and provider partners. Building relationships with department chairs, providers, and researchers is important to the role's success. The position works with MCOM department colleagues and the USF Foundation to support giving programs and campaigns for assigned areas, and has metric-based goals. The USF Health Development and Alumni Engagement team, in collaboration with the USF Foundation, supports fundraising for the Morsani College of Medicine, the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health, and clinical departments, institutes, and centers across USF Health. The team also develops programs to build relationships with alumni, faculty, staff, patients, and friends, and provides stewardship and donor and alumni communications.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
At least 5 years of experience related to development or other appropriate professional experience.
Intermediate knowledge of fundraising processes and techniques.
Comfort using Microsoft Office applications and the Ellucian CRM database.
General project management skills.
Portfolio development and management experience.

Nice To Haves

Three to five years of directly related development and fundraising experience, preferably in healthcare or higher education.
Patient engagement (grateful patient) experience.

Responsibilities

Identify potential major donors using information from Donor Research, other development officers, and external contacts.
Cultivate prospects for major, corporate, leadership, foundation, and planned gifts; engage potential donors, corporate officials, foundation officers, and financial advisors to generate gift proposals.
Coordinate outreach programs and development teams to facilitate gifts across a specific geographic area or with specific businesses.
Work with USF officials to identify needs aligned with strategic objectives and develop plans to achieve those objectives.
Draft proposals, letters, and agreements to close planned gifts.
Build and manage a prospect portfolio focused on grateful patients and families, including leads from physician and provider partners.
Build relationships with department chairs, providers, and researchers.
Work with MCOM department colleagues and the USF Foundation on giving programs and campaigns for assigned departments, institutes, and centers.