ABOUT UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world. Its faculty members - who are responsible for a broad array of groundbreaking biomedical research advances - are respected for their dedication to teaching and patient care. The medical center has four degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions and the UT Southwestern School of Public Health. The schools train about 3,700 medical, graduate, and allied health students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows each year.

UT Southwestern was named one of the Top 5 Best Organizations for Leadership Development (BOLD) Award winners by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) in 2022. The NCHL conducts a survey of health care organizations across the U.S. every other year to assess all components of organizations' efforts to prepare and develop leaders.

A great medical center offers outstanding patient care in addition to fine teaching and innovative research. We emphasize compassionate medical treatment. UT Southwestern's physicians are equipped to bring the latest laboratory findings to each patient. We provide inpatient care to nearly 117,000 people and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits annually. UT Southwestern has approximately 21,000 employees and an operating budget of approximately $4.1 billion.

POSITION SUMMARY

This development professional will have a passion for advancing the mission of UT Southwestern and focus on securing current-use, endowment, and planned gifts of $100,000+ from grateful patients, their families, alumni, and others. As a generalist, the right candidate is excited to take the next career step and appreciates the challenge of discovery work and building new relationships across campus. Reporting to the Clinical Philanthropy Team lead, the successful DOD 1 will work collaboratively with clinical leadership and faculty, and other members of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations. This individual will have excellent writing, analytic and communication skills and possess a team-first attitude.

UT Southwestern is an academic medical center, world renowned for its research, medical education, clinical and scientific programs. We are nationally recognized for our quality of clinical care provided to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics and affiliated institutions. US News and World Report ranks eight of our clinical programs in the top 25, and in the 2021 journal Nature, UT Southwestern ranked #1 among global health care institutions for published research.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

REQUIRED

* Bachelor's degree

* Five (5) years of fundraising or related sales/client facing experience.

JOB DUTIES

* Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors capable of making major gifts.

* Manage and develop a portfolio of prospective donors and implement solicitation and engagement strategies in support of the institutional priorities of UT Southwestern Medical Center.

* May supervise others in performance of duties.

* May serve as clinical line liaison.

* Build and nurture effective working relationships with administrative leadership, physicians, researchers, and volunteer leadership.

* Work closely with stewardship team to identify and implement appropriate stewardship strategies.

* Work collaboratively as a member of the development team.

* Identify, recruit, and train volunteer leaders who can extend the reach of staff through involvement in the cultivation and solicitation of prospective donors.

* Write letters, proposals, and case materials.

* Utilize constituent relationship management system to strategically plan and track activities.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS

* Work is performed primarily in general office environment.

* Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources or his/her designee.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

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.