Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Relations
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The Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Relations organizes donor meetings, events, and campaigns to secure major gifts and endowments, and manages annual giving programs. The role oversees donor stewardship and endowment compliance while supporting capital campaign strategies. It also leads alumni affairs, communications, chapter and board support, and events, serving as a liaison among alumni, university departments, faculty, staff, and external agencies.
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Full job description
DevelopmentOrganize donor meetings, events, and campaigns to secure major gifts and endowments ($25K$100K+).Manage annual giving programs and coordinate participation in UT initiatives (e.g., 40 Hours for the Forty Acres).Lead donor communications and quarterly newsletters, ensuring effective outreach.Oversee compliance for 70+ endowments, including donor stewardship and fund utilization.Conduct frontline fundraising, donor research, and proposals for multi-million-dollar gifts.Support university capital campaign strategies and serve as a liaison to the LBJ Foundation for gift agreements and events.Alumni RelationsManage a comprehensive alumni affairs program, acting as the primary liaison between alumni, faculty, and staff.Support local alumni chapters and alumni board leadership, including logistics for board meetings.Oversee alumni communications (social media, email, newsletters) and coordinate alumni events like receptions, networking, and career panels in key cities.Manage alumni website content, including class notes, event calendars, and directories.Collaborate with the Communications team on event promotion and branding.Foster alumni engagement and maintain relations with university departments and external agencies.Other related functions as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 677 open Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$94–160K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$28–41/hr47 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Development jobs in Texas and 677 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)29 open
- American Heart Association5 open
- Accenture4 open
- Experience
- Development postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (504 postings).
- Education
- 348 of the 677 open Development jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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